By a Waterfall
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"By a Waterfall" is a lavish Busby Berkeley-choreographed musical number from the 1933 Warner Bros. film *Footlight Parade*, renowned for its elaborate aquatic ballet and geometric chorus line patterns.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| By a Waterfall canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8999573 — 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: By a Waterfall Context triple: [Footlight Parade, hasSong, By a Waterfall]
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A.
The Waterfall
The Waterfall is a dramatic 17th-century landscape painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Jacob van Ruisdael, renowned for its powerful depiction of rushing water amid a rugged, romanticized natural setting.
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B.
The Waterfall
The Waterfall is a 2015 studio album by American rock band My Morning Jacket that blends psychedelic rock, folk, and soul influences into a lush, atmospheric sound.
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C.
The Waterfall II
The Waterfall II is a 2020 studio album by American rock band My Morning Jacket, featuring expansive, psychedelic-tinged rock songs that continue the themes and sessions of their earlier album The Waterfall.
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D.
Wonderfalls
Wonderfalls is a short-lived cult-favorite American dramedy TV series about a disaffected gift-shop clerk who begins receiving cryptic life-advice from talking animal figurines.
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E.
Still Waters Run Deep
Still Waters Run Deep is a mid-19th-century domestic drama by British playwright Tom Taylor, known for its subtle character study and critique of Victorian social pretensions.
- 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: By a Waterfall Target entity description: "By a Waterfall" is a lavish Busby Berkeley-choreographed musical number from the 1933 Warner Bros. film *Footlight Parade*, renowned for its elaborate aquatic ballet and geometric chorus line patterns.
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A.
The Waterfall
The Waterfall is a dramatic 17th-century landscape painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Jacob van Ruisdael, renowned for its powerful depiction of rushing water amid a rugged, romanticized natural setting.
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B.
The Waterfall
The Waterfall is a 2015 studio album by American rock band My Morning Jacket that blends psychedelic rock, folk, and soul influences into a lush, atmospheric sound.
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C.
The Waterfall II
The Waterfall II is a 2020 studio album by American rock band My Morning Jacket, featuring expansive, psychedelic-tinged rock songs that continue the themes and sessions of their earlier album The Waterfall.
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D.
Wonderfalls
Wonderfalls is a short-lived cult-favorite American dramedy TV series about a disaffected gift-shop clerk who begins receiving cryptic life-advice from talking animal figurines.
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E.
Still Waters Run Deep
Still Waters Run Deep is a mid-19th-century domestic drama by British playwright Tom Taylor, known for its subtle character study and critique of Victorian social pretensions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film sequence
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musical number ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Busby Berkeley ⓘ |
| choreographedBy | Busby Berkeley ⓘ |
| choreographyStyle |
kaleidoscopic overhead patterns
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synchronized swimming ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| directorOfParentWork | Lloyd Bacon ⓘ |
| era | Pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ |
| featuredIn | Footlight Parade ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext | musical film ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
classic example of Busby Berkeley style
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landmark in early Hollywood musical staging ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
elaborate aquatic ballet
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geometric chorus line patterns ⓘ lavish production design ⓘ |
| partOf | Footlight Parade ⓘ |
| producedByStudio |
Warner Bros.
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linked to:
Warner Bros. Pictures
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| productionCompanyOfParentWork |
Warner Bros.
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linked to:
Warner Bros. Entertainment
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| releaseYear | 1933 ⓘ |
| setType | water-themed set ⓘ |
| uses |
elaborate camera movements
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large chorus of dancers ⓘ |
| visualStyle | spectacular large-scale formations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: By a Waterfall Description of subject: "By a Waterfall" is a lavish Busby Berkeley-choreographed musical number from the 1933 Warner Bros. film *Footlight Parade*, renowned for its elaborate aquatic ballet and geometric chorus line patterns.
Referenced by (2)
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subject linked to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footlight_Parade