The Great Waltz
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The Great Waltz is a 1938 musical biographical film about composer Johann Strauss II, renowned for its lavish production and celebrated cinematography.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Great Waltz canonical | 7 |
| The Great Waltz (1938 film) | 2 |
| film "The Great Waltz" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6100881 — 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: The Great Waltz Context triple: [11th Academy Awards, bestCinematographyWinner, The Great Waltz]
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A.
The Waltz King
The Waltz King is the nickname of Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, famed for popularizing the Viennese waltz through works like "The Blue Danube."
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B.
Garland Waltz
Garland Waltz is a famous waltz sequence from Tchaikovsky’s ballet "The Sleeping Beauty," often performed as a standalone concert piece.
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C.
Waltz
Waltz is a surname most prominently associated with Kenneth N. Waltz, a leading American political scientist known for his work in international relations theory.
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D.
The Dancing Couple
The Dancing Couple is a lively 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Jan Steen that humorously depicts a boisterous village celebration with dancing peasants and chaotic revelry.
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E.
National Velvet
National Velvet is a classic 1944 family sports drama film about a young girl and her horse competing in the Grand National steeplechase.
- 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: The Great Waltz Target entity description: The Great Waltz is a 1938 musical biographical film about composer Johann Strauss II, renowned for its lavish production and celebrated cinematography.
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A.
The Waltz King
The Waltz King is the nickname of Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, famed for popularizing the Viennese waltz through works like "The Blue Danube."
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B.
Garland Waltz
Garland Waltz is a famous waltz sequence from Tchaikovsky’s ballet "The Sleeping Beauty," often performed as a standalone concert piece.
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C.
Waltz
Waltz is a surname most prominently associated with Kenneth N. Waltz, a leading American political scientist known for his work in international relations theory.
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D.
The Dancing Couple
The Dancing Couple is a lively 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Jan Steen that humorously depicts a boisterous village celebration with dancing peasants and chaotic revelry.
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E.
National Velvet
National Velvet is a classic 1944 family sports drama film about a young girl and her horse competing in the Grand National steeplechase.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| about | Austrian composer Johann Strauss II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| academyAwardCategoryWon | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White ⓘ |
| academyAwardsEdition | 11th Academy Awards ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy | Cedric Gibbons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award | Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Johann Strauss II ⓘ |
| castMember |
Fernand Gravet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luise Rainer NERFINISHED ⓘ Miliza Korjus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Joseph Ruttenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyStyle | lavish ⓘ |
| composer | Johann Strauss II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Adrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director |
Julien Duvivier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Victor Fleming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | United States theatrical release ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
|
| genre |
biographical film
ⓘ
musical ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | Fernand Gravet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Luise Rainer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Johann Strauss II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicIncludes |
Tales from the Vienna Woods
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Blue Danube NERFINISHED ⓘ Voices of Spring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Miliza Korjus) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
celebrated cinematography
ⓘ
lavish production values ⓘ |
| portrays |
rise to fame of Johann Strauss II
ⓘ
rivalry between Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II ⓘ |
| producer | Bernard H. Hyman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1938-11-04 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| runtime | 104 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Jules Furthman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samuel Hoffenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Reisch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 19th-century Vienna ⓘ |
| title | The Great Waltz 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: The Great Waltz Description of subject: The Great Waltz is a 1938 musical biographical film about composer Johann Strauss II, renowned for its lavish production and celebrated cinematography.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Great Waltz (1938 film)
this entity surface form:
The Great Waltz (1938 film)
this entity surface form:
film "The Great Waltz"