The Wind
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The Wind is a 1928 silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström, renowned for Lillian Gish’s powerful performance as a woman driven to the brink of madness by isolation and relentless prairie winds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Wind canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7142910 — 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 Wind Context triple: [Lillian Gish, notableWork, The Wind]
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A.
The Wind
"The Wind" is a song by the American rock band Emotions, likely featuring their signature soulful harmonies and emotive R&B style.
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B.
The Wind
The Wind is a critically acclaimed 2003 studio album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, recorded while he was terminally ill and noted for its poignant, reflective songs and guest appearances by prominent musicians.
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C.
In the Wind
"In the Wind" is a 1963 folk album by Peter, Paul and Mary that helped popularize the American folk revival with songs like "Blowin' in the Wind."
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D.
The Wind Blows
"The Wind Blows" is a celebrated poem by Georgian symbolist poet Galaktion Tabidze, known for its lyrical intensity and evocative imagery.
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E.
When the Wind Blows
"When the Wind Blows" is a suspenseful novel by James Patterson that blends thriller and science fiction elements in a story about genetically engineered children with wings.
- 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 Wind Target entity description: The Wind is a 1928 silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström, renowned for Lillian Gish’s powerful performance as a woman driven to the brink of madness by isolation and relentless prairie winds.
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A.
The Wind
"The Wind" is a song by the American rock band Emotions, likely featuring their signature soulful harmonies and emotive R&B style.
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B.
The Wind
The Wind is a critically acclaimed 2003 studio album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, recorded while he was terminally ill and noted for its poignant, reflective songs and guest appearances by prominent musicians.
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C.
In the Wind
"In the Wind" is a 1963 folk album by Peter, Paul and Mary that helped popularize the American folk revival with songs like "Blowin' in the Wind."
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D.
The Wind Blows
"The Wind Blows" is a celebrated poem by Georgian symbolist poet Galaktion Tabidze, known for its lyrical intensity and evocative imagery.
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E.
When the Wind Blows
"When the Wind Blows" is a suspenseful novel by James Patterson that blends thriller and science fiction elements in a story about genetically engineered children with wings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Dorothy Scarborough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Wind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkType | novel ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| censorshipHistory | original tragic ending altered for release ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | John Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| criticalReputation | considered one of the last great silent films ⓘ |
| director | Victor Sjöström NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disasterOrWeatherTheme | wind ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Conrad A. Nervig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | late silent era ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| filmNationality | American ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
silent drama ⓘ |
| language | Silent ⓘ |
| leadCharacterName | Letty Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacterPortrayedBy | Lillian Gish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadFemalePerformanceRecognizedAs | one of Lillian Gish’s finest roles ⓘ |
| musicBy | Carl Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Lillian Gish’s performance
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portrayal of psychological effects of isolation ⓘ use of wind as an expressionistic element ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young woman moves to a remote Texas ranch where isolation and relentless prairie winds drive her toward madness. ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | surviving print exists ⓘ |
| producer | Irving Thalberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1928-11-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Frances Marion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
American West
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texas prairie ⓘ |
| starring |
Dorothy Cumming
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edward Earle NERFINISHED ⓘ Lars Hanson NERFINISHED ⓘ Lillian Gish NERFINISHED ⓘ Montagu Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studioSystemEra | Hollywood silent era ⓘ |
| theme |
frontier hardship
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isolation ⓘ psychological breakdown ⓘ |
| title | The Wind 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
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 Wind Description of subject: The Wind is a 1928 silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström, renowned for Lillian Gish’s powerful performance as a woman driven to the brink of madness by isolation and relentless prairie winds.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.