Perry Makepeace
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Perry Makepeace is the central protagonist of John le Carré’s thriller "Our Kind of Traitor," an ordinary Englishman drawn into a dangerous web of international espionage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Perry Makepeace canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10394183 — 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: Perry Makepeace Context triple: [Our Kind of Traitor, mainCharacter, Perry Makepeace]
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A.
Leo Farnsworth
Leo Farnsworth is a wealthy industrialist whose body is inhabited by the soul of a deceased football player in the romantic fantasy comedy film "Heaven Can Wait."
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B.
Edgar Peepleson
Edgar Peepleson is a supporting human character in the children's animated series "Vampirina," known as one of Vampirina's neighborhood friends.
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C.
Paul Sycamore
Paul Sycamore is a quirky, inventive patriarch in the play "You Can't Take It with You," known for his eccentric experiments and warm, unconventional family life.
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D.
Ralph Newbery
Ralph Newbery was the father of Argentine aviation pioneer Jorge Newbery and a member of the Newbery family associated with early aviation history in Argentina.
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E.
Elwood Mead
Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
- 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: Perry Makepeace Target entity description: Perry Makepeace is the central protagonist of John le Carré’s thriller "Our Kind of Traitor," an ordinary Englishman drawn into a dangerous web of international espionage.
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A.
Leo Farnsworth
Leo Farnsworth is a wealthy industrialist whose body is inhabited by the soul of a deceased football player in the romantic fantasy comedy film "Heaven Can Wait."
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B.
Edgar Peepleson
Edgar Peepleson is a supporting human character in the children's animated series "Vampirina," known as one of Vampirina's neighborhood friends.
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C.
Paul Sycamore
Paul Sycamore is a quirky, inventive patriarch in the play "You Can't Take It with You," known for his eccentric experiments and warm, unconventional family life.
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D.
Ralph Newbery
Ralph Newbery was the father of Argentine aviation pioneer Jorge Newbery and a member of the Newbery family associated with early aviation history in Argentina.
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E.
Elwood Mead
Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
film Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
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linked to:
Our Kind of Traitor
|
| alsoKnownAs | Perry ⓘ |
| appearsIn | novel Our Kind of Traitor ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British intelligence services (fictional)
ⓘ
linked to:
British Intelligence Service (fictional)
Russian mafia (through Dima) ⓘ |
| basedIn |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| characterRole | central protagonist ⓘ |
| characterType | reluctant spy ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | John le Carré ⓘ |
| createdInYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | novel Our Kind of Traitor ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreContext |
spy fiction
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| involvedIn | international espionage ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| moralCharacteristic |
idealistic
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loyal ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme | ordinary man drawn into espionage ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation | university lecturer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ewan McGregor ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | Our Kind of Traitor ⓘ |
| publisherOfWorkAppearedIn |
Viking Press
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linked to:
The Viking Press
|
| relationship | friend of Dima (Dmitri Vladimirovich Krasnov) ⓘ |
| spouse | Gail Perkins ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Perry Makepeace Description of subject: Perry Makepeace is the central protagonist of John le Carré’s thriller "Our Kind of Traitor," an ordinary Englishman drawn into a dangerous web of international espionage.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.