Laurence Olivier as Professor Moriarty
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Laurence Olivier as Professor Moriarty is the distinguished British actor’s portrayal of Sherlock Holmes’s arch-nemesis in the 1976 film adaptation of Nicholas Meyer’s pastiche novel "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution."
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| Laurence Olivier as Professor Moriarty canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22531334 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laurence Olivier as Professor Moriarty Context triple: [The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, role, Laurence Olivier as Professor Moriarty]
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Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes refers to the British actor’s acclaimed portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective in the long-running BBC Radio adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
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Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes
Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes is a celebrated portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective, noted for its sharp intelligence, austere precision, and atmospheric presence in mid-20th-century film and television adaptations.
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C.
Michael Caine as Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead
Michael Caine as Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead is the portrayal of a young, aristocratic British Army officer in the 1964 war film "Zulu," which helped launch Caine to international stardom.
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Rupert Graves as DI Greg Lestrade
Rupert Graves as DI Greg Lestrade is the actor’s portrayal of the competent yet often outmatched Scotland Yard detective who frequently collaborates with Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series "Sherlock."
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Michael Caine as John Tarrant
Michael Caine as John Tarrant is the central character in the 1974 British thriller "The Black Windmill," portraying a seasoned MI6 agent whose son is kidnapped, forcing him into a tense battle against both terrorists and his own superiors.
- 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: Laurence Olivier as Professor Moriarty Target entity description: Laurence Olivier as Professor Moriarty is the distinguished British actor’s portrayal of Sherlock Holmes’s arch-nemesis in the 1976 film adaptation of Nicholas Meyer’s pastiche novel "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution."
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A.
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes refers to the British actor’s acclaimed portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective in the long-running BBC Radio adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
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B.
Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes
Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes is a celebrated portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective, noted for its sharp intelligence, austere precision, and atmospheric presence in mid-20th-century film and television adaptations.
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C.
Michael Caine as Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead
Michael Caine as Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead is the portrayal of a young, aristocratic British Army officer in the 1964 war film "Zulu," which helped launch Caine to international stardom.
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D.
Rupert Graves as DI Greg Lestrade
Rupert Graves as DI Greg Lestrade is the actor’s portrayal of the competent yet often outmatched Scotland Yard detective who frequently collaborates with Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series "Sherlock."
-
E.
Michael Caine as John Tarrant
Michael Caine as John Tarrant is the central character in the 1974 British thriller "The Black Windmill," portraying a seasoned MI6 agent whose son is kidnapped, forcing him into a tense battle against both terrorists and his own superiors.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.