The Corner Men
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The Corner Men is a spy novel by British author John Gardner, known for its intricate plotting and exploration of Cold War espionage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Corner Men canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8738307 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Corner Men Context triple: [John Gardner (British writer), notableWork, The Corner Men]
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A.
The Corner Man
The Corner Man is a work associated with the historical intelligence unit known as the Cairo Gang, likely depicting or inspired by their covert operations during the Irish War of Independence.
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B.
The Corner
"The Corner" is a song by Common from his 2005 album "Be," known for its vivid portrayal of urban street life and collaboration with producer Kanye West and spoken-word group The Last Poets.
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C.
The Corner
The Corner is a nonfiction book and later an HBO miniseries that portrays the lives of residents struggling with addiction and poverty in a West Baltimore neighborhood, created by David Simon and Ed Burns.
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D.
The Corner
The Corner is the historic nickname for Detroit's Tiger Stadium, a famed Major League Baseball ballpark long located at the intersection of Michigan and Trumbull Avenues.
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E.
The Corner That Held Them
The Corner That Held Them is a 1948 novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner that portrays several centuries in the life of a medieval English convent through a series of episodic, quietly ironic vignettes.
- 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 Corner Men Target entity description: The Corner Men is a spy novel by British author John Gardner, known for its intricate plotting and exploration of Cold War espionage.
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A.
The Corner Man
The Corner Man is a work associated with the historical intelligence unit known as the Cairo Gang, likely depicting or inspired by their covert operations during the Irish War of Independence.
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B.
The Corner
"The Corner" is a song by Common from his 2005 album "Be," known for its vivid portrayal of urban street life and collaboration with producer Kanye West and spoken-word group The Last Poets.
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C.
The Corner
The Corner is a nonfiction book and later an HBO miniseries that portrays the lives of residents struggling with addiction and poverty in a West Baltimore neighborhood, created by David Simon and Ed Burns.
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D.
The Corner
The Corner is the historic nickname for Detroit's Tiger Stadium, a famed Major League Baseball ballpark long located at the intersection of Michigan and Trumbull Avenues.
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E.
The Corner That Held Them
The Corner That Held Them is a 1948 novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner that portrays several centuries in the life of a medieval English convent through a series of episodic, quietly ironic vignettes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author |
John Gardner
ⓘ
linked to:
John Gardner (British writer)
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| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator |
John Gardner
ⓘ
linked to:
John Gardner (British writer)
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| explores |
Cold War espionage
ⓘ
loyalty and betrayal ⓘ psychology of spies ⓘ |
| genre |
spy fiction
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| hasAuthor |
John Gardner
ⓘ
linked to:
John Gardner (British writer)
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| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | Cold War ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeFeature |
complex espionage networks
ⓘ
intricate plotting ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Cold War politics
ⓘ
intelligence agencies ⓘ spies ⓘ |
| isInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Cold War fiction ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| setting | Cold War ⓘ |
| theme |
espionage
ⓘ
intelligence operations ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ |
| writtenBy |
John Gardner
ⓘ
linked to:
John Gardner (British writer)
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Corner Men Description of subject: The Corner Men is a spy novel by British author John Gardner, known for its intricate plotting and exploration of Cold War espionage.
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