The Canary Murder Case
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The Canary Murder Case is a 1927 detective novel by S. S. Van Dine featuring the erudite sleuth Philo Vance investigating the murder of a Broadway showgirl known as "The Canary."
All labels observed (1)
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| The Canary Murder Case canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20808347 — 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 Canary Murder Case Context triple: [Philo Vance, appearsInWork, The Canary Murder Case]
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A.
Murder in the Mews
Murder in the Mews is a collection of four Hercule Poirot detective stories by Agatha Christie, featuring the famous Belgian sleuth solving intricate murder mysteries.
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B.
The Pale Criminal
The Pale Criminal is a historical crime novel by Philip Kerr featuring Berlin detective Bernie Gunther investigating a series of murders in Nazi Germany.
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C.
There Was a Murder
"There Was a Murder" is a track by hip-hop duo Clipse from their 2009 album "Til the Casket Drops."
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D.
A Slight Case of Murder
A Slight Case of Murder is a 1938 crime-comedy film starring Edward G. Robinson as a reformed bootlegger whose attempts to go straight lead to a series of comic mishaps.
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E.
The Scotland Yard Mystery
The Scotland Yard Mystery is a 1934 British crime film centered on a complex murder investigation led by detectives from London's Metropolitan Police.
- 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 Canary Murder Case Target entity description: The Canary Murder Case is a 1927 detective novel by S. S. Van Dine featuring the erudite sleuth Philo Vance investigating the murder of a Broadway showgirl known as "The Canary."
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A.
Murder in the Mews
Murder in the Mews is a collection of four Hercule Poirot detective stories by Agatha Christie, featuring the famous Belgian sleuth solving intricate murder mysteries.
-
B.
The Pale Criminal
The Pale Criminal is a historical crime novel by Philip Kerr featuring Berlin detective Bernie Gunther investigating a series of murders in Nazi Germany.
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C.
There Was a Murder
"There Was a Murder" is a track by hip-hop duo Clipse from their 2009 album "Til the Casket Drops."
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D.
A Slight Case of Murder
A Slight Case of Murder is a 1938 crime-comedy film starring Edward G. Robinson as a reformed bootlegger whose attempts to go straight lead to a series of comic mishaps.
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E.
The Scotland Yard Mystery
The Scotland Yard Mystery is a 1934 British crime film centered on a complex murder investigation led by detectives from London's Metropolitan Police.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.