Baskerville
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Baskerville is the aristocratic family name central to Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Baskerville family | 4 |
| Baskerville canonical | 2 |
| Baskerville family curse | 1 |
| Hugo Baskerville | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18259328 — 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: Baskerville Context triple: [Sir Henry Baskerville, familyName, Baskerville]
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A.
New Baskerville
New Baskerville is a modern serif typeface that reinterprets John Baskerville’s classic 18th-century design with updated proportions and improved readability for contemporary use.
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B.
William of Baskerville
William of Baskerville is a sharp-witted Franciscan friar and proto-detective who investigates a series of mysterious deaths in a medieval Italian monastery.
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C.
Hyde of Hindon
Hyde of Hindon is an English noble title historically linked to the Hyde family, notably associated with the Barons Hyde.
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D.
Baskerville Virgil
Baskerville Virgil is the celebrated 1757 edition of Virgil’s works printed by John Baskerville, renowned for its elegant typography and high-quality book design.
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E.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a classic Sherlock Holmes detective novel that blends mystery with Gothic horror on the misty moors of Devon.
- 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: Baskerville Target entity description: Baskerville is the aristocratic family name central to Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles."
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A.
New Baskerville
New Baskerville is a modern serif typeface that reinterprets John Baskerville’s classic 18th-century design with updated proportions and improved readability for contemporary use.
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B.
William of Baskerville
William of Baskerville is a sharp-witted Franciscan friar and proto-detective who investigates a series of mysterious deaths in a medieval Italian monastery.
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C.
Hyde of Hindon
Hyde of Hindon is an English noble title historically linked to the Hyde family, notably associated with the Barons Hyde.
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D.
Baskerville Virgil
Baskerville Virgil is the celebrated 1757 edition of Virgil’s works printed by John Baskerville, renowned for its elegant typography and high-quality book design.
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E.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a classic Sherlock Holmes detective novel that blends mystery with Gothic horror on the misty moors of Devon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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