The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
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"The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates the theft of top-secret submarine plans and the mysterious death of a government clerk.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8935141 — 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 Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans Context triple: [His Last Bow, hasPart, The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans]
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A.
The Adventure of the Red Circle
The Adventure of the Red Circle is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a mysterious lodger and uncovers a case involving secret societies and hidden danger.
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B.
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a bizarre disappearance and murder linked to a sinister foreign cult.
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C.
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a classic American radio drama series that brought Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories to life for mid-20th-century audiences, most famously starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes.
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D.
The Adventure of the German Student
"The Adventure of the German Student" is a Gothic short story by Washington Irving about a young scholar in Revolutionary Paris who encounters a mysterious woman with a macabre secret.
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E.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle that marks the celebrated comeback of his iconic sleuth after an apparent death at Reichenbach Falls.
- 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 Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans Target entity description: "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates the theft of top-secret submarine plans and the mysterious death of a government clerk.
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A.
The Adventure of the Red Circle
The Adventure of the Red Circle is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a mysterious lodger and uncovers a case involving secret societies and hidden danger.
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B.
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a bizarre disappearance and murder linked to a sinister foreign cult.
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C.
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a classic American radio drama series that brought Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories to life for mid-20th-century audiences, most famously starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes.
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D.
The Adventure of the German Student
"The Adventure of the German Student" is a Gothic short story by Washington Irving about a young scholar in Revolutionary Paris who encounters a mysterious woman with a macabre secret.
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E.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle that marks the celebrated comeback of his iconic sleuth after an apparent death at Reichenbach Falls.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherlock Holmes short story
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detective fiction short story ⓘ mystery short story ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
espionage
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government secrecy ⓘ national security ⓘ |
| collection | His Last Bow ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Cadogan West
ⓘ
Colonel Valentine Walter ⓘ Dr. John H. Watson ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
Inspector Lestrade ⓘ Mycroft Holmes ⓘ Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
Sidney Johnson ⓘ Violet Westbury ⓘ |
| featuresRelationship | collaboration between Sherlock Holmes and Mycroft Holmes ⓘ |
| fictionalDetective |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| fictionalTechnology | submarine ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1908 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Strand Magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio drama
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stage adaptation ⓘ television episode ⓘ |
| hasCrime |
murder
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theft of state secrets ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Bruce-Partington submarine ⓘ |
| HolmesCanonCategory |
His Last Bow stories
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linked to:
His Last Bow
|
| involvesOrganization |
British Navy
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linked to:
Royal Navy
British government ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| narrator |
Dr. John H. Watson
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
|
| originalIllustrator | Arthur Twidle ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | George Newnes ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
ⓘ
linked to:
Sherlock Holmes stories
|
| plotElement |
mysterious death of a government clerk
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theft of top-secret submarine plans ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| series |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London
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linked to:
London, England
London Underground ⓘ |
| storyOrderInCollection | second in His Last Bow in some editions ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
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Subject: The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans Description of subject: "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates the theft of top-secret submarine plans and the mysterious death of a government clerk.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Later Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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includesWork
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The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
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subject linked to:
later adventures of Sherlock Holmes