The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
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The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a series of mysterious deaths linked to a deadly exotic poison in Cornwall.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8935144 — 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 Adventure of the Devil’s Foot Context triple: [His Last Bow, hasPart, The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot]
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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 Adventure of the Dying Detective
The Adventure of the Dying Detective is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes feigns a deadly illness to trap a murderer.
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D.
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
"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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E.
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.
- 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 Devil’s Foot Target entity description: The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a series of mysterious deaths linked to a deadly exotic poison in Cornwall.
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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 Adventure of the Dying Detective
The Adventure of the Dying Detective is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes feigns a deadly illness to trap a murderer.
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D.
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
"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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherlock Holmes short story
ⓘ
detective fiction short story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
radio drama
ⓘ
television episode ⓘ |
| assistantInInvestigation |
Dr. John Watson
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
|
| author | Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ |
| belongsToLiteraryPeriod | late Victorian and Edwardian literature ⓘ |
| centralMystery | cause of sudden madness and death in a locked room ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| detectiveMethod | Holmes personally tests the poison in a controlled experiment ⓘ |
| featuresDetective |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| featuresLocation | Cornwall ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
exotic poison
ⓘ
poisoning ⓘ |
| fictionalPoisonName | Devil’s Foot root ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | work of fiction ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1910 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Strand Magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasClergyCharacter | Dr. Leon Sterndale ⓘ |
| hasCrimeType | murder by poisoning ⓘ |
| hasDeductionType | forensic reasoning about toxic fumes ⓘ |
| hasMotiveInPlot | revenge ⓘ |
| hasPublisher | George Newnes ⓘ |
| hasSuspectCharacter | Mortimer Tregennis ⓘ |
| hasVictimCharacter | Brenda Tregennis ⓘ |
| investigatedBy |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCanon |
Sherlock Holmes canon
ⓘ
linked to:
Sherlock Holmes stories
|
| mainCharacter |
Dr. John Watson
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| narrator |
Dr. John Watson
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
|
| orderInCollection | third story in His Last Bow ⓘ |
| originalIllustrator | Sidney Paget ⓘ |
| partOfCollection | His Last Bow ⓘ |
| plotElement |
mysterious deaths in a country house
ⓘ
use of a rare toxic powder ⓘ |
| publicationFormat | short story ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| series |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| setting |
Cornwall, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Cornwall
|
| televisionAdaptation |
Granada Television Sherlock Holmes series
ⓘ
linked to:
Sherlock Holmes (Granada TV series)
|
| televisionAdaptationActorForHolmes | Jeremy Brett ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot Description of subject: The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a series of mysterious deaths linked to a deadly exotic poison in Cornwall.
Referenced by (2)
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subject linked to:
later adventures of Sherlock Holmes