The Great Lie
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The Great Lie is a 1941 American drama film starring Bette Davis and Mary Astor, noted for Astor’s Oscar-winning supporting performance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Great Lie canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6620962 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Great Lie Context triple: [Mary Astor, notableWork, The Great Lie]
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A.
The Great American Lie
The Great American Lie is a documentary film that examines economic inequality and the cultural values underpinning the American Dream, directed by filmmaker and activist Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
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B.
Shield of Lies
Shield of Lies is a Star Wars Expanded Universe novel by Michael P. Kube-McDowell, forming the second book of the Black Fleet Crisis trilogy and exploring political intrigue and military conflict in the New Republic era.
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C.
the Father of Lies
The Father of Lies is a biblical epithet for the Devil, emphasizing his role as the ultimate deceiver and source of falsehood.
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D.
The Great Betrayal
The Great Betrayal is a political book by Pat Buchanan that critiques free trade and globalization from a nationalist, protectionist perspective.
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E.
The Liar
"The Liar" is a painting by African-American artist Archibald Motley that exemplifies his vivid, jazz-age depictions of Black urban life and social interaction.
- 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 Lie Target entity description: The Great Lie is a 1941 American drama film starring Bette Davis and Mary Astor, noted for Astor’s Oscar-winning supporting performance.
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A.
The Great American Lie
The Great American Lie is a documentary film that examines economic inequality and the cultural values underpinning the American Dream, directed by filmmaker and activist Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
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B.
Shield of Lies
Shield of Lies is a Star Wars Expanded Universe novel by Michael P. Kube-McDowell, forming the second book of the Black Fleet Crisis trilogy and exploring political intrigue and military conflict in the New Republic era.
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C.
the Father of Lies
The Father of Lies is a biblical epithet for the Devil, emphasizing his role as the ultimate deceiver and source of falsehood.
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D.
The Great Betrayal
The Great Betrayal is a political book by Pat Buchanan that critiques free trade and globalization from a nationalist, protectionist perspective.
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E.
The Liar
"The Liar" is a painting by African-American artist Archibald Motley that exemplifies his vivid, jazz-age depictions of Black urban life and social interaction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedBy | Mary Astor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel "The Great Lie" by Polan Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Tony Gaudio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countryOfRelease |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Edmund Goulding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ralph Dawson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Grant Mitchell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hattie McDaniel NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucile Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| motionPictureRatingSystem | Production Code era Hollywood film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Max Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | Mary Astor’s Academy Award-winning supporting performance ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Hal B. Wallis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1941-04-05 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 108 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Lenore J. Coffee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary to early 1940s ⓘ |
| starring |
Bette Davis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Brent NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Astor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Great Lie Description of subject: The Great Lie is a 1941 American drama film starring Bette Davis and Mary Astor, noted for Astor’s Oscar-winning supporting performance.
Referenced by (7)
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