The Kentuckian
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The Kentuckian is a 1955 Western film directed by and starring Burt Lancaster, following a frontiersman and his young son as they journey toward a new life in Texas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Kentuckian canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10719944 — 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 Kentuckian Context triple: [Hecht-Lancaster Productions, notableWork, The Kentuckian]
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A.
City of Blue Grass
The City of Blue Grass is the municipal government authority responsible for administering and providing local services to the community of Blue Grass, Iowa.
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B.
'Kentucky' (1938 film)
"Kentucky" is a 1938 American drama film blending romance and horse racing, noted for Walter Brennan’s Academy Award-winning supporting performance.
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C.
Tennessee Jed
"Tennessee Jed" is a country-tinged Grateful Dead song, known for its humorous, rambling lyrics and frequent appearance in the band’s live performances.
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D.
The Oklahoma Kid
The Oklahoma Kid is a 1939 Western film starring James Cagney as a fast-drawing drifter who clashes with corrupt town leaders on the American frontier.
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E.
The Baron of the Bluegrass
The Baron of the Bluegrass was the famous moniker of legendary University of Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp, one of the winningest coaches in college basketball history.
- 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 Kentuckian Target entity description: The Kentuckian is a 1955 Western film directed by and starring Burt Lancaster, following a frontiersman and his young son as they journey toward a new life in Texas.
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A.
City of Blue Grass
The City of Blue Grass is the municipal government authority responsible for administering and providing local services to the community of Blue Grass, Iowa.
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B.
'Kentucky' (1938 film)
"Kentucky" is a 1938 American drama film blending romance and horse racing, noted for Walter Brennan’s Academy Award-winning supporting performance.
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C.
Tennessee Jed
"Tennessee Jed" is a country-tinged Grateful Dead song, known for its humorous, rambling lyrics and frequent appearance in the band’s live performances.
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D.
The Oklahoma Kid
The Oklahoma Kid is a 1939 Western film starring James Cagney as a fast-drawing drifter who clashes with corrupt town leaders on the American frontier.
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E.
The Baron of the Bluegrass
The Baron of the Bluegrass was the famous moniker of legendary University of Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp, one of the winningest coaches in college basketball history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy | Hilyard M. Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Felix Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Gabriel Horn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Hannah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stan Bodine NERFINISHED ⓘ Susie Spann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| childActorPlaysCharacter | Donald MacDonald as Little Eli Wakefield ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ernest Laszlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | CinemaScope ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Edith Head NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Burt Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | United Artists ⓘ |
| editedBy | William A. Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresDebutFilmRoleOf | Walter Matthau GENERATED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
adventure film ⓘ |
| hasFilmPosterArtist | Norman Rockwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActorPlaysCharacter | Burt Lancaster as Elias Wakefield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Elias Wakefield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Little Eli Wakefield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bernard Herrmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Kentucky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableScene | whip fight between Elias Wakefield and Stan Bodine ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | frontiersman traveling to Texas ⓘ |
| producer | Harold Hecht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hecht-Lancaster Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 104 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | A.B. Guthrie Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| starring |
Burt Lancaster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diana Lynn NERFINISHED ⓘ Dianne Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ John Carradine NERFINISHED ⓘ John McIntire NERFINISHED ⓘ Una Merkel NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Matthau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Kentuckian Description of subject: The Kentuckian is a 1955 Western film directed by and starring Burt Lancaster, following a frontiersman and his young son as they journey toward a new life in Texas.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.