Epitaph for a Spy
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Epitaph for a Spy is a 1938 espionage novel by Eric Ambler that follows an unassuming language teacher who becomes entangled in a web of international intrigue after being falsely accused of spying.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Epitaph for a Spy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20525755 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Epitaph for a Spy Context triple: [Eric Ambler, notableWork, Epitaph for a Spy]
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A.
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.
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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.
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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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.
King of Spies
King of Spies is a creator-owned espionage comic series from Mark Millar’s Millarworld imprint that follows an aging British secret agent waging a brutal one-man war on corruption.
- 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: Epitaph for a Spy Target entity description: Epitaph for a Spy is a 1938 espionage novel by Eric Ambler that follows an unassuming language teacher who becomes entangled in a web of international intrigue after being falsely accused of spying.
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A.
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.
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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.
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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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.
King of Spies
King of Spies is a creator-owned espionage comic series from Mark Millar’s Millarworld imprint that follows an aging British secret agent waging a brutal one-man war on corruption.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.