A River Runs Through It
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A River Runs Through It is a 1992 American drama film directed by Robert Redford, based on Norman Maclean’s semi-autobiographical novella about two brothers growing up in early 20th-century Montana and bound together by fly fishing and family.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A River Runs Through It canonical | 7 |
| A River Runs Through It (film) | 1 |
| A River Runs Through It and Other Stories | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1954939 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A River Runs Through It Context triple: [Brad Pitt, notableWork, A River Runs Through It]
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Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove is a critically acclaimed Western television miniseries, based on Larry McMurtry’s novel, that follows two retired Texas Rangers on an epic cattle drive from Texas to Montana.
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Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain is a 2003 American Civil War drama film, based on Charles Frazier’s novel, known for its epic romance and acclaimed performances by Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renée Zellweger.
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C.
Mudbound
Mudbound is a 2017 American period drama film directed by Dee Rees that explores racism, family, and hardship in the rural Mississippi Delta during and after World War II.
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D.
In God’s Country
"In God’s Country" is a song by the Irish rock band U2 from their acclaimed 1987 album *The Joshua Tree*, noted for its atmospheric guitar work and themes of spiritual longing and American idealism.
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Sanders of the River
Sanders of the River is a 1911 colonial adventure novel by Edgar Wallace centered on a British district commissioner administering a fictional African territory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A River Runs Through It Target entity description: A River Runs Through It is a 1992 American drama film directed by Robert Redford, based on Norman Maclean’s semi-autobiographical novella about two brothers growing up in early 20th-century Montana and bound together by fly fishing and family.
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A.
Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove is a critically acclaimed Western television miniseries, based on Larry McMurtry’s novel, that follows two retired Texas Rangers on an epic cattle drive from Texas to Montana.
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B.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain is a 2003 American Civil War drama film, based on Charles Frazier’s novel, known for its epic romance and acclaimed performances by Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renée Zellweger.
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C.
Mudbound
Mudbound is a 2017 American period drama film directed by Dee Rees that explores racism, family, and hardship in the rural Mississippi Delta during and after World War II.
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D.
In God’s Country
"In God’s Country" is a song by the Irish rock band U2 from their acclaimed 1987 album *The Joshua Tree*, noted for its atmospheric guitar work and themes of spiritual longing and American idealism.
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E.
Sanders of the River
Sanders of the River is a 1911 colonial adventure novel by Edgar Wallace centered on a British district commissioner administering a fictional African territory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A River Runs Through It Description of subject: A River Runs Through It is a 1992 American drama film directed by Robert Redford, based on Norman Maclean’s semi-autobiographical novella about two brothers growing up in early 20th-century Montana and bound together by fly fishing and family.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
this entity surface form:
A River Runs Through It (film)