Sold at Auction (1923 film)
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Sold at Auction (1923 film) is a silent comedy short starring Australian-born comedian Harry "Snub" Pollard, known for his slapstick performances in early American cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sold at Auction (1923 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11242908 — 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: Sold at Auction (1923 film) Context triple: [Harry "Snub" Pollard, filmographyIncludes, Sold at Auction (1923 film)]
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A.
Wallhanging (1926)
"Wallhanging (1926)" is an early modernist textile work by Anni Albers that exemplifies her innovative approach to weaving and abstract design at the Bauhaus.
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B.
The Passing Show of 1923
The Passing Show of 1923 was a Broadway musical revue featuring songs and comedy sketches, co-written by lyricist Bert Kalmar.
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C.
A Damsel in Distress
"A Damsel in Distress" is a 1937 Hollywood musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire, known for its elaborate dance sequences and Gershwin songs.
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D.
Quicksand (1928)
Quicksand (1928) is a seminal Harlem Renaissance novel by Nella Larsen that explores race, gender, and identity through the experiences of a mixed-race woman navigating Black and white societies in the early 20th century.
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E.
The Round-Up (1920 film)
The Round-Up (1920 film) is a 1920 American silent Western drama best known for starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in a rare serious role.
- 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: Sold at Auction (1923 film) Target entity description: Sold at Auction (1923 film) is a silent comedy short starring Australian-born comedian Harry "Snub" Pollard, known for his slapstick performances in early American cinema.
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A.
Wallhanging (1926)
"Wallhanging (1926)" is an early modernist textile work by Anni Albers that exemplifies her innovative approach to weaving and abstract design at the Bauhaus.
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B.
The Passing Show of 1923
The Passing Show of 1923 was a Broadway musical revue featuring songs and comedy sketches, co-written by lyricist Bert Kalmar.
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C.
A Damsel in Distress
"A Damsel in Distress" is a 1937 Hollywood musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire, known for its elaborate dance sequences and Gershwin songs.
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D.
Quicksand (1928)
Quicksand (1928) is a seminal Harlem Renaissance novel by Nella Larsen that explores race, gender, and identity through the experiences of a mixed-race woman navigating Black and white societies in the early 20th century.
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E.
The Round-Up (1920 film)
The Round-Up (1920 film) is a 1920 American silent Western drama best known for starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in a rare serious role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ person ⓘ short film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacterType | auctioneer ⓘ |
| filmFormat | silent ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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slapstick ⓘ slapstick ⓘ |
| hasBlackAndWhiteVersion | true ⓘ |
| hasCastMember | Harry "Snub" Pollard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Sold at Auction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Silent (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| notableFor | slapstick comedy performance by Harry "Snub" Pollard ⓘ |
| notableWork | Sold at Auction (1923 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| productionEra | silent era ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| starring | Harry "Snub" Pollard 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: Sold at Auction (1923 film) Description of subject: Sold at Auction (1923 film) is a silent comedy short starring Australian-born comedian Harry "Snub" Pollard, known for his slapstick performances in early American cinema.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Harry "Snub" Pollard