The Chinaman
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The Chinaman is a 1992 thriller novel by Stephen Leather about a quiet London restaurateur and former guerrilla fighter who seeks ruthless vengeance after his family is killed in a terrorist bombing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Chinaman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15311585 — 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: The Chinaman Context triple: [The Foreigner (2017 film), basedOn, The Chinaman]
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A.
The Heathen Chinee
"The Heathen Chinee" is a satirical 1870 poem by Bret Harte that critiques anti-Chinese racism in the American West through the story of a Chinese card player accused of cheating.
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B.
Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu is a fictional supervillain and criminal mastermind, often depicted as a sinister genius and recurring antagonist in early 20th-century pulp novels and later comic adaptations.
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C.
The Chink and the Child
"The Chink and the Child" is a 1916 short story by Thomas Burke, known for its tragic interracial love plot in London’s Limehouse district and for inspiring D. W. Griffith’s film "Broken Blossoms."
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D.
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
The Mysterious Mr. Wong is a 1934 American mystery film featuring Bela Lugosi as a sinister Chinatown crime lord seeking power through a series of murders.
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E.
The Tong Man
The Tong Man is a 1919 silent crime drama film starring Sessue Hayakawa as a Chinatown hitman torn between loyalty to a secret society and his love for a young woman.
- 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: The Chinaman Target entity description: The Chinaman is a 1992 thriller novel by Stephen Leather about a quiet London restaurateur and former guerrilla fighter who seeks ruthless vengeance after his family is killed in a terrorist bombing.
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A.
The Heathen Chinee
"The Heathen Chinee" is a satirical 1870 poem by Bret Harte that critiques anti-Chinese racism in the American West through the story of a Chinese card player accused of cheating.
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B.
Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu is a fictional supervillain and criminal mastermind, often depicted as a sinister genius and recurring antagonist in early 20th-century pulp novels and later comic adaptations.
-
C.
The Chink and the Child
"The Chink and the Child" is a 1916 short story by Thomas Burke, known for its tragic interracial love plot in London’s Limehouse district and for inspiring D. W. Griffith’s film "Broken Blossoms."
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D.
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
The Mysterious Mr. Wong is a 1934 American mystery film featuring Bela Lugosi as a sinister Chinatown crime lord seeking power through a series of murders.
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E.
The Tong Man
The Tong Man is a 1919 silent crime drama film starring Sessue Hayakawa as a Chinatown hitman torn between loyalty to a secret society and his love for a young woman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Foreigner (2017 film)