The Christian
E295449
"The Christian" is a 1914 American silent drama film adaptation of Hall Caine’s popular novel, produced during the early feature-film era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Christian canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2754159 — 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 Christian Context triple: [Vitagraph Company of America, notableWork, The Christian]
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A.
Cristiani
Cristiani is an Italian-origin surname most notably associated with Alfredo Cristiani, a former president of El Salvador.
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B.
Das Wesen des Christentums
Das Wesen des Christentums is a seminal 1841 philosophical work by Ludwig Feuerbach that argues Christianity is a projection of human nature and laid important groundwork for later critiques of religion.
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C.
The Christian General
The Christian General was the sobriquet of Oliver Otis Howard, a Union Army officer and devout Christian who later led the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction.
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D.
The Faith of the Christian Church
The Faith of the Christian Church is a 20th-century theological work by Swedish bishop and theologian Gustaf Aulén that systematically presents and interprets the central doctrines of historic Christian faith.
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E.
The Christian Faith
The Christian Faith is Friedrich Schleiermacher’s seminal theological work that systematically presents his modern, experience-centered understanding of Christian doctrine.
- 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 Christian Target entity description: "The Christian" is a 1914 American silent drama film adaptation of Hall Caine’s popular novel, produced during the early feature-film era.
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A.
Cristiani
Cristiani is an Italian-origin surname most notably associated with Alfredo Cristiani, a former president of El Salvador.
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B.
Das Wesen des Christentums
Das Wesen des Christentums is a seminal 1841 philosophical work by Ludwig Feuerbach that argues Christianity is a projection of human nature and laid important groundwork for later critiques of religion.
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C.
The Christian General
The Christian General was the sobriquet of Oliver Otis Howard, a Union Army officer and devout Christian who later led the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction.
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D.
The Faith of the Christian Church
The Faith of the Christian Church is a 20th-century theological work by Swedish bishop and theologian Gustaf Aulén that systematically presents and interprets the central doctrines of historic Christian faith.
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E.
The Christian Faith
The Christian Faith is Friedrich Schleiermacher’s seminal theological work that systematically presents his modern, experience-centered understanding of Christian doctrine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ feature film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Hall Caine’s novel The Christian ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Hall Caine ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Christian (novel) ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| colorFilm | false ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | 1910s American cinema ⓘ |
| filmFormat | silent ⓘ |
| filmIndustryContext | American silent era ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | literary adaptation ⓘ |
| intertitlesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| language | Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ |
| medium | motion picture ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | feature-length narrative film ⓘ |
| productionCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| productionPeriod | early feature-film era ⓘ |
| publicationTypeOfSource | novel ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| soundFilm | false ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPopularity | adapted from a popular novel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Christian Description of subject: "The Christian" is a 1914 American silent drama film adaptation of Hall Caine’s popular novel, produced during the early feature-film era.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.