The Secret Agent (1992 TV series)
E599614
The Secret Agent (1992 TV series) is a British television adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s novel about a London shopkeeper who secretly works as an anarchist spy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Secret Agent (1992 TV series) canonical | 1 |
| The Secret Agent (TV series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6591000 — 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: The Secret Agent (1992 TV series) Context triple: [Ron Cook, notableWork, The Secret Agent (1992 TV series)]
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A.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series) is a critically acclaimed British television adaptation of John le Carré’s Cold War spy novel, starring Alec Guinness as the retired intelligence officer George Smiley.
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B.
Secret Agent
Secret Agent is a 1960s British television spy series starring Patrick McGoohan as an undercover operative navigating Cold War-era espionage and moral dilemmas.
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C.
Danger Man
Danger Man is a 1960s British espionage television series starring Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake.
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D.
Spooks
Spooks is a British television spy drama series centered on the high-stakes operations of MI5 officers.
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E.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (franchise)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold franchise is a Cold War espionage series centered on John le Carré’s classic spy novel and its adaptations, exploring morally ambiguous intelligence operations and political intrigue.
- 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: The Secret Agent (1992 TV series) Target entity description: The Secret Agent (1992 TV series) is a British television adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s novel about a London shopkeeper who secretly works as an anarchist spy.
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A.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series) is a critically acclaimed British television adaptation of John le Carré’s Cold War spy novel, starring Alec Guinness as the retired intelligence officer George Smiley.
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B.
Secret Agent
Secret Agent is a 1960s British television spy series starring Patrick McGoohan as an undercover operative navigating Cold War-era espionage and moral dilemmas.
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C.
Danger Man
Danger Man is a 1960s British espionage television series starring Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake.
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D.
Spooks
Spooks is a British television spy drama series centered on the high-stakes operations of MI5 officers.
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E.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (franchise)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold franchise is a Cold War espionage series centered on John le Carré’s classic spy novel and its adaptations, exploring morally ambiguous intelligence operations and political intrigue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
The Secret Agent (novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Secret Agent
|
| authorOfSourceWork | Joseph Conrad ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Secret Agent ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | shopkeeper ⓘ |
| characterRole | anarchist spy ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
anarchism
ⓘ
terrorism in London ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
spy television series ⓘ |
| hasFormat | miniseries ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationSetting |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| mainCharacter | Adolf Verloc ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| sourceWorkAuthor | Joseph Conrad ⓘ |
| sourceWorkGenre | novel ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
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
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: The Secret Agent (1992 TV series) Description of subject: The Secret Agent (1992 TV series) is a British television adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s novel about a London shopkeeper who secretly works as an anarchist spy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Secret Agent (1992 TV series)