Tintin in the Congo
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Tintin in the Congo is an early, highly controversial installment of Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin comic series, depicting the young reporter’s colonial-era journey through the Belgian Congo.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tintin in the Congo canonical | 5 |
| Tintin au Congo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7697084 — 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: Tintin in the Congo Context triple: [The Adventures of Tintin, hasAlbum, Tintin in the Congo]
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A.
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets is the first volume of Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin, a black-and-white comic album that follows the young reporter’s journey through Soviet Russia.
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B.
The Adventures of Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin is a classic Belgian comic book series by Hergé that follows the globe-trotting investigative adventures of young reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy.
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C.
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn is a 2011 motion-capture animated adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson, adapting Hergé’s classic Tintin comics.
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D.
Sovereign of the Congo Free State
The Sovereign of the Congo Free State was the monarch who personally ruled the Congo Free State as a private colonial possession, most infamously held by King Leopold II of Belgium during a period marked by extreme exploitation and atrocities.
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E.
Las Reglas de Congo
Las Reglas de Congo is an Afro-Cuban religious and magical tradition of Central African (Kongo) origin, centered on spirit veneration, ancestor worship, and ritual use of sacred cauldrons and natural forces.
- 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: Tintin in the Congo Target entity description: Tintin in the Congo is an early, highly controversial installment of Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin comic series, depicting the young reporter’s colonial-era journey through the Belgian Congo.
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A.
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets is the first volume of Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin, a black-and-white comic album that follows the young reporter’s journey through Soviet Russia.
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B.
The Adventures of Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin is a classic Belgian comic book series by Hergé that follows the globe-trotting investigative adventures of young reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy.
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C.
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn is a 2011 motion-capture animated adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson, adapting Hergé’s classic Tintin comics.
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D.
Sovereign of the Congo Free State
The Sovereign of the Congo Free State was the monarch who personally ruled the Congo Free State as a private colonial possession, most infamously held by King Leopold II of Belgium during a period marked by extreme exploitation and atrocities.
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E.
Las Reglas de Congo
Las Reglas de Congo is an Afro-Cuban religious and magical tradition of Central African (Kongo) origin, centered on spirit veneration, ancestor worship, and ritual use of sacred cauldrons and natural forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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Instruction
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Subject: Tintin in the Congo Description of subject: Tintin in the Congo is an early, highly controversial installment of Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin comic series, depicting the young reporter’s colonial-era journey through the Belgian Congo.
Referenced by (6)
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