A Small Town in Germany
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"A Small Town in Germany" is a Cold War-era political thriller novel by John le Carré that explores diplomatic intrigue, espionage, and rising neo-Nazism in the British embassy community of Bonn.
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| A Small Town in Germany canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Small Town in Germany Context triple: [The Looking Glass War, followedBy, A Small Town in Germany]
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A.
Little Germany
Little Germany is a historic commercial district in Bradford, England, known for its well-preserved 19th-century Victorian and neoclassical warehouses built by German and Jewish merchants.
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B.
Hesse, Germany
Hesse, Germany is a federal state in central Germany known for its financial hub Frankfurt am Main, forested landscapes, and historic cities such as Wiesbaden and Kassel.
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C.
De l’Allemagne
De l’Allemagne is a seminal 1813 work of cultural and literary criticism by Madame de Staël that introduced German philosophy, literature, and Romantic thought to a French and wider European audience.
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D.
Schröttinghausen, Germany
Schröttinghausen is a small locality in Germany best known as the birthplace of influential astronomer Walter Baade.
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E.
Bad Oeynhausen
Bad Oeynhausen is a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, renowned for its thermal springs and health resorts.
- 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 Small Town in Germany Target entity description: "A Small Town in Germany" is a Cold War-era political thriller novel by John le Carré that explores diplomatic intrigue, espionage, and rising neo-Nazism in the British embassy community of Bonn.
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A.
Little Germany
Little Germany is a historic commercial district in Bradford, England, known for its well-preserved 19th-century Victorian and neoclassical warehouses built by German and Jewish merchants.
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B.
Hesse, Germany
Hesse, Germany is a federal state in central Germany known for its financial hub Frankfurt am Main, forested landscapes, and historic cities such as Wiesbaden and Kassel.
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C.
De l’Allemagne
De l’Allemagne is a seminal 1813 work of cultural and literary criticism by Madame de Staël that introduced German philosophy, literature, and Romantic thought to a French and wider European audience.
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D.
Schröttinghausen, Germany
Schröttinghausen is a small locality in Germany best known as the birthplace of influential astronomer Walter Baade.
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E.
Bad Oeynhausen
Bad Oeynhausen is a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, renowned for its thermal springs and health resorts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War fiction
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novel ⓘ political thriller ⓘ |
| author | John le Carré ⓘ |
| characterRole | Alan Turner is a British investigator ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Naïve and Sentimental Lover ⓘ |
| genre |
espionage fiction
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political thriller ⓘ spy fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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e-book ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasSettingType | embassy community ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar British literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
British foreign policy
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bureaucracy ⓘ diplomatic intrigue ⓘ espionage ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ neo-Nazism ⓘ postwar German politics ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | British embassy community in Bonn ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of British diplomacy
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depiction of postwar German society ⓘ |
| originalPublisher |
Heinemann
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linked to:
Heinemann publishing group
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| partOfAuthorOeuvre | John le Carré bibliography ⓘ |
| plotElement |
disappearance of a British embassy official
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search for missing confidential documents ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
European Economic Community negotiations
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rise of right-wing extremism in Germany ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Looking Glass War ⓘ |
| protagonist | Alan Turner ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| setInCountry | West Germany ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| setInPlace | Bonn ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
diplomats
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intelligence services ⓘ international relations ⓘ neo-Nazi groups ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | English ⓘ |
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