James Grady
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James Grady is an American novelist and investigative journalist best known for his espionage thriller "Six Days of the Condor," which was adapted into the film "Three Days of the Condor."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Grady canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7581108 — 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: James Grady Context triple: [Three Days of the Condor, basedOnAuthor, James Grady]
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A.
Joe Grant
Joe Grant was an influential American Disney story artist and writer known for shaping the narratives and characters of many classic animated films.
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B.
Thomas J. Brown
Thomas J. Brown is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine.
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C.
Charles Groves
Charles Groves was a distinguished British conductor renowned for his interpretations of English orchestral music and his leadership of major UK orchestras in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Philip Oakes
Philip Oakes was a British journalist, film critic, and screenwriter active in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Walter Walker
Walter Walker was a British Army general who played a leading role in counterinsurgency operations, notably overseeing British and Commonwealth forces during the Borneo Confrontation in the 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: James Grady Target entity description: James Grady is an American novelist and investigative journalist best known for his espionage thriller "Six Days of the Condor," which was adapted into the film "Three Days of the Condor."
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A.
Joe Grant
Joe Grant was an influential American Disney story artist and writer known for shaping the narratives and characters of many classic animated films.
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B.
Thomas J. Brown
Thomas J. Brown is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine.
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C.
Charles Groves
Charles Groves was a distinguished British conductor renowned for his interpretations of English orchestral music and his leadership of major UK orchestras in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Philip Oakes
Philip Oakes was a British journalist, film critic, and screenwriter active in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Walter Walker
Walter Walker was a British Army general who played a leading role in counterinsurgency operations, notably overseeing British and Commonwealth forces during the Borneo Confrontation in the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
investigative journalist ⓘ novel ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| author | James Grady ⓘ |
| basedOn | Six Days of the Condor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| familyName | Grady ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
espionage literature
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investigative journalism ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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espionage fiction ⓘ espionage thriller ⓘ political thriller film ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasRole |
columnist
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political commentator ⓘ |
| hasWrittenFor |
magazines
ⓘ
newspapers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | James Grady ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| notableFor | writing the espionage thriller novel "Six Days of the Condor" ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Catch the Wind
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Condor.net ⓘ Last Days of the Condor ⓘ Mad Dogs ⓘ Shadow of the Condor ⓘ Six Days of the Condor ⓘ The Nature of the Game ⓘ The Washington Star ⓘ
linked to:
Washington Star
This Given Day ⓘ
linked to:
The Given Day
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| occupation |
journalist
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| residence |
Washington, D.C. area
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington metropolitan area
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| workAdaptedInto | Three Days of the Condor ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
crime
ⓘ
intelligence agencies ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| writesFor |
online media
ⓘ
print media ⓘ |
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: James Grady Description of subject: James Grady is an American novelist and investigative journalist best known for his espionage thriller "Six Days of the Condor," which was adapted into the film "Three Days of the Condor."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.