Chang
E321135
Chang is a 1927 silent documentary-style adventure film set in the jungles of Siam, co-directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, known for its depiction of human–nature conflict and elephant stampedes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chang canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3015991 — 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: Chang Context triple: [Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness, shortTitle, Chang]
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A.
Chun
Chun is the given name of Peng Chun Chang, a prominent Chinese philosopher and diplomat who helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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B.
Kwan
Kwan is a Chinese-origin surname shared by many individuals, including the renowned American figure skater Michelle Kwan.
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C.
Cheng
Cheng is a given name associated with the Chinese politician Chen Cheng.
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D.
Jang
Jang is one of the small islands that make up Maloelap Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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E.
Chen
Chen is a common Chinese surname borne by many notable individuals across politics, arts, science, and technology.
- 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: Chang Target entity description: Chang is a 1927 silent documentary-style adventure film set in the jungles of Siam, co-directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, known for its depiction of human–nature conflict and elephant stampedes.
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A.
Chun
Chun is the given name of Peng Chun Chang, a prominent Chinese philosopher and diplomat who helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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B.
Kwan
Kwan is a Chinese-origin surname shared by many individuals, including the renowned American figure skater Michelle Kwan.
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C.
Cheng
Cheng is a given name associated with the Chinese politician Chen Cheng.
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D.
Jang
Jang is one of the small islands that make up Maloelap Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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E.
Chen
Chen is a common Chinese surname borne by many notable individuals across politics, arts, science, and technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
adventure film
ⓘ
documentary-style film ⓘ film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| coDirector |
Ernest B. Schoedsack
ⓘ
Merian C. Cooper ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director |
Ernest B. Schoedsack
ⓘ
Merian C. Cooper ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| era | silent era of Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| features |
elephants
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indigenous villagers ⓘ tigers ⓘ wildlife ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | documentary-style ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
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documentary ⓘ drama ⓘ |
| hasFilmTechnique |
on-location shooting
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use of non-professional actors ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | struggle for survival in the jungle ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of human–nature conflict
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elephant stampedes ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ |
| partOf | early works of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack ⓘ |
| portrays |
conflict between humans and wild animals
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traditional life in rural Siam ⓘ |
| producer |
Ernest B. Schoedsack
ⓘ
Merian C. Cooper ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Grass
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King Kong ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| runtimeApprox | approximately 70 minutes ⓘ |
| setIn |
Thailand
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surface form:
Siam
jungle ⓘ |
| sound | silent ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | early 20th century Siam ⓘ |
| title | Chang self-link ⓘ |
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: Chang Description of subject: Chang is a 1927 silent documentary-style adventure film set in the jungles of Siam, co-directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, known for its depiction of human–nature conflict and elephant stampedes.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lost Horizon