Jim Prideaux (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy novel)
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Jim Prideaux is a skilled but haunted British intelligence officer in John le Carré’s novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," whose betrayal and survival are central to uncovering a Soviet mole in the Circus.
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| Jim Prideaux (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy novel) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12090053 — 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: Jim Prideaux (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy novel) Context triple: [Jim Prideaux (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 2011 film), basedOn, Jim Prideaux (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy novel)]
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George Smiley
George Smiley is a quiet, brilliant British intelligence officer in John le Carré’s spy novels, known for his understated demeanor, moral complexity, and skill at uncovering traitors within the secret service.
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Sir Stephen Morell
Sir Stephen Morell was a prominent Australian civic figure and former Lord Mayor of Melbourne, commemorated through landmarks such as the Morell Bridge.
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Alec Leamas
Alec Leamas is a jaded British intelligence officer whose morally complex mission at the height of the Cold War drives the plot of John le Carré’s novel "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold."
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D.
David Hunt (intelligence officer)
David Hunt is a former British intelligence officer known for his senior roles within MI6 and his involvement in various high-profile espionage operations.
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E.
Sir Richard Dearlove
Sir Richard Dearlove is a British intelligence officer best known for serving as Chief of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1999 to 2004.
- 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: Jim Prideaux (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy novel) Target entity description: Jim Prideaux is a skilled but haunted British intelligence officer in John le Carré’s novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," whose betrayal and survival are central to uncovering a Soviet mole in the Circus.
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A.
George Smiley
George Smiley is a quiet, brilliant British intelligence officer in John le Carré’s spy novels, known for his understated demeanor, moral complexity, and skill at uncovering traitors within the secret service.
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B.
Sir Stephen Morell
Sir Stephen Morell was a prominent Australian civic figure and former Lord Mayor of Melbourne, commemorated through landmarks such as the Morell Bridge.
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C.
Alec Leamas
Alec Leamas is a jaded British intelligence officer whose morally complex mission at the height of the Cold War drives the plot of John le Carré’s novel "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold."
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D.
David Hunt (intelligence officer)
David Hunt is a former British intelligence officer known for his senior roles within MI6 and his involvement in various high-profile espionage operations.
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E.
Sir Richard Dearlove
Sir Richard Dearlove is a British intelligence officer best known for serving as Chief of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1999 to 2004.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Jim Prideaux (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 2011 film)
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Jim Prideaux (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy novel)
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Jim Prideaux in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film)