By the Sad Sea Waves
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"By the Sad Sea Waves" is a silent-era comedy film featuring Australian-born comedian Snub Pollard, known for his slapstick performances in early 20th-century cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| By the Sad Sea Waves canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2426272 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: By the Sad Sea Waves Context triple: [Snub Pollard, filmographyIncludes, By the Sad Sea Waves]
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A.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
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B.
We Saw the Sea
"We Saw the Sea" is a jaunty Irving Berlin musical number performed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the 1936 RKO film "Follow the Fleet."
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C.
By the Sea
By the Sea is a 2015 romantic drama film starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt as a troubled couple on a seaside vacation in 1970s France.
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D.
At Sea
"At Sea" is a section or component of Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published novel "Islands in the Stream," focusing on the protagonist's experiences during World War II naval patrols.
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E.
Wind of the Sea
Wind of the Sea is the English translation of the Welsh name "Gwynt y Môr," used for one of the world’s larger offshore wind farms located off the coast of North Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: By the Sad Sea Waves Target entity description: "By the Sad Sea Waves" is a silent-era comedy film featuring Australian-born comedian Snub Pollard, known for his slapstick performances in early 20th-century cinema.
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A.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
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B.
We Saw the Sea
"We Saw the Sea" is a jaunty Irving Berlin musical number performed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the 1936 RKO film "Follow the Fleet."
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C.
By the Sea
By the Sea is a 2015 romantic drama film starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt as a troubled couple on a seaside vacation in 1970s France.
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D.
At Sea
"At Sea" is a section or component of Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published novel "Islands in the Stream," focusing on the protagonist's experiences during World War II naval patrols.
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E.
Wind of the Sea
Wind of the Sea is the English translation of the Welsh name "Gwynt y Môr," used for one of the world’s larger offshore wind farms located off the coast of North Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy film
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short film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| castMember | Snub Pollard ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Alfred J. Goulding ⓘ |
| distributor | Pathé Exchange ⓘ |
| era | silent era ⓘ |
| feature | silent-era slapstick comedy ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
bumbling protagonist
ⓘ
comic lifeguards ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
slapstick ⓘ |
| hasAudience | general audiences ⓘ |
| hasCastNationality | Australian-born lead actor (Snub Pollard) ⓘ |
| hasCinematicStyle |
fast-paced physical humor
ⓘ
gag-driven narrative ⓘ |
| hasMediaType | motion picture ⓘ |
| hasPreservationStatus | surviving print exists ⓘ |
| hasProductionTechnique | physical slapstick stunts ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | short subject ⓘ |
| includedIn | silent comedy retrospectives ⓘ |
| language | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| mainSubject | comic misadventures at the seaside ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early starring role for Snub Pollard
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use of physical comedy and sight gags ⓘ |
| partOf | Snub Pollard filmography ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hal Roach Studios ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1917 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | H. M. Walker ⓘ |
| setting |
beach
ⓘ
seaside resort ⓘ |
| starring | Snub Pollard ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: By the Sad Sea Waves Description of subject: "By the Sad Sea Waves" is a silent-era comedy film featuring Australian-born comedian Snub Pollard, known for his slapstick performances in early 20th-century cinema.
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