Jim Prideaux
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Jim Prideaux is a skilled but haunted British intelligence officer whose betrayal and injury form a central emotional and narrative core in John le Carré’s espionage novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jim Prideaux canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2386208 — 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: Jim Prideaux Context triple: [Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, featuresCharacter, Jim Prideaux]
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A.
John Reid Jr.
John Reid Jr. was an American architect known for designing prominent public buildings in San Francisco in the early 20th century.
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B.
Andrew Card
Andrew Card is an American politician and government official best known for serving as White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush.
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C.
Sy Bartlett
Sy Bartlett was an American screenwriter and film producer best known for co-writing and producing the World War II drama "Twelve O'Clock High."
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D.
Lamont Bentley
Lamont Bentley was an American actor best known for his role as Hakeem Campbell on the 1990s television sitcom "Moesha."
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E.
Jim Weaver
Jim Weaver was a professional basketball coach best known for leading the Houston Mavericks in the American Basketball Association during the late 1960s.
- 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: Jim Prideaux Target entity description: Jim Prideaux is a skilled but haunted British intelligence officer whose betrayal and injury form a central emotional and narrative core in John le Carré’s espionage novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."
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A.
John Reid Jr.
John Reid Jr. was an American architect known for designing prominent public buildings in San Francisco in the early 20th century.
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B.
Andrew Card
Andrew Card is an American politician and government official best known for serving as White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush.
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C.
Sy Bartlett
Sy Bartlett was an American screenwriter and film producer best known for co-writing and producing the World War II drama "Twelve O'Clock High."
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D.
Lamont Bentley
Lamont Bentley was an American actor best known for his role as Hakeem Campbell on the 1990s television sitcom "Moesha."
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E.
Jim Weaver
Jim Weaver was an American Democratic politician who represented Oregon in the U.S. House of Representatives during the late 20th century, known for his strong environmental advocacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British intelligence officer
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ spy ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
1979 BBC television serial Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
ⓘ
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) ⓘ
surface form:
2011 film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
|
| appearsIn |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel)
ⓘ
surface form:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
|
| appearsInSeries | Karla Trilogy ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Cold War espionage ⓘ |
| betrayedBy | Bill Haydon ⓘ |
| closeAssociate |
Control
ⓘ
George Smiley ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverOccupation | schoolteacher ⓘ |
| creator | John le Carré ⓘ |
| employer |
British intelligence
ⓘ
the Circus ⓘ |
| enemy | Karla ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | George Smiley universe ⓘ |
| formerRank | field agent ⓘ |
| friendOf | Bill Roach ⓘ |
| genre | espionage fiction character ⓘ |
| injuredIn | failed mission in Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
Control
ⓘ
George Smiley ⓘ The Circus ⓘ
surface form:
the Circus
|
| missionLocation | Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
key to uncovering the mole in the Circus
ⓘ
victim of betrayal ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| occupation | intelligence officer ⓘ |
| organizationRival |
Soviet intelligence community
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet intelligence
|
| physicalDisability | serious back injury ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Ian Bannen
ⓘ
Mark Strong ⓘ |
| psychologicalState | haunted by betrayal ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central supporting character in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ⓘ |
| skills |
covert operations
ⓘ
firearms ⓘ surveillance ⓘ tradecraft ⓘ |
| teachesAt | prep school in England ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
betrayal
ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jim Prideaux Description of subject: Jim Prideaux is a skilled but haunted British intelligence officer whose betrayal and injury form a central emotional and narrative core in John le Carré’s espionage novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy