The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe
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The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe is a 1950s American radio drama series adapting Rex Stout’s detective stories about the brilliant, eccentric sleuth Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe stories | 1 |
| The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1847509 — 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: The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe Context triple: [Sydney Greenstreet, notableRadioWork, The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe]
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A.
The Cheap Detective
The Cheap Detective is a 1978 comedy film that parodies classic film noir and detective movies, starring Peter Falk as a bumbling private eye.
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B.
Another Thin Man
Another Thin Man is a 1939 American mystery-comedy film in the popular Thin Man series, featuring William Powell and Myrna Loy as sleuthing couple Nick and Nora Charles.
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C.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon is a classic 1941 film noir, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart as private detective Sam Spade, widely regarded as a landmark of the genre.
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D.
The Expressman and the Detective
The Expressman and the Detective is a 19th-century true-crime detective narrative by Allan Pinkerton, recounting one of his agency’s real-life investigations.
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E.
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.
- 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 New Adventures of Nero Wolfe Target entity description: The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe is a 1950s American radio drama series adapting Rex Stout’s detective stories about the brilliant, eccentric sleuth Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin.
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A.
The Cheap Detective
The Cheap Detective is a 1978 comedy film that parodies classic film noir and detective movies, starring Peter Falk as a bumbling private eye.
-
B.
Another Thin Man
Another Thin Man is a 1939 American mystery-comedy film in the popular Thin Man series, featuring William Powell and Myrna Loy as sleuthing couple Nick and Nora Charles.
-
C.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon is a classic 1941 film noir, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart as private detective Sam Spade, widely regarded as a landmark of the genre.
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D.
The Expressman and the Detective
The Expressman and the Detective is a 19th-century true-crime detective narrative by Allan Pinkerton, recounting one of his agency’s real-life investigations.
-
E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American radio program
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radio drama series ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe stories
|
| basedOn | Nero Wolfe ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Rex Stout ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| decadeOfBroadcast | 1950s ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterTraitOfProtagonist |
brilliant
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eccentric ⓘ |
| firstAirDate | 1950 ⓘ |
| format | radio drama ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | Nero Wolfe universe ⓘ |
| hasSetting | New York City ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Nero Wolfe ⓘ |
| isAdaptation | true ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Archie Goodwin
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Nero Wolfe ⓘ |
| medium | radio ⓘ |
| narrativePerspectiveCharacter | Archie Goodwin ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | private detective ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| workType | serialized radio drama ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe Description of subject: The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe is a 1950s American radio drama series adapting Rex Stout’s detective stories about the brilliant, eccentric sleuth Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe
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adaptationOf
→
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe stories