The Purloined Letter
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"The Purloined Letter" is a classic detective short story by Edgar Allan Poe featuring C. Auguste Dupin as he unravels the clever concealment of a stolen document.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Purloined Letter canonical | 17 |
| The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allan Poe) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T295537 — 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 Purloined Letter Context triple: [Edgar Allan Poe, notableWork, The Purloined Letter]
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A.
The Imposture
The Imposture is a Caroline-era stage play by English dramatist James Shirley, known as one of his notable comedies of intrigue.
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B.
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Mystery of the Wax Museum is a 1933 pre-Code horror film noted for its early use of two-color Technicolor and its story about a deranged sculptor who encases victims in wax.
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C.
Murder on Capitol Hill
Murder on Capitol Hill is a political mystery novel by Margaret Truman set in Washington, D.C., involving intrigue and murder within the halls of the U.S. Congress.
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D.
The Wishing-Chair
The Wishing-Chair is a classic children's fantasy book by Enid Blyton about a magical flying chair that takes two siblings on a series of whimsical adventures.
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E.
The Spiral Staircase
The Spiral Staircase is a memoir by religious historian Karen Armstrong that recounts her journey from life in a Catholic convent through illness and crisis to a renewed, more expansive understanding of faith.
- 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 Purloined Letter Target entity description: "The Purloined Letter" is a classic detective short story by Edgar Allan Poe featuring C. Auguste Dupin as he unravels the clever concealment of a stolen document.
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A.
The Imposture
The Imposture is a Caroline-era stage play by English dramatist James Shirley, known as one of his notable comedies of intrigue.
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B.
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Mystery of the Wax Museum is a 1933 pre-Code horror film noted for its early use of two-color Technicolor and its story about a deranged sculptor who encases victims in wax.
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C.
Murder on Capitol Hill
Murder on Capitol Hill is a political mystery novel by Margaret Truman set in Washington, D.C., involving intrigue and murder within the halls of the U.S. Congress.
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D.
The Wishing-Chair
The Wishing-Chair is a classic children's fantasy book by Enid Blyton about a magical flying chair that takes two siblings on a series of whimsical adventures.
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E.
The Spiral Staircase
The Spiral Staircase is a memoir by religious historian Karen Armstrong that recounts her journey from life in a Catholic convent through illness and crisis to a renewed, more expansive understanding of faith.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
detective fiction work
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mystery story ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| adaptation |
radio adaptations
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stage adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| alsoFollows | The Murders in the Rue Morgue ⓘ |
| antagonist | Minister D—— ⓘ |
| author | Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ |
| centralObject | stolen letter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| detectiveCharacter | C. Auguste Dupin ⓘ |
| fictionalTimePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| follows | The Mystery of Marie Rogêt ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| includedIn | many Poe short story collections ⓘ |
| influenced |
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Sherlock Holmes stories ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
analytical reasoning
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game theory-like strategic thinking ⓘ |
| keyPlotDevice | letter hidden in plain sight ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | short fiction ⓘ |
| literaryCharacter |
C. Auguste Dupin
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Minister D—— ⓘ Monsieur G—— (Prefect of the Parisian police) ⓘ Narrator (unnamed friend of Dupin) ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of the rational detective
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influence on later detective fiction ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1844 ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Carey and Hart ⓘ |
| policeCharacter | Monsieur G—— ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | third Dupin story ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Mystery of Marie Rogêt ⓘ |
| publicationMedium |
The Gift: A Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845
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linked to:
The Gift
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| series | C. Auguste Dupin stories ⓘ |
| settingCountry | France ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| structure | dialogue-driven investigation ⓘ |
| theme |
limits of police methods
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misdirection and concealment ⓘ psychology of detection ⓘ reason versus intuition ⓘ |
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Subject: The Purloined Letter Description of subject: "The Purloined Letter" is a classic detective short story by Edgar Allan Poe featuring C. Auguste Dupin as he unravels the clever concealment of a stolen document.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Edgar
subject linked to:
Monsieur G—— (Prefect of the Parisian police)
subject linked to:
Monsieur G—— (Prefect of the Parisian police)
The Gift (American literary annual series)
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The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allan Poe)
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linked to: The Purloined Letter