Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)
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Bulldog Drummond (1929 film) is an early sound-era British-American adventure thriller in which Ronald Colman stars as a bored ex-soldier seeking excitement who becomes entangled in crime and romance.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bulldog Drummond | 2 |
| Bulldog Drummond (1929 film) canonical | 1 |
| Bulldog Drummond (novel) | 1 |
| Bulldog Drummond (play) | 1 |
| Bulldog Drummond film series | 1 |
| Bulldog Drummond is a bored ex-soldier seeking excitement | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2789396 — 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: Bulldog Drummond (1929 film) Context triple: [Ronald Colman, notableWork, Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)]
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A.
Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary
Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary is a 1941 American comedy film in the long-running Andy Hardy series, starring Mickey Rooney as the small-town teenager navigating romantic and family mishaps.
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B.
After the Thin Man
After the Thin Man is a 1936 American mystery-comedy film in the Thin Man series, known for its witty dialogue and sophisticated blend of humor and detective intrigue.
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C.
Andy Hardy’s Blonde Trouble
Andy Hardy’s Blonde Trouble is a 1944 American comedy film in the long-running Andy Hardy series, following Mickey Rooney’s character as he encounters romantic and comedic mishaps at college.
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D.
Gentleman Jim
Gentleman Jim is a 1942 biographical boxing film starring Errol Flynn as champion James J. Corbett, directed by Raoul Walsh.
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E.
G-Men
G-Men is a popular nickname for the New York Giants, the professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.
- 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: Bulldog Drummond (1929 film) Target entity description: Bulldog Drummond (1929 film) is an early sound-era British-American adventure thriller in which Ronald Colman stars as a bored ex-soldier seeking excitement who becomes entangled in crime and romance.
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A.
Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary
Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary is a 1941 American comedy film in the long-running Andy Hardy series, starring Mickey Rooney as the small-town teenager navigating romantic and family mishaps.
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B.
After the Thin Man
After the Thin Man is a 1936 American mystery-comedy film in the Thin Man series, known for its witty dialogue and sophisticated blend of humor and detective intrigue.
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C.
Andy Hardy’s Blonde Trouble
Andy Hardy’s Blonde Trouble is a 1944 American comedy film in the long-running Andy Hardy series, following Mickey Rooney’s character as he encounters romantic and comedic mishaps at college.
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D.
Gentleman Jim
Gentleman Jim is a 1942 biographical boxing film starring Errol Flynn as champion James J. Corbett, directed by Raoul Walsh.
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E.
G-Men
G-Men is a popular nickname for the New York Giants, the professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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British film ⓘ adventure film ⓘ film ⓘ sound film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)
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surface form:
Bulldog Drummond (novel)
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Bulldog Drummond (play)
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| basedOnWorkAuthor | H. C. McNeile ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember |
Claud Allister
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Joan Bennett ⓘ Lilyan Tashman ⓘ Montagu Love ⓘ Ronald Colman ⓘ Wilson Benge ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)
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Bulldog Drummond is a bored ex-soldier seeking excitement
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| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| director | F. Richard Jones ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists ⓘ |
| era | early sound era ⓘ |
| filmSeries |
Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)
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surface form:
Bulldog Drummond film series
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| genre |
adventure
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thriller ⓘ |
| hasGenreElement | mystery ⓘ |
| hasSoundtrack | synchronized sound ⓘ |
| leadActor | Ronald Colman ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)
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Bulldog Drummond
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| narrativeLocation | England ⓘ |
| notableFor | being an early sound-era film ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A bored ex-soldier seeking excitement becomes entangled in crime and romance ⓘ |
| producer | Samuel Goldwyn ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Samuel Goldwyn Productions ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 90 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Sidney Howard ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | contemporary to late 1920s ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
crime
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romance ⓘ |
| title |
Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)
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surface form:
Bulldog Drummond
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bulldog Drummond (1929 film) Description of subject: Bulldog Drummond (1929 film) is an early sound-era British-American adventure thriller in which Ronald Colman stars as a bored ex-soldier seeking excitement who becomes entangled in crime and romance.
Referenced by (7)
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Bulldog Drummond
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Bulldog Drummond (novel)
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Bulldog Drummond (play)
Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)
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Bulldog Drummond
Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)
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Bulldog Drummond is a bored ex-soldier seeking excitement
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Bulldog Drummond film series