The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré, renowned for its bleak realism and complex portrayal of intelligence work.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T584054 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Context triple: [Claire Bloom, notableWork, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold]
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1974 Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows retired intelligence officer George Smiley as he hunts for a Soviet mole inside the British Secret Service.
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Smiley’s People (novel)
Smiley’s People is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that concludes the Karla Trilogy, following spymaster George Smiley as he investigates the death of a former agent and confronts his Soviet nemesis.
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The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 political thriller film, based on Frederick Forsyth’s novel, about a professional assassin hired to kill French President Charles de Gaulle.
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The Little Drummer Girl
The Little Drummer Girl is a television miniseries adaptation of John le Carré’s spy novel, featuring Florence Pugh as a young actress drawn into an intricate Israeli intelligence operation.
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A Man Called Intrepid
A Man Called Intrepid is a popular 1976 non-fiction book by William Stevenson that chronicles the World War II espionage activities of British spymaster William Stephenson and the Allied intelligence network he led.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Target entity description: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré, renowned for its bleak realism and complex portrayal of intelligence work.
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A.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1974 Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows retired intelligence officer George Smiley as he hunts for a Soviet mole inside the British Secret Service.
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B.
Smiley’s People (novel)
Smiley’s People is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that concludes the Karla Trilogy, following spymaster George Smiley as he investigates the death of a former agent and confronts his Soviet nemesis.
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C.
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 political thriller film, based on Frederick Forsyth’s novel, about a professional assassin hired to kill French President Charles de Gaulle.
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D.
The Little Drummer Girl
The Little Drummer Girl is a television miniseries adaptation of John le Carré’s spy novel, featuring Florence Pugh as a young actress drawn into an intricate Israeli intelligence operation.
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E.
A Man Called Intrepid
A Man Called Intrepid is a popular 1976 non-fiction book by William Stevenson that chronicles the World War II espionage activities of British spymaster William Stephenson and the Allied intelligence network he led.
- F. None of above. chosen
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Description of subject: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré, renowned for its bleak realism and complex portrayal of intelligence work.
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Carr
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965 film)
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Paul Cusack
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The Circus (fictional British intelligence service)
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