The Adventure of the Creeping Man
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"The Adventure of the Creeping Man" is a late Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a professor’s bizarre, animal-like behavior linked to a dangerous rejuvenation experiment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Adventure of the Creeping Man canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10154553 — 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 Creeping Man Context triple: [The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, containsStory, The Adventure of the Creeping Man]
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A.
The Adventure of the Crooked Man
"The Adventure of the Crooked Man" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes unravels a seemingly inexplicable domestic tragedy involving a deformed former soldier and a long-buried betrayal from the Indian Mutiny.
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B.
The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
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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C.
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.
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D.
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
"The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a seemingly supernatural case involving a mother accused of vampirism.
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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 the Creeping Man Target entity description: "The Adventure of the Creeping Man" is a late Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a professor’s bizarre, animal-like behavior linked to a dangerous rejuvenation experiment.
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A.
The Adventure of the Crooked Man
"The Adventure of the Crooked Man" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes unravels a seemingly inexplicable domestic tragedy involving a deformed former soldier and a long-buried betrayal from the Indian Mutiny.
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B.
The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
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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C.
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.
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D.
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
"The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a seemingly supernatural case involving a mother accused of vampirism.
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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 (47)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Adventure of the Creeping Man Description of subject: "The Adventure of the Creeping Man" is a late Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a professor’s bizarre, animal-like behavior linked to a dangerous rejuvenation experiment.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
later adventures of Sherlock Holmes