The Clue of the New Pin
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The Clue of the New Pin is a classic British crime novel by Edgar Wallace featuring a locked-room style mystery and intricate detective plot.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Clue of the New Pin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1262780 — 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 Clue of the New Pin Context triple: [Edgar Wallace, notableWork, The Clue of the New Pin]
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A.
A Blueprint for Murder
A Blueprint for Murder is a 1953 American film noir thriller in which Gary Merrill stars in a tense story of suspected poisoning and inheritance-driven murder.
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B.
The Case of the Curious Bride
The Case of the Curious Bride is a 1934 detective novel by Erle Stanley Gardner featuring lawyer-sleuth Perry Mason as he unravels a complex murder mystery involving a seemingly widowed woman.
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C.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
"Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" is a 1943 mystery film in the long-running Sherlock Holmes series, starring Basil Rathbone as the famed detective in a World War II–era espionage story loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Adventure of the Dancing Men."
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D.
The Case of the Velvet Claws
The Case of the Velvet Claws is a 1933 detective novel by Erle Stanley Gardner that launched the long-running Perry Mason series.
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E.
The Adventure of the German Student
"The Adventure of the German Student" is a Gothic short story by Washington Irving about a young scholar in Revolutionary Paris who encounters a mysterious woman with a macabre secret.
- 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 Clue of the New Pin Target entity description: The Clue of the New Pin is a classic British crime novel by Edgar Wallace featuring a locked-room style mystery and intricate detective plot.
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A.
A Blueprint for Murder
A Blueprint for Murder is a 1953 American film noir thriller in which Gary Merrill stars in a tense story of suspected poisoning and inheritance-driven murder.
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B.
The Case of the Curious Bride
The Case of the Curious Bride is a 1934 detective novel by Erle Stanley Gardner featuring lawyer-sleuth Perry Mason as he unravels a complex murder mystery involving a seemingly widowed woman.
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C.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
"Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" is a 1943 mystery film in the long-running Sherlock Holmes series, starring Basil Rathbone as the famed detective in a World War II–era espionage story loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Adventure of the Dancing Men."
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D.
The Case of the Velvet Claws
The Case of the Velvet Claws is a 1933 detective novel by Erle Stanley Gardner that launched the long-running Perry Mason series.
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E.
The Adventure of the German Student
"The Adventure of the German Student" is a Gothic short story by Washington Irving about a young scholar in Revolutionary Paris who encounters a mysterious woman with a macabre secret.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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locked-room mystery ⓘ mystery novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Edgar Wallace ⓘ |
| belongsToGenreMovement | Golden Age-style detective fiction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptation
ⓘ
radio adaptation ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasKeyElement |
clues and red herrings
ⓘ
investigating detective ⓘ locked room crime scene ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeDevice | locked-room puzzle ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeFocus | intricate detective plot ⓘ |
| hasReputation | classic of British crime fiction ⓘ |
| hasStructure | whodunit ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
criminal deception
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deductive reasoning ⓘ justice ⓘ murder investigation ⓘ |
| hasTitleWord |
Clue
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New ⓘ Pin ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| isWrittenIn | narrative prose style ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | British crime fiction ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCorpus | works of Edgar Wallace ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| setting |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Clue of the New Pin Description of subject: The Clue of the New Pin is a classic British crime novel by Edgar Wallace featuring a locked-room style mystery and intricate detective plot.
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