David Cornwell
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David Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré, was a renowned British author celebrated for his sophisticated espionage novels such as "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" and the George Smiley series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Cornwell canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10394296 — 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: David Cornwell Context triple: [Valerie Jane Eustace, spouse, David Cornwell]
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A.
Stephen Cornwell
Stephen Cornwell is a British film producer and screenwriter, known for co-founding The Ink Factory and producing adaptations of John le Carré’s works as well as other international thrillers.
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B.
Ken Follett
Ken Follett is a bestselling Welsh author renowned for his historical and thriller novels, including "The Pillars of the Earth" and "Eye of the Needle."
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C.
Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Archer is a British author and former politician best known for his bestselling novels and thrillers.
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D.
Nicholas Ferguson
Nicholas Ferguson is a British businessman and private equity executive best known as the founding figure behind the global investment firm Permira.
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E.
C.J. Sansom
C.J. Sansom was a British historical crime novelist best known for his bestselling Shardlake series set in Tudor England.
- 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: David Cornwell Target entity description: David Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré, was a renowned British author celebrated for his sophisticated espionage novels such as "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" and the George Smiley series.
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A.
Stephen Cornwell
Stephen Cornwell is a British film producer and screenwriter, known for co-founding The Ink Factory and producing adaptations of John le Carré’s works as well as other international thrillers.
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B.
Ken Follett
Ken Follett is a bestselling Welsh author renowned for his historical and thriller novels, including "The Pillars of the Earth" and "Eye of the Needle."
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C.
Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Archer is a British author and former politician best known for his bestselling novels and thrillers.
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D.
Nicholas Ferguson
Nicholas Ferguson is a British businessman and private equity executive best known as the founding figure behind the global investment firm Permira.
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E.
C.J. Sansom
C.J. Sansom was a British historical crime novelist best known for his bestselling Shardlake series set in Tudor England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British writer
ⓘ
human ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Goethe Medal
NERFINISHED
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James Tait Black Memorial Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Olof Palme Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Somerset Maugham Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdCharacter | George Smiley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-10-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-12-12 ⓘ |
| describedAs | renowned British author of espionage novels ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Lincoln College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
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Sherborne School NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
British Foreign Office
NERFINISHED
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MI5 NERFINISHED ⓘ MI6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
political fiction
ⓘ
spy fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Intelligence Corps (British Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | realism in literature ⓘ |
| name | David John Moore Cornwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Booker Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Perfect Spy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Smiley's People NERFINISHED ⓘ The Constant Gardener NERFINISHED ⓘ The Honourable Schoolboy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Little Drummer Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ The Night Manager NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spy Who Came in from the Cold NERFINISHED ⓘ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
intelligence officer
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| penName | John le Carré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Poole, Dorset, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Truro, Cornwall, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Cornwall, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn | British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Alison Ann Veronica Sharp
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Valerie Jane Eustace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: David Cornwell Description of subject: David Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré, was a renowned British author celebrated for his sophisticated espionage novels such as "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" and the George Smiley series.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.