El Cid
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El Cid is a 1961 historical epic film dramatizing the life of the medieval Spanish hero Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar during the Reconquista.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| El Cid canonical | 6 |
| El Cid (1961 film) | 1 |
| El Cid (Vivar del Cid) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5139895 — 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: El Cid Context triple: [Charlton Heston, notableWork, El Cid]
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A.
Cantar de mio Cid
Cantar de mio Cid is an epic medieval Spanish poem recounting the heroic deeds and exile of the Castilian knight Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, known as El Cid.
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B.
King of León
The King of León is a historical royal title from the medieval Kingdom of León in the Iberian Peninsula, now held ceremonially as part of the composite titles of the Spanish monarch.
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C.
Hernani
Hernani is a coastal municipality in the province of Eastern Samar in the Philippines, known for its Pacific shoreline and rural communities.
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D.
Hernani
Hernani is a Romantic drama by Victor Hugo that famously challenged classical theatrical conventions and sparked intense controversy at its 1830 premiere in Paris.
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E.
Captain from Castile
Captain from Castile is a 1947 historical adventure film set during the Spanish Inquisition and Hernán Cortés’s conquest of Mexico, starring Tyrone Power in one of his signature swashbuckling roles.
- 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: El Cid Target entity description: El Cid is a 1961 historical epic film dramatizing the life of the medieval Spanish hero Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar during the Reconquista.
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A.
Cantar de mio Cid
Cantar de mio Cid is an epic medieval Spanish poem recounting the heroic deeds and exile of the Castilian knight Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, known as El Cid.
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B.
King of León
The King of León is a historical royal title from the medieval Kingdom of León in the Iberian Peninsula, now held ceremonially as part of the composite titles of the Spanish monarch.
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C.
Hernani
Hernani is a coastal municipality in the province of Eastern Samar in the Philippines, known for its Pacific shoreline and rural communities.
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D.
Hernani
Hernani is a Romantic drama by Victor Hugo that famously challenged classical theatrical conventions and sparked intense controversy at its 1830 premiere in Paris.
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E.
Captain from Castile
Captain from Castile is a 1947 historical adventure film set during the Spanish Inquisition and Hernán Cortés’s conquest of Mexico, starring Tyrone Power in one of his signature swashbuckling roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy |
John Moore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Veniero Colasanti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNomination |
Academy Award for Best Art Direction
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Robert Krasker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Veniero Colasanti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Italy
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Anthony Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Allied Artists Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Robert Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | Super Technirama 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
epic film
ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Christian–Muslim conflict
ⓘ
honor ⓘ loyalty ⓘ reconciliation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicBy | Miklós Rózsa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narratedBy | Gary Raymond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Alfonso VI of León and Castile
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ben Yusuf NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimena Díaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Samuel Bronston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Samuel Bronston Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 182 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Ben Barzman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fredric M. Frank NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Yordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 11th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | medieval Spain ⓘ |
| starring |
Andrew Cruickshank
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charlton Heston NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas Wilmer NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Thring NERFINISHED ⓘ Gary Raymond NERFINISHED ⓘ Geneviève Page NERFINISHED ⓘ Hurd Hatfield NERFINISHED ⓘ John Fraser NERFINISHED ⓘ Raf Vallone NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Truman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophia Loren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | Reconquista NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | El Cid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: El Cid Description of subject: El Cid is a 1961 historical epic film dramatizing the life of the medieval Spanish hero Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar during the Reconquista.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
El Cid (Vivar del Cid)
this entity surface form:
El Cid (1961 film)