The Man with the Baltic Stare
E842041
The Man with the Baltic Stare is a crime novel in the Inspector O series that follows the enigmatic North Korean detective through a politically charged investigation set partly in Eastern Europe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Man with the Baltic Stare canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10107847 — 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 Man with the Baltic Stare Context triple: [Inspector O series, hasBook, The Man with the Baltic Stare]
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A.
The End of St. Petersburg
The End of St. Petersburg is a 1927 Soviet silent film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, renowned for its innovative montage techniques and revolutionary political themes.
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B.
The Man from St. Petersburg
The Man from St. Petersburg is a historical thriller novel by Ken Follett set on the eve of World War I, involving espionage, political intrigue, and an anarchist plot in Edwardian England.
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C.
Letter from Siberia
Letter from Siberia is a 1957 essay film by French filmmaker Chris Marker that blends documentary footage, commentary, and political reflection to portray life and ideology in Soviet-era Siberia.
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D.
The Master of Petersburg
The Master of Petersburg is a 1994 novel by J. M. Coetzee that fictionalizes Fyodor Dostoevsky’s time in St. Petersburg, blending political intrigue, grief, and metafictional reflection on authorship.
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E.
Otar’s Widow
Otar’s Widow is a short story by Georgian writer Ilia Chavchavadze that explores themes of social injustice, moral responsibility, and the plight of vulnerable individuals in 19th-century Georgian society.
- 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 Man with the Baltic Stare Target entity description: The Man with the Baltic Stare is a crime novel in the Inspector O series that follows the enigmatic North Korean detective through a politically charged investigation set partly in Eastern Europe.
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A.
The End of St. Petersburg
The End of St. Petersburg is a 1927 Soviet silent film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, renowned for its innovative montage techniques and revolutionary political themes.
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B.
The Man from St. Petersburg
The Man from St. Petersburg is a historical thriller novel by Ken Follett set on the eve of World War I, involving espionage, political intrigue, and an anarchist plot in Edwardian England.
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C.
Letter from Siberia
Letter from Siberia is a 1957 essay film by French filmmaker Chris Marker that blends documentary footage, commentary, and political reflection to portray life and ideology in Soviet-era Siberia.
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D.
The Master of Petersburg
The Master of Petersburg is a 1994 novel by J. M. Coetzee that fictionalizes Fyodor Dostoevsky’s time in St. Petersburg, blending political intrigue, grief, and metafictional reflection on authorship.
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E.
Otar’s Widow
Otar’s Widow is a short story by Georgian writer Ilia Chavchavadze that explores themes of social injustice, moral responsibility, and the plight of vulnerable individuals in 19th-century Georgian society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | James Church ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
espionage
ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ state surveillance ⓘ |
| countryOfSetting |
Eastern Europe
ⓘ
North Korea ⓘ Poland ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Inspector O
ⓘ
linked to:
Inspector O series
|
| follows | Bamboo and Blood ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasDetectiveProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Inspector O
ⓘ
linked to:
Inspector O series
|
| narrativeFocus | politically charged investigation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Inspector O series ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality |
North Korean
ⓘ
linked to:
North Korea
|
| protagonistOccupation | detective ⓘ |
| series | Inspector O series ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| writtenBy | James Church ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Man with the Baltic Stare Description of subject: The Man with the Baltic Stare is a crime novel in the Inspector O series that follows the enigmatic North Korean detective through a politically charged investigation set partly in Eastern Europe.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.