An Excellent Mystery
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An Excellent Mystery is a historical crime novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century England and centered on a cloistered mystery involving two enigmatic monks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| An Excellent Mystery canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2684112 — 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: An Excellent Mystery Context triple: [Ellis Peters, notableWork, An Excellent Mystery]
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A.
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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B.
Queen of Suspense
"Queen of Suspense" is the popular nickname of bestselling American mystery and thriller author Mary Higgins Clark, renowned for her gripping, suspense-driven novels.
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C.
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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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 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.
- 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: An Excellent Mystery Target entity description: An Excellent Mystery is a historical crime novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century England and centered on a cloistered mystery involving two enigmatic monks.
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A.
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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B.
Queen of Suspense
"Queen of Suspense" is the popular nickname of bestselling American mystery and thriller author Mary Higgins Clark, renowned for her gripping, suspense-driven novels.
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C.
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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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 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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brother Cadfael novel
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historical crime novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Ellis Peters ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | monks ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
identity
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mystery ⓘ religious life ⓘ secrecy ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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historical fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse |
The Cadfael Chronicles
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surface form:
Brother Cadfael universe
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Brother Cadfael ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Cadfael Chronicles
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surface form:
Brother Cadfael series
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| plotFocus | cloistered mystery involving two enigmatic monks ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
Benedictine monk
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herbalist ⓘ |
| series | Brother Cadfael ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 12th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | England ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: An Excellent Mystery Description of subject: An Excellent Mystery is a historical crime novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century England and centered on a cloistered mystery involving two enigmatic monks.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.