The Blind Barber
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The Blind Barber is a 1934 locked-room mystery novel by John Dickson Carr featuring his detective Dr. Gideon Fell, noted for its intricate puzzle plot and blend of crime and comedy aboard an ocean liner.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Blind Barber canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20544008 — 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 Blind Barber Context triple: [Dr. Gideon Fell series, hasWork, The Blind Barber]
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A.
The Barber
The Barber is a comic supporting character in Miguel de Cervantes’ novel "Don Quixote," serving as a practical townsman who often contrasts with the protagonist’s delusions.
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B.
The Barber's Song
"The Barber's Song" is a comic musical number from the Broadway musical *Man of La Mancha*, typically sung by the village barber in a light, humorous style.
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C.
the Barber
The Barber is a comedic character from Monty Python’s “The Lumberjack Song,” serving as the narrator who reveals his unexpected dream of becoming a lumberjack.
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D.
The Blind Man
The Blind Man was a short-lived but influential Dada art and literary magazine co-edited by Marcel Duchamp and others in New York in 1917.
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E.
The Blind Bow-Boy
The Blind Bow-Boy is a 1923 satirical novel by Carl Van Vechten that humorously explores Jazz Age New York’s bohemian and queer subcultures.
- 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 Blind Barber Target entity description: The Blind Barber is a 1934 locked-room mystery novel by John Dickson Carr featuring his detective Dr. Gideon Fell, noted for its intricate puzzle plot and blend of crime and comedy aboard an ocean liner.
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A.
The Barber
The Barber is a comic supporting character in Miguel de Cervantes’ novel "Don Quixote," serving as a practical townsman who often contrasts with the protagonist’s delusions.
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B.
The Barber's Song
"The Barber's Song" is a comic musical number from the Broadway musical *Man of La Mancha*, typically sung by the village barber in a light, humorous style.
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C.
the Barber
The Barber is a comedic character from Monty Python’s “The Lumberjack Song,” serving as the narrator who reveals his unexpected dream of becoming a lumberjack.
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D.
The Blind Man
The Blind Man was a short-lived but influential Dada art and literary magazine co-edited by Marcel Duchamp and others in New York in 1917.
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E.
The Blind Bow-Boy
The Blind Bow-Boy is a 1923 satirical novel by Carl Van Vechten that humorously explores Jazz Age New York’s bohemian and queer subcultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.