The Cowboy and the Lady
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The Cowboy and the Lady is a 1938 romantic comedy film starring Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon that earned recognition for its sound recording at the Academy Awards.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Cowboy and the Lady canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6100885 — 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 Cowboy and the Lady Context triple: [11th Academy Awards, bestSoundRecordingWinner, The Cowboy and the Lady]
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A.
Lady of the West
Lady of the West is an epithet of the Egyptian goddess Hathor, highlighting her role as a protective deity of the necropolis and guide of the dead to the afterlife.
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B.
Cowboy Casanova
"Cowboy Casanova" is a 2009 uptempo country-pop song by Carrie Underwood that portrays a charming but deceptive ladies’ man.
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C.
The Cowboy Star
The Cowboy Star is a Western film featuring actress Joan Barclay, typical of the mid-20th-century American B-movie cowboy genre.
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D.
King of the Cowboys
King of the Cowboys is the famous nickname of Roy Rogers, the iconic American singing cowboy star of mid-20th-century Western films, radio, and television.
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E.
The Cowboy and the Kid
The Cowboy and the Kid is a 1936 American Western film featuring Joan Barclay in a supporting role.
- 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 Cowboy and the Lady Target entity description: The Cowboy and the Lady is a 1938 romantic comedy film starring Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon that earned recognition for its sound recording at the Academy Awards.
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A.
Lady of the West
Lady of the West is an epithet of the Egyptian goddess Hathor, highlighting her role as a protective deity of the necropolis and guide of the dead to the afterlife.
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B.
Cowboy Casanova
"Cowboy Casanova" is a 2009 uptempo country-pop song by Carrie Underwood that portrays a charming but deceptive ladies’ man.
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C.
The Cowboy Star
The Cowboy Star is a Western film featuring actress Joan Barclay, typical of the mid-20th-century American B-movie cowboy genre.
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D.
King of the Cowboys
King of the Cowboys is the famous nickname of Roy Rogers, the iconic American singing cowboy star of mid-20th-century Western films, radio, and television.
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E.
The Cowboy and the Kid
The Cowboy and the Kid is a 1936 American Western film featuring Joan Barclay in a supporting role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Frank R. Adams ⓘ |
| cinematography | Gregg Toland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | H. C. Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Sherman Todd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterOccupation |
cowboy
ⓘ
socialite ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
romance film ⓘ romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| hasAwardRecognition | Academy Awards sound recording nomination ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class differences
ⓘ
romance across social classes ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Mary Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stretch Willoughby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Richard Hageman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Sound Recording NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Samuel Goldwyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Samuel Goldwyn Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1938-11-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 91 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Frank Butler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
S. N. Behrman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Buchman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary to time of production ⓘ |
| soundRecordingBy | Thomas T. Moulton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Fuzzy Knight
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gary Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Merle Oberon NERFINISHED ⓘ Patsy Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Brennan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starVehicleFor |
Gary Cooper
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Merle Oberon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Cowboy and the Lady Description of subject: The Cowboy and the Lady is a 1938 romantic comedy film starring Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon that earned recognition for its sound recording at the Academy Awards.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.