Melita Norwood
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Melita Norwood was a long-serving British civil servant who secretly passed nuclear research to the Soviet Union during and after World War II, becoming one of the most significant female spies of the Cold War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Melita Norwood canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14167817 — 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: Melita Norwood Context triple: [Red Joan, inspiredBy, Melita Norwood]
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A.
Muriel Frances Weber
Muriel Frances Weber was the longtime wife of Academy Award–winning Welsh actor Ray Milland.
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B.
Jutta Gough
Jutta Gough is known as the wife of English actor Francis Michael Gough, who was renowned for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre.
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C.
Helen Morris
Helen Morris is an American book editor and the longtime wife of acclaimed film director Martin Scorsese.
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D.
Lilian Greenwood
Lilian Greenwood is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Nottingham South since 2010 and has held various frontbench and committee roles.
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E.
Muriel Whiting
Muriel Whiting was the wife of British Royal Air Force commander Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, noted for his leadership during the Battle of Britain.
- 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: Melita Norwood Target entity description: Melita Norwood was a long-serving British civil servant who secretly passed nuclear research to the Soviet Union during and after World War II, becoming one of the most significant female spies of the Cold War.
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A.
Muriel Frances Weber
Muriel Frances Weber was the longtime wife of Academy Award–winning Welsh actor Ray Milland.
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B.
Jutta Gough
Jutta Gough is known as the wife of English actor Francis Michael Gough, who was renowned for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre.
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C.
Helen Morris
Helen Morris is an American book editor and the longtime wife of acclaimed film director Martin Scorsese.
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D.
Lilian Greenwood
Lilian Greenwood is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Nottingham South since 2010 and has held various frontbench and committee roles.
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E.
Muriel Whiting
Muriel Whiting was the wife of British Royal Air Force commander Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, noted for his leadership during the Battle of Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.