The Three Hostages
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The Three Hostages is a 1924 adventure thriller novel by John Buchan featuring his recurring hero Richard Hannay as he attempts to rescue three kidnapped individuals from a sinister criminal conspiracy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Three Hostages canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16248948 — 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 Three Hostages Context triple: [Richard Hannay, appearsIn, The Three Hostages]
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A.
The Hostage
"The Hostage" is a darkly comic stage play by Irish writer Brendan Behan that explores political conflict, nationalism, and human vulnerability in a Dublin boarding house during the IRA’s struggle.
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B.
Hostages
Hostages is an American television drama-thriller series centered on a surgeon whose family is taken captive to coerce her into assassinating the President.
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C.
A Captive in the Land
A Captive in the Land is a Cold War-era novel by James Aldridge that follows a British meteorologist who parachutes into the Arctic to aid a downed Soviet airman, exploring themes of survival, duty, and East–West tensions.
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D.
Hostage (novel)
Hostage (novel) is a 2001 crime thriller by Robert Crais that follows a former LAPD negotiator drawn into a deadly standoff when a botched robbery turns into a high-stakes hostage crisis.
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E.
The Kidnappers
The Kidnappers is a 1953 British family drama film set in early 20th-century Nova Scotia, following two young brothers who "adopt" a missing baby they find while searching for a dog.
- 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 Three Hostages Target entity description: The Three Hostages is a 1924 adventure thriller novel by John Buchan featuring his recurring hero Richard Hannay as he attempts to rescue three kidnapped individuals from a sinister criminal conspiracy.
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A.
The Hostage
"The Hostage" is a darkly comic stage play by Irish writer Brendan Behan that explores political conflict, nationalism, and human vulnerability in a Dublin boarding house during the IRA’s struggle.
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B.
Hostages
Hostages is an American television drama-thriller series centered on a surgeon whose family is taken captive to coerce her into assassinating the President.
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C.
A Captive in the Land
A Captive in the Land is a Cold War-era novel by James Aldridge that follows a British meteorologist who parachutes into the Arctic to aid a downed Soviet airman, exploring themes of survival, duty, and East–West tensions.
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D.
Hostage (novel)
Hostage (novel) is a 2001 crime thriller by Robert Crais that follows a former LAPD negotiator drawn into a deadly standoff when a botched robbery turns into a high-stakes hostage crisis.
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E.
The Kidnappers
The Kidnappers is a 1953 British family drama film set in early 20th-century Nova Scotia, following two young brothers who "adopt" a missing baby they find while searching for a dog.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.