The White Terror
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The White Terror is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Howard Hickman, notable as one of his early works in the silent era.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Massacre | 1 |
| The White Terror canonical | 1 |
| The White Terror and the Red | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10286068 — 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 White Terror Context triple: [Howard Hickman, notableWork, The White Terror]
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A.
White Terror
White Terror refers to the campaign of political repression, mass executions, and violence carried out by anti-Bolshevik forces and their allies during the Russian Civil War.
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B.
The Massacre
The Massacre is a 2005 hip hop album by 50 Cent that features hit singles like "Candy Shop" and "Just a Lil Bit" and solidified his mainstream commercial success.
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C.
Red Terror
The Red Terror was a brutal campaign of mass arrests, executions, and political repression carried out by the Bolshevik regime and its secret police (the Cheka) during the early years of Soviet power.
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D.
Red Terror
The Red Terror was a brutal campaign of political repression and mass killings carried out by Ethiopia’s Derg regime in the late 1970s, targeting real and perceived opponents during the country’s Marxist-Leninist revolution.
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E.
Dirty War
The Dirty War was a period of state terrorism in Argentina (roughly 1976–1983) during which the military dictatorship carried out widespread kidnappings, torture, and forced disappearances of suspected political opponents.
- 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 White Terror Target entity description: The White Terror is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Howard Hickman, notable as one of his early works in the silent era.
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A.
White Terror
White Terror refers to the campaign of political repression, mass executions, and violence carried out by anti-Bolshevik forces and their allies during the Russian Civil War.
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B.
The Massacre
The Massacre is a 2005 hip hop album by 50 Cent that features hit singles like "Candy Shop" and "Just a Lil Bit" and solidified his mainstream commercial success.
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C.
Red Terror
The Red Terror was a brutal campaign of mass arrests, executions, and political repression carried out by the Bolshevik regime and its secret police (the Cheka) during the early years of Soviet power.
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D.
Red Terror
The Red Terror was a brutal campaign of political repression and mass killings carried out by Ethiopia’s Derg regime in the late 1970s, targeting real and perceived opponents during the country’s Marxist-Leninist revolution.
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E.
Dirty War
The Dirty War was a period of state terrorism in Argentina (roughly 1976–1983) during which the military dictatorship carried out widespread kidnappings, torture, and forced disappearances of suspected political opponents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (7)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | silent film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| director | Howard Hickman ⓘ |
| filmFormat | silent ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of Howard Hickman’s early directorial works in the silent era ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1915 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The White Terror Description of subject: The White Terror is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Howard Hickman, notable as one of his early works in the silent era.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The White Terror
linked to: The White Terror