The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
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The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries is a British television crime drama series adapted from Ngaio Marsh’s detective novels featuring the gentleman detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12728341 — 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 Inspector Alleyn Mysteries Context triple: [Patrick Malahide, appearedIn, The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries]
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A.
Roderick Alleyn series
The Roderick Alleyn series is a collection of classic detective novels by Ngaio Marsh featuring the gentlemanly Scotland Yard inspector Roderick Alleyn solving intricate murder mysteries.
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B.
Alleyn’s
Alleyn’s is a historic independent day school in Dulwich, London, known for its strong academic reputation and broad co-curricular offering.
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C.
Inspector Wembury
Inspector Wembury is a fictional police detective who appears as a central investigating character in Edgar Wallace’s crime novel "The Ringer."
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D.
Chief Inspector Oxford in Frenzy
Chief Inspector Oxford in "Frenzy" is the methodical Scotland Yard detective who investigates a series of necktie murders in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1972 thriller.
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E.
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries is a British television crime drama series based on Elizabeth George’s novels, following aristocratic Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his working-class partner Sergeant Barbara Havers as they solve complex murder cases.
- 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 Inspector Alleyn Mysteries Target entity description: The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries is a British television crime drama series adapted from Ngaio Marsh’s detective novels featuring the gentleman detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn.
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A.
Roderick Alleyn series
The Roderick Alleyn series is a collection of classic detective novels by Ngaio Marsh featuring the gentlemanly Scotland Yard inspector Roderick Alleyn solving intricate murder mysteries.
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B.
Alleyn’s
Alleyn’s is a historic independent day school in Dulwich, London, known for its strong academic reputation and broad co-curricular offering.
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C.
Inspector Wembury
Inspector Wembury is a fictional police detective who appears as a central investigating character in Edgar Wallace’s crime novel "The Ringer."
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D.
Chief Inspector Oxford in Frenzy
Chief Inspector Oxford in "Frenzy" is the methodical Scotland Yard detective who investigates a series of necktie murders in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1972 thriller.
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E.
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries is a British television crime drama series based on Elizabeth George’s novels, following aristocratic Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his working-class partner Sergeant Barbara Havers as they solve complex murder cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television series
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crime drama television series ⓘ mystery television series ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
Ngaio Marsh’s Inspector Alleyn series
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linked to:
Roderick Alleyn series
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| basedOn |
Inspector Roderick Alleyn novels
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works by Ngaio Marsh ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Inspector Roderick Alleyn is a gentleman detective
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linked to:
Roderick Alleyn
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| features |
murder investigations
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whodunit plots ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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detective fiction ⓘ mystery ⓘ |
| hasDetective | Roderick Alleyn ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Roderick Alleyn ⓘ |
| isFictionalWork | true ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Inspector Roderick Alleyn
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linked to:
Roderick Alleyn
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| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFormat | episodic ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| productionType | scripted series ⓘ |
| setting | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| sourceAuthor | Ngaio Marsh ⓘ |
| subject |
criminal investigations
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police detectives ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers interested in crime drama ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries Description of subject: The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries is a British television crime drama series adapted from Ngaio Marsh’s detective novels featuring the gentleman detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn.
Referenced by (4)
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