The Saint
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British television series
mystery television series
spy television series
television series
thriller television series
The Saint is a British mystery spy thriller television series, based on Leslie Charteris's character Simon Templar, that originally aired in the 1960s and starred Roger Moore as a suave, Robin Hood–like adventurer.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Saint canonical | 52 |
| The Saint (TV series) | 8 |
| The Saint in London | 8 |
| Return of the Saint | 2 |
| The Saint (character) | 1 |
| The Saint (literary character) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3660577 — 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 Saint Context triple: [Roger Delgado, appearedIn, The Saint]
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A.
The Saint
The Saint is one of the short stories in Gabriel García Márquez’s collection "Strange Pilgrims," exploring themes of faith, miracles, and human vulnerability.
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B.
The Salvation
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish-directed Western film starring Mads Mikkelsen as a settler seeking revenge in the American frontier.
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C.
The Righteous
The Righteous is a film written by and starring Mark O'Brien, known as a brooding psychological horror drama with strong religious and moral themes.
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D.
Saints and Sinners
"Saints and Sinners" is a nonfiction work by journalist and author Lawrence Wright, likely exploring complex moral, religious, or social themes through investigative reporting and narrative analysis.
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E.
La Iglesia
La Iglesia is a smaller, intricately decorated Maya temple structure within the Chichén Itzá archaeological site on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.
- 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 Saint Target entity description: The Saint is a British mystery spy thriller television series, based on Leslie Charteris's character Simon Templar, that originally aired in the 1960s and starred Roger Moore as a suave, Robin Hood–like adventurer.
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A.
The Saint
The Saint is one of the short stories in Gabriel García Márquez’s collection "Strange Pilgrims," exploring themes of faith, miracles, and human vulnerability.
-
B.
The Salvation
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish-directed Western film starring Mads Mikkelsen as a settler seeking revenge in the American frontier.
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C.
The Righteous
The Righteous is a film written by and starring Mark O'Brien, known as a brooding psychological horror drama with strong religious and moral themes.
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D.
Saints and Sinners
"Saints and Sinners" is a nonfiction work by journalist and author Lawrence Wright, likely exploring complex moral, religious, or social themes through investigative reporting and narrative analysis.
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E.
La Iglesia
La Iglesia is a smaller, intricately decorated Maya temple structure within the Chichén Itzá archaeological site on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television series
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mystery television series ⓘ spy television series ⓘ television series ⓘ thriller television series ⓘ |
| alsoTargets |
corrupt individuals
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criminal organizations ⓘ |
| basedOn | Simon Templar ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Leslie Charteris ⓘ |
| broadcastOn |
ITV network
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linked to:
ITV
|
| characterDescription |
Robin Hood–like hero
ⓘ
suave adventurer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distributor | ITC Entertainment ⓘ |
| episodeLength | approximately 50 minutes ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1962 ⓘ |
| format | live-action television series ⓘ |
| genre |
mystery
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spy fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasOpeningSequenceFeature | animated halo logo ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistTrait |
charming
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morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
crime-fighting
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espionage ⓘ vigilante justice ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1969 ⓘ |
| leadActorNationality | British ⓘ |
| leadCharacterAlias | The Saint ⓘ |
| leadCharacterOccupation | adventurer ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Simon Templar ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 118 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 6 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ITV ⓘ |
| originalRunPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | The Saint franchise ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
black-and-white
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colour ⓘ |
| productionCompany | ITC Entertainment ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Saint film adaptations
ⓘ
linked to:
The Saint
The Saint novels ⓘ |
| setIn | various international locations ⓘ |
| starring | Roger Moore ⓘ |
| targetOf | various criminals ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | contemporary 1960s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Saint Description of subject: The Saint is a British mystery spy thriller television series, based on Leslie Charteris's character Simon Templar, that originally aired in the 1960s and starred Roger Moore as a suave, Robin Hood–like adventurer.
Referenced by (72)
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subject linked to:
radio series "The Saint"