Inspector John Raymond Legrasse
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Inspector John Raymond Legrasse is a New Orleans police detective in H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu,” known for leading a raid on a sinister cult that worships the cosmic entity Cthulhu.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Inspector John Raymond Legrasse canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8315943 — 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: Inspector John Raymond Legrasse Context triple: [The Call of Cthulhu, hasCharacter, Inspector John Raymond Legrasse]
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A.
Detective Jack Graham
Detective Jack Graham is a supporting character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller "Shadow of a Doubt," serving as a government investigator who quietly probes the suspicions surrounding Uncle Charlie.
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B.
Detective James Carter
Detective James Carter is the fast-talking, wisecracking Los Angeles police detective portrayed by Chris Tucker in the Rush Hour action-comedy film series.
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C.
Inspector Steve Keller
Inspector Steve Keller is a fictional young homicide detective and partner to veteran cop Mike Stone in the 1970s American crime drama series "The Streets of San Francisco."
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D.
Detective Michael Hitchcock
Detective Michael Hitchcock is a bumbling, often clueless but oddly experienced detective from the comedy series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."
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E.
Detective Sergeant James Hathaway
Detective Sergeant James Hathaway is a thoughtful, intellectual police detective and Robbie Lewis’s younger partner in the British crime drama series "Lewis," set in Oxford.
- 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: Inspector John Raymond Legrasse Target entity description: Inspector John Raymond Legrasse is a New Orleans police detective in H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu,” known for leading a raid on a sinister cult that worships the cosmic entity Cthulhu.
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A.
Detective Jack Graham
Detective Jack Graham is a supporting character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller "Shadow of a Doubt," serving as a government investigator who quietly probes the suspicions surrounding Uncle Charlie.
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B.
Detective James Carter
Detective James Carter is the fast-talking, wisecracking Los Angeles police detective portrayed by Chris Tucker in the Rush Hour action-comedy film series.
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C.
Inspector Steve Keller
Inspector Steve Keller is a fictional young homicide detective and partner to veteran cop Mike Stone in the 1970s American crime drama series "The Streets of San Francisco."
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D.
Detective Michael Hitchcock
Detective Michael Hitchcock is a bumbling, often clueless but oddly experienced detective from the comedy series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."
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E.
Detective Sergeant James Hathaway
Detective Sergeant James Hathaway is a thoughtful, intellectual police detective and Robbie Lewis’s younger partner in the British crime drama series "Lewis," set in Oxford.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lovecraftian character
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fictional character ⓘ police detective ⓘ |
| alignment | law enforcement ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Call of Cthulhu ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
cosmic horror
ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ |
| appearsInStructure | second section of The Call of Cthulhu ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cthulhu
ⓘ
Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| confronts | Cthulhu cultists ⓘ |
| createdBy | H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ |
| employer | New Orleans Police Department ⓘ |
| familyName | Legrasse ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | New Orleans ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | non-supernatural human ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWorkAppearedIn |
Weird Tales
ⓘ
linked to:
Weird Tales magazine
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| fullName | John Raymond Legrasse ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| investigates |
murders and disappearances linked to a cult
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strange rituals in the Louisiana swamps ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| medium | short story ⓘ |
| meetsAt | American Archaeological Society meeting in St. Louis ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | good ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | provides eyewitness account of the Cthulhu cult ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading a raid on a Cthulhu cult in Louisiana ⓘ |
| occupation |
detective
ⓘ
police inspector ⓘ |
| partOf | Cthulhu Mythos characters ⓘ |
| possesses | small bas-relief idol of Cthulhu ⓘ |
| presentsEvidenceTo | Professor Angell ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfFirstAppearance | 1928 ⓘ |
| roleInStory | supporting protagonist ⓘ |
| sectionTitleOfAppearance | The Tale of Inspector Legrasse ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement | rational law confronting cosmic horror ⓘ |
| workSetIn |
Louisiana
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Inspector John Raymond Legrasse Description of subject: Inspector John Raymond Legrasse is a New Orleans police detective in H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu,” known for leading a raid on a sinister cult that worships the cosmic entity Cthulhu.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.