The Secret of the Unicorn
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The Secret of the Unicorn is a classic Tintin comic adventure by Hergé in which Tintin uncovers a centuries-old treasure mystery linked to Captain Haddock’s seafaring ancestor.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Secret of the Unicorn canonical | 11 |
| Le Secret de La Licorne | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7697093 — 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 Secret of the Unicorn Context triple: [The Adventures of Tintin, hasAlbum, The Secret of the Unicorn]
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A.
The Unicorn
"The Unicorn" is a whimsical folk song, popularized by The Irish Rovers, that humorously tells the story of how unicorns missed boarding Noah’s Ark.
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B.
The Last Unicorn
The Last Unicorn is a 1982 animated fantasy film, based on Peter S. Beagle’s novel, that follows a unicorn’s quest to discover what happened to the rest of her kind.
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C.
The Secret of the Tower
The Secret of the Tower is a lesser-known adventure novel by British author Anthony Hope, best known for his classic romance The Prisoner of Zenda.
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D.
The Enchanted Castle
The Enchanted Castle is a luminous 17th-century landscape painting by Claude Lorrain that exemplifies his idealized, classical visions of nature infused with mythic architecture and atmospheric light.
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E.
The Magic
The Magic is a self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that expands on the themes of The Secret by focusing on the transformative power of gratitude.
- 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 Secret of the Unicorn Target entity description: The Secret of the Unicorn is a classic Tintin comic adventure by Hergé in which Tintin uncovers a centuries-old treasure mystery linked to Captain Haddock’s seafaring ancestor.
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A.
The Unicorn
"The Unicorn" is a whimsical folk song, popularized by The Irish Rovers, that humorously tells the story of how unicorns missed boarding Noah’s Ark.
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B.
The Last Unicorn
The Last Unicorn is a 1982 animated fantasy film, based on Peter S. Beagle’s novel, that follows a unicorn’s quest to discover what happened to the rest of her kind.
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C.
The Secret of the Tower
The Secret of the Tower is a lesser-known adventure novel by British author Anthony Hope, best known for his classic romance The Prisoner of Zenda.
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D.
The Enchanted Castle
The Enchanted Castle is a luminous 17th-century landscape painting by Claude Lorrain that exemplifies his idealized, classical visions of nature infused with mythic architecture and atmospheric light.
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E.
The Magic
The Magic is a self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that expands on the themes of The Secret by focusing on the transformative power of gratitude.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Belgian comic
ⓘ
Tintin adventure ⓘ comic album ⓘ |
| adaptedBy |
Peter Jackson
ⓘ
Steven Spielberg ⓘ |
| artStyle | ligne claire ⓘ |
| colorization |
later color edition
ⓘ
originally black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Belgium ⓘ |
| creator |
Hergé
ⓘ
linked to:
Georges Prosper Remi
|
| featuresCharacter |
Sakharine
ⓘ
Thomson and Thompson ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | Le Soir ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Captain Haddock’s ancestor Sir Francis Haddock
ⓘ
linked to:
Captain Haddock
|
| followedBy |
Red Rackham's Treasure
ⓘ
linked to:
Red Rackham’s Treasure
|
| follows | The Shooting Star ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure comic
ⓘ
mystery comic ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Adventures of Tintin (2011 film) ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtBy |
Hergé
ⓘ
linked to:
Georges Prosper Remi
|
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Captain Haddock
ⓘ
Snowy ⓘ Tintin ⓘ |
| medium | comic strip ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of Captain Haddock’s backstory
ⓘ
introduction of the Unicorn treasure mystery ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Le Secret de La Licorne
ⓘ
linked to:
The Secret of the Unicorn
|
| partOfStoryArc | The Secret of the Unicorn / Red Rackham's Treasure two-part adventure ⓘ |
| plotElement |
centuries-old family secret
ⓘ
hidden parchment scrolls ⓘ model ship named the Unicorn ⓘ treasure hunt ⓘ |
| publicationFormat |
album
ⓘ
serialized ⓘ |
| publisher | Casterman ⓘ |
| series | The Adventures of Tintin ⓘ |
| setting |
Brussels
ⓘ
linked to:
Brussels, Belgium
|
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
family legacy
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greed and treasure ⓘ seafaring adventure ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceFor | motion-capture animated film ⓘ |
| workChronologyPosition | eleventh Tintin adventure ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Secret of the Unicorn Description of subject: The Secret of the Unicorn is a classic Tintin comic adventure by Hergé in which Tintin uncovers a centuries-old treasure mystery linked to Captain Haddock’s seafaring ancestor.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Secret of the Unicorn