Clive Egleton
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Clive Egleton was a British author best known for his espionage and military thrillers, several of which were adapted for film and television.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clive Egleton canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6067610 — 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: Clive Egleton Context triple: [The Black Windmill, basedOnAuthor, Clive Egleton]
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A.
Clive Griffin
Clive Griffin is a British pop and soul singer best known for his 1993 duet "When I Fall in Love" with Celine Dion from the film Sleepless in Seattle.
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B.
Clive Revill
Clive Revill is a New Zealand-born actor and voice actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including providing the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in the 1980 release of "The Empire Strikes Back."
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C.
Clive Beddoe
Clive Beddoe is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of the low-cost airline WestJet.
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D.
Antony Kearns
Antony Kearns is a British actor best known as the stepfather of Cherie Blair, the wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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E.
Stephen Pycroft
Stephen Pycroft is a British businessman best known as the founder of the construction and consultancy company Mace Group.
- 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: Clive Egleton Target entity description: Clive Egleton was a British author best known for his espionage and military thrillers, several of which were adapted for film and television.
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A.
Clive Griffin
Clive Griffin is a British pop and soul singer best known for his 1993 duet "When I Fall in Love" with Celine Dion from the film Sleepless in Seattle.
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B.
Clive Revill
Clive Revill is a New Zealand-born actor and voice actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including providing the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in the 1980 release of "The Empire Strikes Back."
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C.
Clive Beddoe
Clive Beddoe is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of the low-cost airline WestJet.
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D.
Antony Kearns
Antony Kearns is a British actor best known as the stepfather of Cherie Blair, the wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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E.
Stephen Pycroft
Stephen Pycroft is a British businessman best known as the founder of the construction and consultancy company Mace Group.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British writer
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film ⓘ novel ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| author | Clive Egleton ⓘ |
| basedOn | Seven Days to a Killing ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-01-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-01-01 ⓘ |
| familyName | Egleton ⓘ |
| genre |
espionage fiction
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military thriller ⓘ spy thriller ⓘ |
| givenName | Clive ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| name | Clive Egleton ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor | espionage and military thrillers ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Clear Road to Archangel
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Seven Days to a Killing ⓘ The Bormann Brief ⓘ The Judas Mandate ⓘ The Mills Bomb ⓘ The October Plot ⓘ The Winter Touch ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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novelist ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Devon
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England ⓘ Exeter ⓘ |
| usedPseudonym |
James Marx
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Patrick Blake ⓘ |
| workAdaptedAs | The Black Windmill ⓘ |
| workAdaptedFor |
film
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television ⓘ |
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: Clive Egleton Description of subject: Clive Egleton was a British author best known for his espionage and military thrillers, several of which were adapted for film and television.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.