The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930 film)
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930 film) is a French mystery movie adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s classic locked-room detective novel, directed by and starring Charles de Rochefort.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930 film) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5139458 — 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 Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930 film) Context triple: [Charles de Rochefort, notableWork, The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930 film)]
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A.
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 British silent thriller film widely regarded as Alfred Hitchcock’s first true suspense masterpiece, centering on a mysterious tenant suspected of being a serial killer.
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B.
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse is a 1933 German crime thriller film by Fritz Lang that blends expressionist style with early noir elements in a story of criminal conspiracy and psychological manipulation.
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C.
Rue Morgue
Rue Morgue is a fictional Parisian street best known as the eerie setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s pioneering detective story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”
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D.
The Mansion of Madness
The Mansion of Madness is a 1973 Mexican surreal horror film loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether,” noted for its nightmarish atmosphere and avant-garde style.
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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 Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930 film) Target entity description: The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930 film) is a French mystery movie adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s classic locked-room detective novel, directed by and starring Charles de Rochefort.
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A.
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 British silent thriller film widely regarded as Alfred Hitchcock’s first true suspense masterpiece, centering on a mysterious tenant suspected of being a serial killer.
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B.
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse is a 1933 German crime thriller film by Fritz Lang that blends expressionist style with early noir elements in a story of criminal conspiracy and psychological manipulation.
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C.
Rue Morgue
Rue Morgue is a fictional Parisian street best known as the eerie setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s pioneering detective story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”
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D.
The Mansion of Madness
The Mansion of Madness is a 1973 Mexican surreal horror film loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether,” noted for its nightmarish atmosphere and avant-garde style.
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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
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
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film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
classic detective novel
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locked-room detective novel ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
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novel by Gaston Leroux ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Charles de Rochefort ⓘ |
| genre |
detective film
ⓘ
mystery ⓘ |
| hasDirectorWhoAlsoStarred | Charles de Rochefort ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistFromSourceMaterial | Joseph Rouletabille ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | fiction ⓘ |
| originalWorkAuthor | Gaston Leroux ⓘ |
| partOf | film adaptations of works by Gaston Leroux ⓘ |
| productionType | feature film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| settingType | locked-room mystery ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialGenre | detective fiction ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialPublicationLanguage | French ⓘ |
| starred | Charles de Rochefort ⓘ |
| title | The Mystery of the Yellow Room ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930 film) Description of subject: The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930 film) is a French mystery movie adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s classic locked-room detective novel, directed by and starring Charles de Rochefort.
Referenced by (3)
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