The Adventure of the Reigate Squire
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"The Adventure of the Reigate Squire" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes, while recuperating in the English countryside, uncovers a murder plot involving local gentry and forged documents.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Adventure of the Reigate Puzzle | 1 |
| The Adventure of the Reigate Squire canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9256361 — 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 Reigate Squire Context triple: [The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, containsStory, The Adventure of the Reigate Squire]
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A.
The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk
"The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a suspicious job offer made to a recently unemployed clerk, uncovering a criminal scheme.
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B.
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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C.
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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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 Musgrave Ritual
"The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes solves an old family mystery involving a cryptic ancestral ritual and a hidden treasure.
- 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 Reigate Squire Target entity description: "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes, while recuperating in the English countryside, uncovers a murder plot involving local gentry and forged documents.
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A.
The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk
"The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a suspicious job offer made to a recently unemployed clerk, uncovering a criminal scheme.
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B.
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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C.
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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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 Musgrave Ritual
"The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes solves an old family mystery involving a cryptic ancestral ritual and a hidden treasure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherlock Holmes short story
ⓘ
detective fiction short story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
radio drama
ⓘ
television episode ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
The Adventure of the Reigate Puzzle
ⓘ
linked to:
The Adventure of the Reigate Squire
|
| author | Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ |
| collectedIn | book edition of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| collection | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Colonel Hayter
ⓘ
Dr. John Watson ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
Inspector Lestrade ⓘ |
| featuresFamily | Cunningham family ⓘ |
| fictionalTimeSetting | Victorian era ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1893 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Strand Magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasVictim | William Kirwan ⓘ |
| HolmesCanonCategory | short story ⓘ |
| HolmesCompanion |
Dr. John Watson
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
|
| HolmesCondition | Holmes is exhausted from previous cases ⓘ |
| HolmesMethod | staged fainting fit to trap the culprits ⓘ |
| investigatedCrime | murder of a coachman ⓘ |
| keyClue | torn piece of a note ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryUniverse |
Sherlock Holmes universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Sherlock Holmes stories
|
| mainCharacter |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| narrator |
Dr. John Watson
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
|
| originalIllustrator | Sidney Paget ⓘ |
| originalMedium | magazine publication ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sherlock Holmes canon
ⓘ
linked to:
Sherlock Holmes stories
|
| plotElement |
Holmes recuperates in the English countryside
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forged documents as key evidence ⓘ investigation of a local murder ⓘ involvement of local gentry ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| publicationFormat | serial magazine story ⓘ |
| publicationSequenceInMemoirs | one of the later stories in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookCollection | George Newnes ⓘ |
| series |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Surrey ⓘ |
| theme |
Holmes’s deductive reasoning
ⓘ
crime among the gentry ⓘ deception ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPublication | late 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Adventure of the Reigate Squire Description of subject: "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes, while recuperating in the English countryside, uncovers a murder plot involving local gentry and forged documents.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Adventure of the Reigate Squire