A Legacy of Spies
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A Legacy of Spies is a 2017 espionage novel by John le Carré that revisits the Cold War world of George Smiley and the British intelligence service known as the Circus through the recollections of veteran spy Peter Guillam.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Legacy of Spies canonical | 4 |
| novel "Legacy of a Spy" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10397009 — 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: A Legacy of Spies Context triple: [Circus, appearsIn, A Legacy of Spies]
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A.
King of Spies
King of Spies is a creator-owned espionage comic series from Mark Millar’s Millarworld imprint that follows an aging British secret agent waging a brutal one-man war on corruption.
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The Spy
The Spy is a film featuring Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova in a prominent role within a Cold War espionage narrative.
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C.
The Spy
"The Spy" is an 1821 historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper set during the American Revolutionary War, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of American fiction.
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D.
Family of Spies
Family of Spies is a television film about espionage and betrayal, best known as one of producer Gerald W. Abrams’s prominent works.
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E.
I Was a Spy
I Was a Spy is a 1933 British war drama film about a Belgian woman who becomes a spy during World War I.
- 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: A Legacy of Spies Target entity description: A Legacy of Spies is a 2017 espionage novel by John le Carré that revisits the Cold War world of George Smiley and the British intelligence service known as the Circus through the recollections of veteran spy Peter Guillam.
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A.
King of Spies
King of Spies is a creator-owned espionage comic series from Mark Millar’s Millarworld imprint that follows an aging British secret agent waging a brutal one-man war on corruption.
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B.
The Spy
The Spy is a film featuring Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova in a prominent role within a Cold War espionage narrative.
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C.
The Spy
"The Spy" is an 1821 historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper set during the American Revolutionary War, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of American fiction.
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D.
Family of Spies
Family of Spies is a television film about espionage and betrayal, best known as one of producer Gerald W. Abrams’s prominent works.
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E.
I Was a Spy
I Was a Spy is a 1933 British war drama film about a Belgian woman who becomes a spy during World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Legacy of Spies Description of subject: A Legacy of Spies is a 2017 espionage novel by John le Carré that revisits the Cold War world of George Smiley and the British intelligence service known as the Circus through the recollections of veteran spy Peter Guillam.
Referenced by (5)
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linked to: A Legacy of Spies