Shane
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Shane is a classic 1953 American Western film, directed by George Stevens, that follows a mysterious gunslinger who becomes entangled in a frontier family's struggle against a ruthless cattle baron.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shane canonical | 11 |
| Shane in "Shane" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7369864 — 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: Shane Context triple: [George Stevens, notableWork, Shane]
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A.
Shane
Shane is a masculine given name of Irish origin that has become common in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Shane Drake
Shane Drake is an American music video director known for his work with major pop and rock artists across the 2000s and 2010s.
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C.
Shane Harper
Shane Harper is an American actor and singer known for roles in film and television, including the miniseries "A Teacher."
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D.
Shane Boris
Shane Boris is an Academy Award–winning American film producer known for his work on acclaimed documentaries such as "Navalny."
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E.
Rick Shaine
Rick Shaine is a film editor best known for his work on the influential horror movie "A Nightmare on Elm Street."
- 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: Shane Target entity description: Shane is a classic 1953 American Western film, directed by George Stevens, that follows a mysterious gunslinger who becomes entangled in a frontier family's struggle against a ruthless cattle baron.
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A.
Shane
Shane is a masculine given name of Irish origin that has become common in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Shane Drake
Shane Drake is an American music video director known for his work with major pop and rock artists across the 2000s and 2010s.
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C.
Shane Harper
Shane Harper is an American actor and singer known for roles in film and television, including the miniseries "A Teacher."
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D.
Shane Boris
Shane Boris is an Academy Award–winning American film producer known for his work on acclaimed documentaries such as "Navalny."
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E.
Rick Shaine
Rick Shaine is a film editor best known for his work on the influential horror movie "A Nightmare on Elm Street."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| AcademyAwardNominations | 6 ⓘ |
| AcademyAwardWin | Best Cinematography, Color ⓘ |
| antagonist |
Jack Wilson
NERFINISHED
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Rufus Ryker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Jack Schaefer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Shane (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Loyal Griggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | George Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | theatrical release in the United States ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Tom McAdoo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Hornbeck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Western ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Joe Starrett
NERFINISHED
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Joey Starrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Marian Starrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Shane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Victor Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | told largely from the viewpoint of a young boy ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Director
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Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Brandon de Wilde) NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Jack Palance) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic final line "Shane, come back!"
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influence on the Western genre ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | George Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | classic Western film ⓘ |
| registrySelectionYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1953-04-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 118 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
A. B. Guthrie Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack Sher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectedFor | United States National Film Registry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 19th century American frontier ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Wyoming Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Alan Ladd
NERFINISHED
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Brandon de Wilde NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Palance NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Heflin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
conflict between homesteaders and cattle barons
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myth of the lone gunslinger ⓘ |
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: Shane Description of subject: Shane is a classic 1953 American Western film, directed by George Stevens, that follows a mysterious gunslinger who becomes entangled in a frontier family's struggle against a ruthless cattle baron.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Alan Ladd