The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939 film)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939 film) is a classic American adaptation of Mark Twain’s novel, following the riverboat adventures of Huck Finn and the runaway slave Jim.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10206791 — 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 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939 film) Context triple: [William Frawley, notableWork, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939 film)]
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Huckleberry Finn (1931 film)
Huckleberry Finn (1931 film) is an early sound-era adaptation of Mark Twain’s classic novel, following the adventures of Huck and Jim along the Mississippi River.
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B.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film) is a 1938 Technicolor adaptation of Mark Twain’s classic novel, following the mischievous exploits of Tom Sawyer along the Mississippi River.
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C.
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993 film)
The Adventures of Huck Finn is a 1993 American family adventure film adaptation of Mark Twain’s classic novel, following young Huck and the runaway slave Jim on a perilous journey down the Mississippi River.
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D.
Tom Sawyer (1917 film)
Tom Sawyer (1917 film) is a 1917 silent film adaptation of Mark Twain's classic novel, notable for starring Jack Pickford as the mischievous title character.
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E.
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Steamboat Bill, Jr. is a 1928 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, renowned for its elaborate stunts and the iconic falling-house facade sequence.
- 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 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939 film) Target entity description: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939 film) is a classic American adaptation of Mark Twain’s novel, following the riverboat adventures of Huck Finn and the runaway slave Jim.
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A.
Huckleberry Finn (1931 film)
Huckleberry Finn (1931 film) is an early sound-era adaptation of Mark Twain’s classic novel, following the adventures of Huck and Jim along the Mississippi River.
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B.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film) is a 1938 Technicolor adaptation of Mark Twain’s classic novel, following the mischievous exploits of Tom Sawyer along the Mississippi River.
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C.
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993 film)
The Adventures of Huck Finn is a 1993 American family adventure film adaptation of Mark Twain’s classic novel, following young Huck and the runaway slave Jim on a perilous journey down the Mississippi River.
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D.
Tom Sawyer (1917 film)
Tom Sawyer (1917 film) is a 1917 silent film adaptation of Mark Twain's classic novel, notable for starring Jack Pickford as the mischievous title character.
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E.
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Steamboat Bill, Jr. is a 1928 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, renowned for its elaborate stunts and the iconic falling-house facade sequence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Mark Twain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Clara Blandick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jo Ann Sayers NERFINISHED ⓘ Lynne Carver NERFINISHED ⓘ Mickey Rooney NERFINISHED ⓘ Minor Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ Rex Ingram NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Connolly NERFINISHED ⓘ William Frawley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | John F. Seitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Richard Thorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Loew's Inc.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Frank E. Hull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsCharacter |
Huckleberry Finn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
freedom
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Mickey Rooney
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rex Ingram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Snell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Arkansas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
Huckleberry Finn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Joseph L. Mankiewicz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
MGM
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1939-02-10 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 91 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Hugo Butler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walton Butterfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
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 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939 film) Description of subject: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939 film) is a classic American adaptation of Mark Twain’s novel, following the riverboat adventures of Huck Finn and the runaway slave Jim.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.