Riders of the Black Hills
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Riders of the Black Hills is a 1938 American Western film featuring cowboy heroes, frontier action, and classic genre tropes of the era.
All labels observed (1)
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| Riders of the Black Hills canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5757245 — 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: Riders of the Black Hills Context triple: [Joan Barclay, filmographyIncludes, Riders of the Black Hills]
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A.
Lords of the Plains
Lords of the Plains is a renowned epithet for the Comanche, a Native American people historically famed for their exceptional horsemanship, warrior culture, and dominance across the Southern Plains.
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B.
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.
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C.
The Big Trail
The Big Trail is a 1930 American epic Western film, notable for its early use of widescreen technology and for featuring one of John Wayne’s first leading roles.
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D.
The Time of the Buffalo
The Time of the Buffalo is a nonfiction book by Robert Paul Smith that explores the history, ecology, and cultural significance of the American buffalo.
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E.
The Spur
The Spur is a residential area within the town of Runcorn in Cheshire, England.
- 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: Riders of the Black Hills Target entity description: Riders of the Black Hills is a 1938 American Western film featuring cowboy heroes, frontier action, and classic genre tropes of the era.
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A.
Lords of the Plains
Lords of the Plains is a renowned epithet for the Comanche, a Native American people historically famed for their exceptional horsemanship, warrior culture, and dominance across the Southern Plains.
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B.
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.
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C.
The Big Trail
The Big Trail is a 1930 American epic Western film, notable for its early use of widescreen technology and for featuring one of John Wayne’s first leading roles.
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D.
The Time of the Buffalo
The Time of the Buffalo is a nonfiction book by Robert Paul Smith that explores the history, ecology, and cultural significance of the American buffalo.
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E.
The Spur
The Spur is a residential area within the town of Runcorn in Cheshire, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Three Mesquiteers characters ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | William Nobles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | George Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Republic Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Tony Martinelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Classical Hollywood cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | cowboy heroes ⓘ |
| featuresSetting | American frontier ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
frontier justice
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heroic cowboys ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
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action film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Forrest Taylor
NERFINISHED
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LeRoy Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ Maude Eburne NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Terhune NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Corrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ Wally Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakima Canutt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStuntPerformer | Yakima Canutt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isBlackAndWhiteFilm | true ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Three Mesquiteers film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | William A. Berke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Republic Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1938-05-02 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 56 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Betty Burbridge
NERFINISHED
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Luci Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundFilm | true ⓘ |
| stars |
Max Terhune
NERFINISHED
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Ray Corrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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