Jerry Westerby
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Jerry Westerby is a British journalist and occasional intelligence operative who serves as the central figure in John le Carré’s spy novel "The Honourable Schoolboy."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jerry Westerby canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10394099 — 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: Jerry Westerby Context triple: [The Honourable Schoolboy, mainCharacter, Jerry Westerby]
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A.
Thomas Westphal
Thomas Westphal is a German politician who serves as the mayor of the city of Dortmund.
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B.
Bernie West
Bernie West was an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the hit sitcom *The Jeffersons* and contributing to several other classic TV comedies.
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C.
Jimmy Haskell
Jimmy Haskell was an American composer, arranger, and record producer known for his work across pop, rock, and film music, including collaborations with major artists in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Leon Barmore
Leon Barmore is a legendary women's college basketball coach best known for leading the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters to national prominence and multiple NCAA championships.
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E.
Johnny Mantz
Johnny Mantz was an American stock car racer best known for winning the first-ever Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in 1950.
- 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: Jerry Westerby Target entity description: Jerry Westerby is a British journalist and occasional intelligence operative who serves as the central figure in John le Carré’s spy novel "The Honourable Schoolboy."
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A.
Thomas Westphal
Thomas Westphal is a German politician who serves as the mayor of the city of Dortmund.
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B.
Bernie West
Bernie West was an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the hit sitcom *The Jeffersons* and contributing to several other classic TV comedies.
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C.
Jimmy Haskell
Jimmy Haskell was an American composer, arranger, and record producer known for his work across pop, rock, and film music, including collaborations with major artists in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Leon Barmore
Leon Barmore is a legendary women's college basketball coach best known for leading the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters to national prominence and multiple NCAA championships.
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E.
Johnny Mantz
Johnny Mantz was an American stock car racer best known for winning the first-ever Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in 1950.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| affiliation |
British intelligence
ⓘ
the Circus ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Honourable Schoolboy
ⓘ
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ⓘ
linked to:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel)
|
| basedIn |
Hong Kong
ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
|
| characterIn |
The Honourable Schoolboy
ⓘ
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ⓘ
linked to:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel)
|
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | John le Carré ⓘ |
| creator | John le Carré ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | fictional British journalist and spy ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
ⓘ
linked to:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel)
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | spy fiction ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Honourable ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryUniverse |
George Smiley universe
ⓘ
linked to:
George Smiley
|
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the central figure in The Honourable Schoolboy ⓘ |
| occupation |
intelligence operative
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ |
| role |
protagonist of The Honourable Schoolboy
ⓘ
supporting character in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ⓘ |
| series |
George Smiley series
ⓘ
linked to:
George Smiley
|
| worksFor | British newspaper ⓘ |
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: Jerry Westerby Description of subject: Jerry Westerby is a British journalist and occasional intelligence operative who serves as the central figure in John le Carré’s spy novel "The Honourable Schoolboy."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.