Percy Alleline
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Percy Alleline is a senior British intelligence officer in John le Carré's espionage novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," notable for his ambitious rise within the Circus and his role in the mole-hunt intrigue.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Percy Alleline canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2386212 — 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: Percy Alleline Context triple: [Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, featuresCharacter, Percy Alleline]
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A.
Percy Green
Percy Green was a civil rights activist and former McDonnell Douglas employee whose discrimination lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, which established a key framework for proving employment discrimination.
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B.
Edward Allerton
Edward Allerton was a member of the Allerton family connected to early colonial American history through his brother, Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton.
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C.
Sidney Wicks
Sidney Wicks is a former American professional basketball player, best known as a four-time NBA All-Star forward in the 1970s, primarily with the Portland Trail Blazers.
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D.
Emil Richards
Emil Richards was an American percussionist and vibraphonist renowned for his work in jazz, film, and television music, as well as for his vast collection of exotic percussion instruments.
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E.
Robert Allerton
Robert Allerton was a member of the early colonial Allerton family in New England, known primarily as a relative of Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton.
- 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: Percy Alleline Target entity description: Percy Alleline is a senior British intelligence officer in John le Carré's espionage novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," notable for his ambitious rise within the Circus and his role in the mole-hunt intrigue.
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A.
Percy Green
Percy Green was a civil rights activist and former McDonnell Douglas employee whose discrimination lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, which established a key framework for proving employment discrimination.
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B.
Edward Allerton
Edward Allerton was a member of the Allerton family connected to early colonial American history through his brother, Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton.
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C.
Sidney Wicks
Sidney Wicks is a former American professional basketball player, best known as a four-time NBA All-Star forward in the 1970s, primarily with the Portland Trail Blazers.
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D.
Emil Richards
Emil Richards was an American percussionist and vibraphonist renowned for his work in jazz, film, and television music, as well as for his vast collection of exotic percussion instruments.
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E.
Robert Allerton
Robert Allerton was a member of the early colonial Allerton family in New England, known primarily as a relative of Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
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fictional character ⓘ intelligence officer ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
character in 1979 BBC TV adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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character in 2011 film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Smiley’s People (novel)
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surface form:
Smiley's People
The Honourable Schoolboy ⓘ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel) ⓘ
surface form:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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| associatedWith | Operation Witchcraft ⓘ |
| basedIn |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| characterTrait |
ambitious
ⓘ
politically astute ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | John le Carré ⓘ |
| employer |
British intelligence
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The Circus ⓘ
surface form:
the Circus
|
| fictionalUniverse |
John le Carré
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surface form:
John le Carré Smiley universe
|
| firstAppearance |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel)
ⓘ
surface form:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
|
| genre | espionage fiction ⓘ |
| hasColleague |
Bill Haydon
ⓘ
Control ⓘ Roy Bland ⓘ Toby Esterhase ⓘ |
| hasRival | George Smiley ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ambitious rise within the Circus
ⓘ
role in the mole-hunt intrigue ⓘ |
| occupation | intelligence officer ⓘ |
| organizationRank | senior officer ⓘ |
| partOf |
Smiley’s People (novel)
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surface form:
Smiley series
|
| positionHeld |
Control's successor
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head of the Circus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Percy Alleline Description of subject: Percy Alleline is a senior British intelligence officer in John le Carré's espionage novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," notable for his ambitious rise within the Circus and his role in the mole-hunt intrigue.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy