Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film)
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film) is a silent comedy-drama adaptation of Kate Douglas Wiggin’s novel, best known for starring Mary Pickford in one of her signature early screen roles.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film) canonical | 4 |
| 1917 silent film "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" | 1 |
| Rebecca Randall in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T408421 — 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: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film) Context triple: [Mary Pickford, notableWork, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film)]
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A.
The Yearling (1946 film)
The Yearling (1946 film) is a classic American family drama set in rural Florida, following a young boy’s poignant bond with an orphaned fawn and the hardships faced by his pioneer family.
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B.
Rebecca (1940 film)
Rebecca (1940 film) is a 1940 gothic romantic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s novel, and renowned for its haunting atmosphere and Laurence Olivier’s performance.
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C.
Boys Town
Boys Town is a 1938 American drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, inspired by the real-life Father Flanagan’s home for troubled boys in Nebraska.
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D.
National Velvet
National Velvet is a classic 1944 family sports drama film about a young girl and her horse competing in the Grand National steeplechase.
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E.
Wuthering Heights (1939 film)
Wuthering Heights (1939 film) is a classic Hollywood adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel, renowned for its Gothic romance, atmospheric cinematography, and Laurence Olivier’s iconic performance as Heathcliff.
- 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: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film) Target entity description: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film) is a silent comedy-drama adaptation of Kate Douglas Wiggin’s novel, best known for starring Mary Pickford in one of her signature early screen roles.
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A.
The Yearling (1946 film)
The Yearling (1946 film) is a classic American family drama set in rural Florida, following a young boy’s poignant bond with an orphaned fawn and the hardships faced by his pioneer family.
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B.
Rebecca (1940 film)
Rebecca (1940 film) is a 1940 gothic romantic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s novel, and renowned for its haunting atmosphere and Laurence Olivier’s performance.
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C.
Boys Town
Boys Town is a 1938 American drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, inspired by the real-life Father Flanagan’s home for troubled boys in Nebraska.
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D.
National Velvet
National Velvet is a classic 1944 family sports drama film about a young girl and her horse competing in the Grand National steeplechase.
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E.
Wuthering Heights (1939 film)
Wuthering Heights (1939 film) is a classic Hollywood adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel, renowned for its Gothic romance, atmospheric cinematography, and Laurence Olivier’s iconic performance as Heathcliff.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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comedy-drama film ⓘ feature film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (novel)
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linked to:
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
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| adaptationType | literary adaptation ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (novel)
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linked to:
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
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| basedOnWorkBy | Kate Douglas Wiggin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| featuredPerformer | Mary Pickford ⓘ |
| filmEra | silent era ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
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silent comedy ⓘ silent drama ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Rebecca Randall ⓘ |
| language | Silent ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of Mary Pickford's signature early screen roles ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Rebecca Randall in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film)
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linked to:
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film)
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| portraysCharacter | Rebecca Randall ⓘ |
| productionType | narrative feature ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1917 ⓘ |
| starred | Mary Pickford ⓘ |
| workType | film adaptation ⓘ |
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: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film) Description of subject: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film) is a silent comedy-drama adaptation of Kate Douglas Wiggin’s novel, best known for starring Mary Pickford in one of her signature early screen roles.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film)
linked to: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film)
subject linked to:
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903 novel)
linked to: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film)