The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
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"The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s later Sherlock Holmes short stories, involving a sinister mystery at an English racing estate and featuring Holmes’s characteristic deductive investigation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10154556 — 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 Shoscombe Old Place Context triple: [The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, containsStory, The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place]
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A.
The Adventure of the Priory School
The Adventure of the Priory School is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates the mysterious disappearance of a schoolmaster and a nobleman’s son from an exclusive boarding school.
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B.
The Adventure of the Reigate Squire
"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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Shoscombe Old Place Target entity description: "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s later Sherlock Holmes short stories, involving a sinister mystery at an English racing estate and featuring Holmes’s characteristic deductive investigation.
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A.
The Adventure of the Priory School
The Adventure of the Priory School is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates the mysterious disappearance of a schoolmaster and a nobleman’s son from an exclusive boarding school.
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B.
The Adventure of the Reigate Squire
"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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherlock Holmes short story
ⓘ
detective fiction work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ |
| centralElement | horse racing ⓘ |
| centralTheme | investigation of sinister events at a racing estate ⓘ |
| collection | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Dr. John H. Watson
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| fictionalUniverse |
Sherlock Holmes universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Sherlock Holmes stories
|
| firstPublicationMedium | The Strand Magazine ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasDetective |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| hasMysteryType |
crime investigation
ⓘ
domestic mystery ⓘ |
| hasSidekick |
Dr. John H. Watson
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | deductive reasoning ⓘ |
| narrator |
Dr. John H. Watson
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
|
| notableFeature | one of the last Sherlock Holmes stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ |
| partOf | late Sherlock Holmes canon ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| publicationPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| series |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| settingContext | English racing estate ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Shoscombe Old Place ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place Description of subject: "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s later Sherlock Holmes short stories, involving a sinister mystery at an English racing estate and featuring Holmes’s characteristic deductive investigation.
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