Sir Gerald Tarrant
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Sir Gerald Tarrant is a high-ranking British intelligence official who frequently collaborates with Modesty Blaise in Peter O'Donnell's spy fiction series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir Gerald Tarrant canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20492595 — 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: Sir Gerald Tarrant Context triple: [Modesty Blaise, character, Sir Gerald Tarrant]
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A.
William Boot
William Boot is the bumbling, nature-obsessed journalist protagonist of Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Scoop," sent abroad as an unlikely foreign correspondent.
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B.
Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Sergeant Gerry Boyle is the cynical, sharp-witted small-town Irish police sergeant at the center of the dark comedy crime film "The Guard."
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C.
John Boot
John Boot was a British entrepreneur and herbalist best known for founding the pharmacy and retail chain that became Boots.
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D.
Sergeant Ian McKay
Sergeant Ian McKay was a British Army non-commissioned officer posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his exceptional bravery during the Falklands War.
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E.
Brigadier Tom Brodie
Brigadier Tom Brodie was a British Army officer best known for leading Commonwealth forces during the Korean War, notably in the Battle of the Imjin River in 1951.
- 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: Sir Gerald Tarrant Target entity description: Sir Gerald Tarrant is a high-ranking British intelligence official who frequently collaborates with Modesty Blaise in Peter O'Donnell's spy fiction series.
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A.
William Boot
William Boot is the bumbling, nature-obsessed journalist protagonist of Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Scoop," sent abroad as an unlikely foreign correspondent.
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B.
Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Sergeant Gerry Boyle is the cynical, sharp-witted small-town Irish police sergeant at the center of the dark comedy crime film "The Guard."
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C.
John Boot
John Boot was a British entrepreneur and herbalist best known for founding the pharmacy and retail chain that became Boots.
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D.
Sergeant Ian McKay
Sergeant Ian McKay was a British Army non-commissioned officer posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his exceptional bravery during the Falklands War.
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E.
Brigadier Tom Brodie
Brigadier Tom Brodie was a British Army officer best known for leading Commonwealth forces during the Korean War, notably in the Battle of the Imjin River in 1951.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.