Sansom
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Sansom is the surname of Odette Sansom, a celebrated World War II French-born British spy and Special Operations Executive agent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sansom canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6687406 — 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: Sansom Context triple: [Odette Sansom, familyName, Sansom]
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A.
Lascelles
Lascelles is a British aristocratic family name historically associated with the Earls of Harewood and close ties to the royal family.
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B.
Sarsden
Sarsden is a small rural village in Oxfordshire, England, known for its historic manor house and picturesque countryside setting.
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C.
Ramsay
Ramsay is a Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures in British history, including military leaders, politicians, and artists.
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D.
Rockcliffe-Smythe
Rockcliffe-Smythe is a residential neighbourhood in the former city of York in Toronto, Ontario, known for its post-war housing, green spaces, and proximity to the Humber River.
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E.
Blomfield
Blomfield is the surname of English singer, songwriter, and actress Paloma Faith.
- 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: Sansom Target entity description: Sansom is the surname of Odette Sansom, a celebrated World War II French-born British spy and Special Operations Executive agent.
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A.
Lascelles
Lascelles is a British aristocratic family name historically associated with the Earls of Harewood and close ties to the royal family.
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B.
Sarsden
Sarsden is a small rural village in Oxfordshire, England, known for its historic manor house and picturesque countryside setting.
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C.
Ramsay
Ramsay is a Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures in British history, including military leaders, politicians, and artists.
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D.
Rockcliffe-Smythe
Rockcliffe-Smythe is a residential neighbourhood in the former city of York in Toronto, Ontario, known for its post-war housing, green spaces, and proximity to the Humber River.
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E.
Blomfield
Blomfield is the surname of English singer, songwriter, and actress Paloma Faith.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Odette Churchill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Odette Hallowes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1912-04-28 ⓘ |
| birthName | Odette Marie Céline Brailly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Amiens, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1995-03-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| detainedBy | Gestapo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Special Operations Executive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Sansom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | resistance and espionage ⓘ |
| givenName | Odette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | GC (George Cross) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Special Operations Executive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | service as a British spy in World War II ⓘ |
| notableWork | intelligence gathering and support to the French Resistance ⓘ |
| occupation |
Special Operations Executive agent
ⓘ
spy ⓘ |
| operatedIn | occupied France ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention | Ravensbrück concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Geoffrey Hallowes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Churchill NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Sansom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | the film "Odette" (1950) 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: Sansom Description of subject: Sansom is the surname of Odette Sansom, a celebrated World War II French-born British spy and Special Operations Executive agent.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.