The Scarlet Letter (1926 film)
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The Scarlet Letter (1926 film) is a silent drama directed by Victor Sjöström and starring Lillian Gish, adapting Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic novel about sin, guilt, and social judgment in Puritan New England.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Scarlet Letter (1926 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549477 — 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 Scarlet Letter (1926 film) Context triple: [The Scarlet Letter, hasAdaptation, The Scarlet Letter (1926 film)]
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The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores sin, guilt, and social judgment in a 17th-century Puritan community through the story of Hester Prynne and the emblematic letter "A" she is forced to wear.
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Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 American drama film that confronts antisemitism in postwar America, directed by Elia Kazan and starring Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Celeste Holm.
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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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Blood and Sand
Blood and Sand is a 1922 silent drama film starring Rudolph Valentino as a rising bullfighter whose fame leads to personal and moral downfall.
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E.
Ziegfeld Girl
Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 MGM musical drama film that follows the intertwined lives and romances of three women who become performers in the famed Ziegfeld Follies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Scarlet Letter (1926 film) Target entity description: The Scarlet Letter (1926 film) is a silent drama directed by Victor Sjöström and starring Lillian Gish, adapting Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic novel about sin, guilt, and social judgment in Puritan New England.
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A.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores sin, guilt, and social judgment in a 17th-century Puritan community through the story of Hester Prynne and the emblematic letter "A" she is forced to wear.
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B.
Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 American drama film that confronts antisemitism in postwar America, directed by Elia Kazan and starring Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Celeste Holm.
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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.
Blood and Sand
Blood and Sand is a 1922 silent drama film starring Rudolph Valentino as a rising bullfighter whose fame leads to personal and moral downfall.
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E.
Ziegfeld Girl
Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 MGM musical drama film that follows the intertwined lives and romances of three women who become performers in the famed Ziegfeld Follies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Scarlet Letter (1926 film) Description of subject: The Scarlet Letter (1926 film) is a silent drama directed by Victor Sjöström and starring Lillian Gish, adapting Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic novel about sin, guilt, and social judgment in Puritan New England.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.