Cimarron
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Cimarron is a 1931 American Western drama film, based on Edna Ferber’s novel, that won the Academy Award for Best Picture for its portrayal of Oklahoma’s land rush and frontier life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cimarron canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5643763 — 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: Cimarron Context triple: [Richard Dix, notableWork, Cimarron]
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A.
Cimarron
Cimarron is a 1981 country music album by Emmylou Harris known for its blend of contemporary country and pop-influenced songs.
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B.
Rainy Mountain
Rainy Mountain is a prominent landmark in Kiowa oral history and culture, serving as a symbolic focal point for ancestral memory and identity.
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C.
La fanciulla del West
La fanciulla del West is an opera by Giacomo Puccini set during the California Gold Rush, known for its lush orchestration and pioneering use of an American Western setting in opera.
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D.
O Pioneers!
O Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by Willa Cather that portrays the struggles and triumphs of a Swedish-American pioneer family on the Nebraska prairie, often cited as a classic of American frontier literature.
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E.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
- 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: Cimarron Target entity description: Cimarron is a 1931 American Western drama film, based on Edna Ferber’s novel, that won the Academy Award for Best Picture for its portrayal of Oklahoma’s land rush and frontier life.
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A.
Cimarron
Cimarron is a 1981 country music album by Emmylou Harris known for its blend of contemporary country and pop-influenced songs.
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B.
Rainy Mountain
Rainy Mountain is a prominent landmark in Kiowa oral history and culture, serving as a symbolic focal point for ancestral memory and identity.
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C.
La fanciulla del West
La fanciulla del West is an opera by Giacomo Puccini set during the California Gold Rush, known for its lush orchestration and pioneering use of an American Western setting in opera.
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D.
O Pioneers!
O Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by Willa Cather that portrays the struggles and triumphs of a Swedish-American pioneer family on the Nebraska prairie, often cited as a classic of American frontier literature.
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E.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Edna Ferber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Art Direction
NERFINISHED
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Academy Award for Best Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cimarron (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember |
Edna May Oliver
NERFINISHED
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Estelle Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ George E. Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Irene Dunne NERFINISHED ⓘ Judith Barrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Nance O'Neil NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Dix NERFINISHED ⓘ Roscoe Ates NERFINISHED ⓘ William Collier Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Edward Cronjager NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Wesley Ruggles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical film print ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Jack Kitchin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| leadActor | Richard Dix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Irene Dunne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Max Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Actor
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Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Oklahoma land rush
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early large-scale Western epic ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Academy Award-winning films ⓘ |
| portrays | frontier life ⓘ |
| producer | William LeBaron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1929 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1931-02-09 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 123 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Howard Estabrook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| settingEvent | Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Cimarron Description of subject: Cimarron is a 1931 American Western drama film, based on Edna Ferber’s novel, that won the Academy Award for Best Picture for its portrayal of Oklahoma’s land rush and frontier life.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.