The Alaskan (1924 film)
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The Alaskan (1924 film) is a silent American drama adventure movie set in the Alaskan wilderness, adapted from James Oliver Curwood’s novel and featuring Estelle Taylor in a prominent role.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Alaskan (1924 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9512047 — 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 Alaskan (1924 film) Context triple: [Estelle Taylor, notableWork, The Alaskan (1924 film)]
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The Call of the Wild (1923 film)
The Call of the Wild (1923 film) is a silent adventure drama adaptation of Jack London’s classic novel, following a domesticated dog thrust into the harsh realities of the Klondike Gold Rush.
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B.
The Call of the Wild (1935 film)
The Call of the Wild (1935 film) is an American adventure drama starring Clark Gable and Loretta Young, adapting Jack London’s novel about a man and a sled dog facing the harsh realities of the Klondike Gold Rush.
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C.
Star of Alaska
Star of Alaska was the later name of the historic 1886-built square-rigged sailing ship originally known as Balclutha, now preserved as a museum ship in San Francisco.
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D.
The Alaskans
The Alaskans is an American Western television series set during the Klondike Gold Rush, following adventurers and fortune seekers in late 19th-century Alaska.
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E.
The Squaw Man (1914 film)
The Squaw Man (1914 film) is a pioneering early feature-length Western drama, often cited as one of the first full-length Hollywood films and a key work in the development of the American film industry.
- 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 Alaskan (1924 film) Target entity description: The Alaskan (1924 film) is a silent American drama adventure movie set in the Alaskan wilderness, adapted from James Oliver Curwood’s novel and featuring Estelle Taylor in a prominent role.
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A.
The Call of the Wild (1923 film)
The Call of the Wild (1923 film) is a silent adventure drama adaptation of Jack London’s classic novel, following a domesticated dog thrust into the harsh realities of the Klondike Gold Rush.
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B.
The Call of the Wild (1935 film)
The Call of the Wild (1935 film) is an American adventure drama starring Clark Gable and Loretta Young, adapting Jack London’s novel about a man and a sled dog facing the harsh realities of the Klondike Gold Rush.
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C.
Star of Alaska
Star of Alaska was the later name of the historic 1886-built square-rigged sailing ship originally known as Balclutha, now preserved as a museum ship in San Francisco.
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D.
The Alaskans
The Alaskans is an American Western television series set during the Klondike Gold Rush, following adventurers and fortune seekers in late 19th-century Alaska.
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E.
The Squaw Man (1914 film)
The Squaw Man (1914 film) is a pioneering early feature-length Western drama, often cited as one of the first full-length Hollywood films and a key work in the development of the American film industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | silent film ⓘ |
| author | James Oliver Curwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Alaskan (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember | Estelle Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | James Wong Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Herbert Brenon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Paramount Pictures
ⓘ
Paramount Pictures Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | silent era ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasCastRole | Estelle Taylor in prominent role ⓘ |
| hasGenreCharacteristic |
romantic drama
ⓘ
wilderness adventure ⓘ |
| hasType | feature film ⓘ |
| isAdaptationOf | novel ⓘ |
| language | Silent ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Alaskan wilderness ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
cinematographer ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ |
| partOf | American silent feature films ⓘ |
| producer | Jesse L. Lasky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Famous Players–Lasky Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionStudioSystem | Hollywood studio system ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1924 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1924-09-01 ⓘ |
| releaseStatus | believed lost ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 70 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Eugene Walter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Alaskan 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
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Input
Subject: The Alaskan (1924 film) Description of subject: The Alaskan (1924 film) is a silent American drama adventure movie set in the Alaskan wilderness, adapted from James Oliver Curwood’s novel and featuring Estelle Taylor in a prominent role.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.