Alan Turing: The Enigma

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biographical book non-fiction book

"Alan Turing: The Enigma" is a biographical book by Andrew Hodges that chronicles the life, work, and legacy of mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing.

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Label	Occurrences
Alan Turing: The Enigma canonical	6
Alan Turing: The Enigma – The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game	2
Alan Turing: The Enigma of Intelligence	1

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Target entity: Alan Turing: The Enigma
Context triple: [The Imitation Game, basedOn, Alan Turing: The Enigma]

A. The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game is a 2014 historical drama film about mathematician Alan Turing and the British codebreaking efforts at Bletchley Park during World War II.
B. Alan Turing
Alan Turing was a pioneering British mathematician and logician whose foundational work in computing and codebreaking established him as one of the principal founders of computer science and artificial intelligence.
C. The Man Who Knew
The Man Who Knew is a mystery novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, featuring crime, suspense, and intricate plotting typical of his early 20th-century thrillers.
D. How to Create a Mind
"How to Create a Mind" is a nonfiction book by futurist Ray Kurzweil that explores the workings of human intelligence and proposes designs for advanced artificial intelligence based on the brain’s principles.
E. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
"American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" is a Pulitzer Prize–winning biography by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin that chronicles the life, scientific achievements, and political downfall of the physicist who led the Manhattan Project.
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: Alan Turing: The Enigma
Target entity description: "Alan Turing: The Enigma" is a biographical book by Andrew Hodges that chronicles the life, work, and legacy of mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing.

A. The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game is a 2014 historical drama film about mathematician Alan Turing and the British codebreaking efforts at Bletchley Park during World War II.
B. Alan Turing
Alan Turing was a pioneering British mathematician and logician whose foundational work in computing and codebreaking established him as one of the principal founders of computer science and artificial intelligence.
C. The Man Who Knew
The Man Who Knew is a mystery novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, featuring crime, suspense, and intricate plotting typical of his early 20th-century thrillers.
D. How to Create a Mind
"How to Create a Mind" is a nonfiction book by futurist Ray Kurzweil that explores the workings of human intelligence and proposes designs for advanced artificial intelligence based on the brain’s principles.
E. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
"American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" is a Pulitzer Prize–winning biography by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin that chronicles the life, scientific achievements, and political downfall of the physicist who led the Manhattan Project.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographical book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear	2014 ⓘ
adaptationType	feature film ⓘ
author	Andrew Hodges ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
describesConcept	Turing machine ⓘ artificial intelligence ⓘ foundations of computer science ⓘ
describesEvent	Enigma cipher decryption ⓘ Turing test ⓘ surface form: Turing test proposal Turing’s prosecution for homosexuality ⓘ Turing’s work at the National Physical Laboratory ⓘ Turing’s work at the University of Manchester ⓘ World War II codebreaking at Bletchley Park ⓘ development of the Bombe codebreaking machine ⓘ
focusesOnPeriod	World War II ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ post-war computing research ⓘ
genre	biography ⓘ history of science ⓘ
hasAdaptation	The Imitation Game ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle	Alan Turing: The Enigma ⓘ surface form: Alan Turing: The Enigma of Intelligence Alan Turing: The Enigma ⓘ surface form: Alan Turing: The Enigma – The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game
hasEdition	Alan Turing: The Enigma self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alan Turing: The Enigma – The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game
hasISBN	9780691164724 ⓘ
inspiredBy	life of Alan Turing ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Alan Turing ⓘ
notableFor	detailed account of Alan Turing’s life and work ⓘ historical study of codebreaking at Bletchley Park ⓘ influence on public understanding of Alan Turing ⓘ
originalPublicationDate	1983 ⓘ
pageCountApproximate	600 ⓘ
publicationYear	1983 ⓘ
publisher	Burnett Books ⓘ Princeton University Press ⓘ Simon & Schuster ⓘ
setting	United Kingdom ⓘ
subjectOccupation	computer scientist ⓘ cryptanalyst ⓘ logician ⓘ mathematician ⓘ
timeSpanCovered	1912–1954 ⓘ
topic	LGBT history ⓘ computing history ⓘ cryptography ⓘ

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The Imitation Game → basedOn → Alan Turing: The Enigma ⓘ

Graham Moore → adaptedFrom → Alan Turing: The Enigma ⓘ

Alan Turing: The Enigma → hasEdition → Alan Turing: The Enigma self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alan Turing: The Enigma – The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game

Alan Turing: The Enigma → hasAlternativeTitle → Alan Turing: The Enigma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alan Turing: The Enigma of Intelligence

Alan Turing: The Enigma → hasAlternativeTitle → Alan Turing: The Enigma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alan Turing: The Enigma – The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game

Ido Ostrowsky → basedOn → Alan Turing: The Enigma ⓘ

subject surface form: The Imitation Game

Andrew Hodges → notableWork → Alan Turing: The Enigma ⓘ

Andrew Hodges → wrote → Alan Turing: The Enigma ⓘ

Andrew Hodges → basedOn → Alan Turing: The Enigma ⓘ