The Little Sister
E414985
The Little Sister is a 1949 hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe in a complex case involving Hollywood corruption and deception.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Little Sister canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4126698 — 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: The Little Sister Context triple: [Philip Marlowe, appearsIn, The Little Sister]
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A.
The Other Sister
The Other Sister is a 1999 romantic comedy-drama film about a young woman with an intellectual disability striving for independence and love, directed by Garry Marshall and starring Juliette Lewis and Giovanni Ribisi.
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B.
The Daughter
The Daughter is a 2015 Australian drama film, adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck," that explores buried family secrets and emotional fallout in a small town.
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C.
The Sisters
The Sisters are a small, remote group of rocky islets off the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, noted for their rugged terrain and important seabird colonies.
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D.
The Sisters
"The Sisters" is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of family, marriage, and social manners.
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E.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a socialist realist novel by Polish writer Wanda Wasilewska that portrays working-class struggle and political awakening in pre-war Eastern Europe.
- 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 Little Sister Target entity description: The Little Sister is a 1949 hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe in a complex case involving Hollywood corruption and deception.
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A.
The Other Sister
The Other Sister is a 1999 romantic comedy-drama film about a young woman with an intellectual disability striving for independence and love, directed by Garry Marshall and starring Juliette Lewis and Giovanni Ribisi.
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B.
The Daughter
The Daughter is a 2015 Australian drama film, adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck," that explores buried family secrets and emotional fallout in a small town.
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C.
The Sisters
The Sisters are a small, remote group of rocky islets off the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, noted for their rugged terrain and important seabird colonies.
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D.
The Sisters
"The Sisters" is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of family, marriage, and social manners.
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E.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a socialist realist novel by Polish writer Wanda Wasilewska that portrays working-class struggle and political awakening in pre-war Eastern Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hardboiled detective novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film ⓘ |
| author | Raymond Chandler ⓘ |
| containsElement |
blackmail
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family secrets ⓘ murder mystery ⓘ private eye investigation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresTheme |
Hollywood corruption
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deception ⓘ identity and disguise ⓘ organized crime ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Long Goodbye ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Marlowe (1969 film) ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Dr. Lagardie
ⓘ
Lieutenant French ⓘ Lieutenant Spangler ⓘ Mavis Weld NERFINISHED ⓘ Orfamay Quest ⓘ Philip Marlowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780394757663 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | noir ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | hardboiled prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Philip Marlowe ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Philip Marlowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex, convoluted plot
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cynical portrayal of Hollywood ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Lady in the Lake ⓘ |
| protagonist | Philip Marlowe ONNED1 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Hamish Hamilton
ⓘ
Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| series |
Philip Marlowe
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surface form:
Philip Marlowe series
|
| setInTimePeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Hollywood
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Little Sister Description of subject: The Little Sister is a 1949 hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe in a complex case involving Hollywood corruption and deception.
Referenced by (4)
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