The Electric House
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The Electric House is a 1922 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, known for its inventive gags involving a technologically automated home.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Electric House canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11868940 — 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 Electric House Context triple: [Joe Roberts, notableWork, The Electric House]
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A.
Palace of Electricity
The Palace of Electricity was a grand exhibition hall at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis that showcased cutting-edge electrical technologies and illuminated displays.
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B.
House of Music
House of Music is a 1996 R&B and soul album by Tony! Toni! Toné! known for its smooth, live-instrument sound and classic, retro-influenced production.
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C.
Roundhouse
The Roundhouse is a renowned performing arts and concert venue in Camden, London, known for its distinctive circular architecture and innovative cultural programming.
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D.
Smart House
Smart House is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie about a family that wins a fully automated, artificially intelligent home that begins to take on a controlling personality.
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E.
The Electric Lady
The Electric Lady is Janelle Monáe’s genre-blending concept album that continues her futuristic Metropolis saga, mixing R&B, funk, soul, and pop with Afrofuturist themes.
- 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 Electric House Target entity description: The Electric House is a 1922 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, known for its inventive gags involving a technologically automated home.
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A.
Palace of Electricity
The Palace of Electricity was a grand exhibition hall at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis that showcased cutting-edge electrical technologies and illuminated displays.
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B.
House of Music
House of Music is a 1996 R&B and soul album by Tony! Toni! Toné! known for its smooth, live-instrument sound and classic, retro-influenced production.
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C.
Roundhouse
The Roundhouse is a renowned performing arts and concert venue in Camden, London, known for its distinctive circular architecture and innovative cultural programming.
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D.
Smart House
Smart House is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie about a family that wins a fully automated, artificially intelligent home that begins to take on a controlling personality.
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E.
The Electric Lady
The Electric Lady is Janelle Monáe’s genre-blending concept album that continues her futuristic Metropolis saga, mixing R&B, funk, soul, and pop with Afrofuturist themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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short film ⓘ silent comedy film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Elgin Lessley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director |
Buster Keaton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edward F. Cline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | First National Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | silent film era ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Buster Keaton character mistaken for an electrical engineer ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
mistaken identity
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technology and automation in the home ⓘ |
| hasAudience | general audiences ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat |
black-and-white
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silent with intertitles ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
Comedy film
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Short film ⓘ Slapstick film ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
example of early cinematic depictions of home automation
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represents Buster Keaton’s technical ingenuity in set design and gags ⓘ |
| hasSetting | suburban house ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
physical comedy
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visual gag-driven narrative ⓘ |
| isBlackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| isSilent | true ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex mechanical special effects
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inventive gags involving a technologically automated home ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film ⓘ |
| partOfFilmographyOf | Buster Keaton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A botany student is mistaken for an electrical engineer and installs elaborate automated devices in a house, leading to comic chaos. ⓘ |
| producer | Joseph M. Schenck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Buster Keaton Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1922-08-22 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 23 ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| starring | Buster Keaton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starsPerformerAsRole | Buster Keaton as a botany student ⓘ |
| title | The Electric House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
automated bathtub
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automated dining table ⓘ automated staircase ⓘ mechanized pool table ⓘ |
| writer |
Buster Keaton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edward F. Cline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Electric House Description of subject: The Electric House is a 1922 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, known for its inventive gags involving a technologically automated home.
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