The Typhoon
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The Typhoon is a 1914 silent drama film starring Sessue Hayakawa that helped establish him as one of early Hollywood’s first major Asian leading men.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Typhoon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13499399 — 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 Typhoon Context triple: [Sessue Hayakawa, notableWork, The Typhoon]
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A.
Typhoon
Typhoon is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet/Russian Project 941 class of massive nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, among the largest submarines ever built.
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B.
Typhoon
"Typhoon" is a novella by Joseph Conrad that vividly portrays a steamship captain and his crew battling a violent storm at sea, exploring themes of duty, endurance, and human insignificance before nature.
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C.
Shimotsumaki
Shimotsumaki is the third and final volume of the ancient Japanese chronicle Kojiki, focusing largely on historical-era emperors and genealogies rather than mythological narratives.
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D.
Crimson Typhoon
Crimson Typhoon is a three-armed Chinese Mark-4 Jaeger from the Pacific Rim universe, renowned for its agility and distinctive multi-pilot combat style against kaiju.
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E.
Tifone
Tifone is an Italian World War II-era aircraft engine derived from the German Daimler-Benz DB 605 and used primarily in Fiat fighter planes.
- 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 Typhoon Target entity description: The Typhoon is a 1914 silent drama film starring Sessue Hayakawa that helped establish him as one of early Hollywood’s first major Asian leading men.
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A.
Typhoon
Typhoon is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet/Russian Project 941 class of massive nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, among the largest submarines ever built.
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B.
Typhoon
"Typhoon" is a novella by Joseph Conrad that vividly portrays a steamship captain and his crew battling a violent storm at sea, exploring themes of duty, endurance, and human insignificance before nature.
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C.
Shimotsumaki
Shimotsumaki is the third and final volume of the ancient Japanese chronicle Kojiki, focusing largely on historical-era emperors and genealogies rather than mythological narratives.
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D.
Crimson Typhoon
Crimson Typhoon is a three-armed Chinese Mark-4 Jaeger from the Pacific Rim universe, renowned for its agility and distinctive multi-pilot combat style against kaiju.
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E.
Tifone
Tifone is an Italian World War II-era aircraft engine derived from the German Daimler-Benz DB 605 and used primarily in Fiat fighter planes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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black-and-white film ⓘ drama film ⓘ feature film ⓘ film actor ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| era | silent era ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterOfEthnicity | Japanese ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Sessue Hayakawa
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Tsuru Aoki ⓘ other supporting actors ⓘ |
| hasReleaseDecade | 1910s ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | narrative feature ⓘ |
| helpedEstablish |
Sessue Hayakawa as one of early Hollywood’s first major Asian leading men
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linked to:
Sessue Hayakawa
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| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableFor | early leading role for Asian actor Sessue Hayakawa in Hollywood ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Typhoon ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ |
| productionCompany | American film studio active in 1914 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| sound | silent ⓘ |
| stars | Sessue Hayakawa ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Typhoon Description of subject: The Typhoon is a 1914 silent drama film starring Sessue Hayakawa that helped establish him as one of early Hollywood’s first major Asian leading men.
Referenced by (2)
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subject linked to:
The Typhoon