Nicholas Cornwell
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Nicholas Cornwell is a British writer and the son of famed spy novelist John le Carré (David Cornwell), known for publishing fiction under the pen name Nick Harkaway.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nicholas Cornwell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10394301 — 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: Nicholas Cornwell Context triple: [Valerie Jane Eustace, hasChild, Nicholas Cornwell]
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A.
Simon Cornwell
Simon Cornwell is a British film and television producer, known for co-founding the production company Ink Factory and adapting works by his father, author John le Carré.
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B.
Nicholas Hannen
Nicholas Hannen was a British stage and film actor known for his classical performances, including roles in mid-20th-century Shakespearean adaptations.
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C.
Nicholas McCarthy
Nicholas McCarthy is an American filmmaker best known for directing atmospheric horror films such as "The Pact" and "At the Devil's Door."
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D.
Nicholas Martin
Nicholas Martin is a British screenwriter and playwright best known for writing the film "Florence Foster Jenkins."
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E.
Nicholas Heath
Nicholas Heath was an English clergyman and statesman who served as Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor under Queen Mary I during the 16th century.
- 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: Nicholas Cornwell Target entity description: Nicholas Cornwell is a British writer and the son of famed spy novelist John le Carré (David Cornwell), known for publishing fiction under the pen name Nick Harkaway.
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A.
Simon Cornwell
Simon Cornwell is a British film and television producer, known for co-founding the production company Ink Factory and adapting works by his father, author John le Carré.
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B.
Nicholas Hannen
Nicholas Hannen was a British stage and film actor known for his classical performances, including roles in mid-20th-century Shakespearean adaptations.
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C.
Nicholas McCarthy
Nicholas McCarthy is an American filmmaker best known for directing atmospheric horror films such as "The Pact" and "At the Devil's Door."
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D.
Nicholas Martin
Nicholas Martin is a British screenwriter and playwright best known for writing the film "Florence Foster Jenkins."
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E.
Nicholas Heath
Nicholas Heath was an English clergyman and statesman who served as Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor under Queen Mary I during the 16th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British writer
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human ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 21st century ⓘ |
| almaMater | University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1972 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Clare College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Cornwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father |
David Cornwell
NERFINISHED
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John le Carré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
literature
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novel writing ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy literature
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science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| givenName | Nicholas ⓘ |
| hasBibliographyEntry |
Angelmaker (2012)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gnomon (2017) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Blind Giant (2012) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gone-Away World (2008) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tigerman (2014) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | 3 (children) ⓘ |
| hasPseudonymForm | Nick Harkaway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTwitterAccount | @Harkaway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.nickharkaway.com ⓘ |
| influencedBy | John le Carré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Nicholas Cornwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
David Cornwell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John le Carré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Angelmaker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gnomon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Blind Giant (non-fiction) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gone-Away World NERFINISHED ⓘ Tigerman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| parent |
David Cornwell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John le Carré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| penName | Nick Harkaway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| spouse | Claire Cornwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesPenNameFor | fiction writing ⓘ |
| writesUnderName | Nick Harkaway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingStyle | genre-blending ⓘ |
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: Nicholas Cornwell Description of subject: Nicholas Cornwell is a British writer and the son of famed spy novelist John le Carré (David Cornwell), known for publishing fiction under the pen name Nick Harkaway.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.