James Bond novel "Thunderball"
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"Thunderball" is a James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming, featuring 007’s battle against the criminal organization SPECTRE over a stolen nuclear warhead.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Bond novel "Thunderball" canonical | 1 |
| Thunderball (1961 novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5055566 — 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: James Bond novel "Thunderball" Context triple: [Ian Fleming Villa, hasConnectionToWork, James Bond novel "Thunderball"]
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A.
James Bond novel "Moonraker"
"Moonraker" is a James Bond novel by Ian Fleming in which 007 investigates industrialist Hugo Drax and his top-secret rocket project threatening London.
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B.
James Bond novel "Goldfinger"
The James Bond novel "Goldfinger" is Ian Fleming’s 1959 spy thriller in which Agent 007 investigates gold magnate Auric Goldfinger’s plot involving gold smuggling and a daring attack on Fort Knox.
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C.
James Bond novel "From Russia, with Love"
"From Russia, with Love" is a 1957 James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming, widely regarded as one of the finest entries in the series and notable for its Cold War intrigue and introduction of key recurring villains.
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D.
James Bond novel "Dr. No"
"Dr. No" is a 1958 James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming in which 007 investigates the disappearance of two MI6 operatives in Jamaica and confronts the villainous Dr. Julius No on his private island.
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E.
James Bond novel "Live and Let Die"
"Live and Let Die" is Ian Fleming’s second James Bond novel, in which 007 investigates a Harlem crime boss linked to Soviet gold-smuggling and voodoo in the Caribbean.
- 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: James Bond novel "Thunderball" Target entity description: "Thunderball" is a James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming, featuring 007’s battle against the criminal organization SPECTRE over a stolen nuclear warhead.
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A.
James Bond novel "Moonraker"
"Moonraker" is a James Bond novel by Ian Fleming in which 007 investigates industrialist Hugo Drax and his top-secret rocket project threatening London.
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B.
James Bond novel "Goldfinger"
The James Bond novel "Goldfinger" is Ian Fleming’s 1959 spy thriller in which Agent 007 investigates gold magnate Auric Goldfinger’s plot involving gold smuggling and a daring attack on Fort Knox.
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C.
James Bond novel "From Russia, with Love"
"From Russia, with Love" is a 1957 James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming, widely regarded as one of the finest entries in the series and notable for its Cold War intrigue and introduction of key recurring villains.
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D.
James Bond novel "Dr. No"
"Dr. No" is a 1958 James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming in which 007 investigates the disappearance of two MI6 operatives in Jamaica and confronts the villainous Dr. Julius No on his private island.
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E.
James Bond novel "Live and Let Die"
"Live and Let Die" is Ian Fleming’s second James Bond novel, in which 007 investigates a Harlem crime boss linked to Soviet gold-smuggling and voodoo in the Caribbean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Never Say Never Again (1983 film)
NERFINISHED
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Thunderball (1965 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Ian Fleming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Richard Chopping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Domino Vitali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emilio Largo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernst Stavro Blofeld NERFINISHED ⓘ Felix Leiter NERFINISHED ⓘ M NERFINISHED ⓘ Q NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization |
CIA
NERFINISHED
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MI6 NERFINISHED ⓘ SPECTRE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRightsDisputeInvolved |
Ian Fleming
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack Whittingham NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin McClory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | For Your Eyes Only NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
spy fiction
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thriller novel ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation | secret agent ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | James Bond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableElement |
introduction of Ernst Stavro Blofeld as main villain
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introduction of SPECTRE in the James Bond novels ⓘ |
| numberInSeries | ninth James Bond novel ⓘ |
| plotFocus |
James Bond’s conflict with SPECTRE
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theft of nuclear warheads ⓘ |
| precedes | The Spy Who Loved Me NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistAffiliation | British Secret Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | James Bond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Bahamas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: James Bond novel "Thunderball" Description of subject: "Thunderball" is a James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming, featuring 007’s battle against the criminal organization SPECTRE over a stolen nuclear warhead.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Thunderball (1961 novel)