The Adventure of Silver Blaze
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"The Adventure of Silver Blaze" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes detective stories, centered on the mysterious disappearance of a racehorse and the murder of its trainer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Adventure of Silver Blaze canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9256355 — 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 Silver Blaze Context triple: [The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, containsStory, The Adventure of Silver Blaze]
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A.
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
"The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle that centers on a reclusive, disfigured woman whose tragic past is gradually revealed to Holmes and Watson.
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B.
The Adventure of the Second Stain
"The Adventure of the Second Stain" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, featuring a high-stakes case involving a missing diplomatic document that threatens international peace.
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C.
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, featuring Holmes and Dr. Watson investigating a seemingly incriminating disappearance and suspected murder in the London suburb of Norwood.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Silver Blaze Target entity description: "The Adventure of Silver Blaze" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes detective stories, centered on the mysterious disappearance of a racehorse and the murder of its trainer.
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A.
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
"The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle that centers on a reclusive, disfigured woman whose tragic past is gradually revealed to Holmes and Watson.
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B.
The Adventure of the Second Stain
"The Adventure of the Second Stain" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, featuring a high-stakes case involving a missing diplomatic document that threatens international peace.
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C.
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, featuring Holmes and Dr. Watson investigating a seemingly incriminating disappearance and suspected murder in the London suburb of Norwood.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherlock Holmes short story
ⓘ
detective fiction work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | part of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories ⓘ |
| centralAnimal | racehorse ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinSeries | one of the early Memoirs stories ⓘ |
| collection | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| famousFor | use of a dog’s silence as a clue ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Colonel Ross
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fitzroy Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ Inspector Gregory NERFINISHED ⓘ John Straker NERFINISHED ⓘ Silver Blaze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalDetective | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
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mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations
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radio drama adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasInvestigation |
investigation of John Straker’s death
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investigation of Silver Blaze’s disappearance ⓘ |
| involvesSport | horse racing ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryInfluence | influenced later detective fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. John Watson
NERFINISHED
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Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableQuote | the curious incident of the dog in the night-time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1892 ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | George Newnes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sherlock Holmes canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
disappearance of a racehorse
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murder of a horse trainer ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| series | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Dartmoor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| theme |
logical reasoning
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observation of negative evidence ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | late 19th century ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Silver Blaze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workType | prose narrative ⓘ |
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Subject: The Adventure of Silver Blaze Description of subject: "The Adventure of Silver Blaze" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes detective stories, centered on the mysterious disappearance of a racehorse and the murder of its trainer.
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