Henry Faber
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Henry Faber is the ruthless German spy known as “The Needle,” who serves as the central antagonist in Ken Follett’s World War II thriller novel *Eye of the Needle*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry Faber canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16524243 — 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: Henry Faber Context triple: [Eye of the Needle, hasMainCharacter, Henry Faber]
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A.
Larry Fagin
Larry Fagin was an American poet, editor, and teacher associated with the New York School and other avant-garde literary circles.
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B.
Roger Malvin
Roger Malvin is a fictional frontiersman in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Roger Malvin’s Burial,” whose broken promise and lingering guilt drive the tale’s tragic exploration of conscience and retribution.
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C.
Albert Woolson
Albert Woolson was an American Civil War veteran widely recognized as the last surviving member of the Union veterans' organization, the Grand Army of the Republic.
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D.
Hyman Brown
Hyman Brown was a prolific American radio producer and director best known for creating and overseeing classic radio drama series such as "Inner Sanctum Mysteries" and "CBS Radio Mystery Theater."
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E.
George Denbrough
George Denbrough is a young boy from Stephen King's horror novel "It," whose tragic death at the hands of Pennywise the Clown drives much of the story's emotional and narrative conflict.
- 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: Henry Faber Target entity description: Henry Faber is the ruthless German spy known as “The Needle,” who serves as the central antagonist in Ken Follett’s World War II thriller novel *Eye of the Needle*.
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A.
Larry Fagin
Larry Fagin was an American poet, editor, and teacher associated with the New York School and other avant-garde literary circles.
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B.
Roger Malvin
Roger Malvin is a fictional frontiersman in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Roger Malvin’s Burial,” whose broken promise and lingering guilt drive the tale’s tragic exploration of conscience and retribution.
-
C.
Albert Woolson
Albert Woolson was an American Civil War veteran widely recognized as the last surviving member of the Union veterans' organization, the Grand Army of the Republic.
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D.
Hyman Brown
Hyman Brown was a prolific American radio producer and director best known for creating and overseeing classic radio drama series such as "Inner Sanctum Mysteries" and "CBS Radio Mystery Theater."
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E.
George Denbrough
George Denbrough is a young boy from Stephen King's horror novel "It," whose tragic death at the hands of Pennywise the Clown drives much of the story's emotional and narrative conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.