The Story of Henri Tod
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The Story of Henri Tod is a Cold War espionage novel by William F. Buckley Jr. featuring CIA agent Blackford Oakes in a mission centered on Berlin and a legendary German resistance hero.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Story of Henri Tod canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6516990 — 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: The Story of Henri Tod Context triple: [Blackford Oakes novels, hasPart, The Story of Henri Tod]
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A.
Brennan on the Moor
"Brennan on the Moor" is a traditional Irish ballad popularized internationally by The Clancy Brothers, telling the story of the legendary highwayman Willie Brennan.
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B.
The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit
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C.
The Girl at the Lion d'Or
The Girl at the Lion d'Or is a historical novel by Sebastian Faulks set in 1930s provincial France, exploring love, betrayal, and the political tensions preceding World War II.
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D.
The Grey Lady
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E.
The Man in Grey
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- 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: The Story of Henri Tod Target entity description: The Story of Henri Tod is a Cold War espionage novel by William F. Buckley Jr. featuring CIA agent Blackford Oakes in a mission centered on Berlin and a legendary German resistance hero.
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A.
Brennan on the Moor
"Brennan on the Moor" is a traditional Irish ballad popularized internationally by The Clancy Brothers, telling the story of the legendary highwayman Willie Brennan.
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B.
The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit
The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit is an 1882 oil painting by John Singer Sargent that portrays the four young daughters of a wealthy American family in a strikingly unconventional, psychologically complex interior scene.
-
C.
The Girl at the Lion d'Or
The Girl at the Lion d'Or is a historical novel by Sebastian Faulks set in 1930s provincial France, exploring love, betrayal, and the political tensions preceding World War II.
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D.
The Grey Lady
The Grey Lady is the ghost of Helena Ravenclaw, known as the elusive and melancholy spirit associated with Ravenclaw House in the Harry Potter series.
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E.
The Man in Grey
The Man in Grey is a 1943 British melodrama film, noted as the first of Gainsborough Pictures’ popular series of costume dramas that helped define the studio’s success in the 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | William F. Buckley Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character | Henri Tod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacterRole | legendary German resistance hero ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | Central Intelligence Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
political thriller
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spy fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | Blackford Oakes universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Cold War politics
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East–West relations ⓘ German resistance ⓘ espionage ⓘ freedom and oppression ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Blackford Oakes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Blackford Oakes novels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | CIA agent ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| series | Blackford Oakes series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| workInvolves |
covert missions
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intelligence operations ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Story of Henri Tod Description of subject: The Story of Henri Tod is a Cold War espionage novel by William F. Buckley Jr. featuring CIA agent Blackford Oakes in a mission centered on Berlin and a legendary German resistance hero.
Referenced by (1)
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