A Confidential Agent
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A Confidential Agent is a 19th-century novel by English author James Payn, known as a Victorian-era mystery and social comedy involving intrigue and hidden identities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Confidential Agent canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18144642 — 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: A Confidential Agent Context triple: [James Payn, notableWork, A Confidential Agent]
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A.
The Spy
The Spy is a film featuring Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova in a prominent role within a Cold War espionage narrative.
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B.
The Spy
"The Spy" is an 1821 historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper set during the American Revolutionary War, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of American fiction.
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C.
A Covert Affair
A Covert Affair is a nonfiction book by Jennet Conant that explores the intertwined lives, espionage activities, and political controversies surrounding OSS officers during and after World War II.
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D.
A Legacy of Spies
A Legacy of Spies is a 2017 espionage novel by John le Carré that revisits the Cold War world of George Smiley and the British intelligence service known as the Circus through the recollections of veteran spy Peter Guillam.
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E.
I Was a Spy
I Was a Spy is a 1933 British war drama film about a Belgian woman who becomes a spy during World War I.
- 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: A Confidential Agent Target entity description: A Confidential Agent is a 19th-century novel by English author James Payn, known as a Victorian-era mystery and social comedy involving intrigue and hidden identities.
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A.
The Spy
The Spy is a film featuring Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova in a prominent role within a Cold War espionage narrative.
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B.
The Spy
"The Spy" is an 1821 historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper set during the American Revolutionary War, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of American fiction.
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C.
A Covert Affair
A Covert Affair is a nonfiction book by Jennet Conant that explores the intertwined lives, espionage activities, and political controversies surrounding OSS officers during and after World War II.
-
D.
A Legacy of Spies
A Legacy of Spies is a 2017 espionage novel by John le Carré that revisits the Cold War world of George Smiley and the British intelligence service known as the Circus through the recollections of veteran spy Peter Guillam.
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E.
I Was a Spy
I Was a Spy is a 1933 British war drama film about a Belgian woman who becomes a spy during World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.