Official Secrets Act 1889
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The Official Secrets Act 1889 was a United Kingdom law that first criminalized the unauthorized disclosure of official information, forming the foundation of modern British secrecy legislation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Official Secrets Act 1889 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17770918 — 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: Official Secrets Act 1889 Context triple: [Official Secrets Act 1920, relatedTo, Official Secrets Act 1889]
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A.
Official Secrets Act 1911
The Official Secrets Act 1911 is a key piece of United Kingdom legislation that established criminal offences related to espionage and the unauthorised disclosure of information affecting national security.
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B.
Official Secrets Act 1920
The Official Secrets Act 1920 is a UK law that strengthened and expanded earlier official secrets legislation by broadening the range of security-related offences and powers concerning espionage and the protection of sensitive government information.
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C.
Official Secrets Act 1939
The Official Secrets Act 1939 was a United Kingdom law that strengthened and clarified earlier official secrets legislation, particularly concerning national security and the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive government information.
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D.
Official Secrets Act 1989
The Official Secrets Act 1989 is a UK law that criminalizes the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive government and security information by officials, journalists, and others.
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E.
Official Secrets Act
The Official Secrets Act is a series of UK laws that criminalise the unauthorised disclosure of information related to national security and government secrets.
- 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: Official Secrets Act 1889 Target entity description: The Official Secrets Act 1889 was a United Kingdom law that first criminalized the unauthorized disclosure of official information, forming the foundation of modern British secrecy legislation.
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A.
Official Secrets Act 1911
The Official Secrets Act 1911 is a key piece of United Kingdom legislation that established criminal offences related to espionage and the unauthorised disclosure of information affecting national security.
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B.
Official Secrets Act 1920
The Official Secrets Act 1920 is a UK law that strengthened and expanded earlier official secrets legislation by broadening the range of security-related offences and powers concerning espionage and the protection of sensitive government information.
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C.
Official Secrets Act 1939
The Official Secrets Act 1939 was a United Kingdom law that strengthened and clarified earlier official secrets legislation, particularly concerning national security and the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive government information.
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D.
Official Secrets Act 1989
The Official Secrets Act 1989 is a UK law that criminalizes the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive government and security information by officials, journalists, and others.
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E.
Official Secrets Act
The Official Secrets Act is a series of UK laws that criminalise the unauthorised disclosure of information related to national security and government secrets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.