Jackdaws
E401401
"Jackdaws" is a World War II espionage thriller novel by Ken Follett that follows an all-female team of Allied agents on a dangerous mission in occupied France.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jackdaws canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3949387 — 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: Jackdaws Context triple: [Ken Follett, notableWork, Jackdaws]
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A.
Martlets
Martlets is the name of McGill University's women's varsity sports teams, known for their strong athletic tradition in Canadian university sports.
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B.
Crows
Crows is the common short name for the Adelaide Crows, a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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C.
Bartholomew Sparrows
Bartholomew Sparrows is a political scientist and professor known for his scholarship on American political development and public policy.
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D.
Swallow
Swallow is the Allied reporting name for the Japanese World War II fighter aircraft Kawasaki Ki-61, known for its inline engine and resemblance to contemporary European fighters.
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E.
Birdy
"Birdy" is a 1984 psychological war drama film, directed by Alan Parker and starring Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage, about the intense post-Vietnam friendship between two traumatized young men.
- 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: Jackdaws Target entity description: "Jackdaws" is a World War II espionage thriller novel by Ken Follett that follows an all-female team of Allied agents on a dangerous mission in occupied France.
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A.
Martlets
Martlets is the name of McGill University's women's varsity sports teams, known for their strong athletic tradition in Canadian university sports.
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B.
Crows
Crows is the common short name for the Adelaide Crows, a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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C.
Bartholomew Sparrows
Bartholomew Sparrows is a political scientist and professor known for his scholarship on American political development and public policy.
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D.
Swallow
Swallow is the Allied reporting name for the Japanese World War II fighter aircraft Kawasaki Ki-61, known for its inline engine and resemblance to contemporary European fighters.
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E.
Birdy
"Birdy" is a 1984 psychological war drama film, directed by Alan Parker and starring Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage, about the intense post-Vietnam friendship between two traumatized young men.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II novel
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ spy novel ⓘ |
| author | Ken Follett ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | preparation for D-Day ⓘ |
| depictsOrganization |
French Resistance
ⓘ
Gestapo ⓘ |
| features | all-female team of Allied agents ⓘ |
| follows | Allied sabotage mission against German communications ⓘ |
| genre |
espionage thriller
ⓘ
war fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Dieter Franck
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Felicity "Flick" Clairet ⓘ Greta Garbo ⓘ
surface form:
Greta Garbo (code name)
Michel Clairet ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
espionage
ⓘ
female empowerment ⓘ resistance ⓘ sabotage ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| originalPublicationFormat | print ⓘ |
| protagonist | Felicity "Flick" Clairet ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Dutton
ⓘ
Macmillan Publishers ⓘ
surface form:
Macmillan
|
| settingPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| settingPlace | occupied France ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jackdaws Description of subject: "Jackdaws" is a World War II espionage thriller novel by Ken Follett that follows an all-female team of Allied agents on a dangerous mission in occupied France.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.