And Then There Were None
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And Then There Were None is a classic mystery novel by Agatha Christie in which ten strangers are lured to an isolated island and killed one by one according to a sinister nursery rhyme.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1771150 — 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: And Then There Were None Context triple: [Sabotage, basedOn, And Then There Were None]
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A.
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express is a classic mystery novel by Agatha Christie, featuring detective Hercule Poirot investigating a complex murder aboard a luxurious European train.
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B.
A Blueprint for Murder
A Blueprint for Murder is a 1953 American film noir thriller in which Gary Merrill stars in a tense story of suspected poisoning and inheritance-driven murder.
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C.
The Deadly Affair
The Deadly Affair is a 1966 British spy thriller film, adapted from John le Carré’s novel "Call for the Dead" and directed by Sidney Lumet.
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D.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a gothic horror novel by H. P. Lovecraft about a young man’s obsession with his necromancer ancestor and the dark secrets he uncovers in Providence, Rhode Island.
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E.
Jane: A Murder
"Jane: A Murder" is a hybrid work of poetry, memoir, and true crime in which Maggie Nelson investigates the life and unsolved murder of her aunt Jane.
- 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: And Then There Were None Target entity description: And Then There Were None is a classic mystery novel by Agatha Christie in which ten strangers are lured to an isolated island and killed one by one according to a sinister nursery rhyme.
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A.
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express is a classic mystery novel by Agatha Christie, featuring detective Hercule Poirot investigating a complex murder aboard a luxurious European train.
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B.
A Blueprint for Murder
A Blueprint for Murder is a 1953 American film noir thriller in which Gary Merrill stars in a tense story of suspected poisoning and inheritance-driven murder.
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C.
The Deadly Affair
The Deadly Affair is a 1966 British spy thriller film, adapted from John le Carré’s novel "Call for the Dead" and directed by Sidney Lumet.
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D.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a gothic horror novel by H. P. Lovecraft about a young man’s obsession with his necromancer ancestor and the dark secrets he uncovers in Providence, Rhode Island.
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E.
Jane: A Murder
"Jane: A Murder" is a hybrid work of poetry, memoir, and true crime in which Maggie Nelson investigates the life and unsolved murder of her aunt Jane.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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mystery novel ⓘ novel ⓘ whodunit ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
feature film
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graphic novel ⓘ radio drama ⓘ stage play ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
Ten Little Indians
ⓘ
Ten Little Soldiers ⓘ |
| author | Agatha Christie ⓘ |
| basedOn | nursery rhyme Ten Little Soldiers ⓘ |
| climaxFeature | posthumous confession by the killer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| estimatedCopiesSold | over 100 million ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Collins Crime Club ⓘ |
| firstSerialisationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| firstSerialisedIn | The Saturday Evening Post ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Anthony Marston
ⓘ
Dr. Edward Armstrong ⓘ Emily Brent ⓘ Ethel Rogers ⓘ General John Macarthur ⓘ Isaac Morris ⓘ Justice Lawrence Wargrave ⓘ Philip Lombard ⓘ Thomas Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ Vera Claythorne ⓘ William Blore ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
classic of detective fiction
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influential closed-circle mystery ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
guilt
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isolation ⓘ justice ⓘ paranoia ⓘ retribution ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableAdaptation |
And Then There Were None
ⓘ
surface form:
1945 film And Then There Were None
2015 BBC television miniseries And Then There Were None ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Agatha Christie ⓘ |
| numberOfMainCharacters | 10 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Ten Little Niggers ⓘ |
| plotElement |
guests killed one by one
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murders follow a nursery rhyme ⓘ ten strangers invited to an isolated island ⓘ |
| publicationForm | serialisation ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| salesStatus | one of the best-selling books of all time ⓘ |
| setIn |
Devon coast
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fictional Soldier Island ⓘ |
| structure | countdown of victims to none ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: And Then There Were None Description of subject: And Then There Were None is a classic mystery novel by Agatha Christie in which ten strangers are lured to an isolated island and killed one by one according to a sinister nursery rhyme.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
And Then There Were None (novel)
this entity surface form:
And Then There Were None (novel)
this entity surface form:
And Then There Were None (1945 film)
this entity surface form:
Ten Little Niggers (stage adaptation of And Then There Were None)