Sherlock Holmes stories

E204412

detective fiction mystery fiction short story collection series

Sherlock Holmes stories are a seminal series of detective tales by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the brilliant, analytical sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson, which helped define the modern mystery genre.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Sherlock Holmes canon	41
Sherlock Holmes universe	32
Sherlock Holmes stories canonical	23
Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle	19
Sherlock Holmes characters by Arthur Conan Doyle	8
Sherlock Holmes series	8
Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories	3
Sherlock Holmes literary canon	2
Arthur Conan Doyle short fiction corpus	1
Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle	1
Sherlock Holmes canon by Arthur Conan Doyle	1
Sherlock Holmes short stories	1
Sherlock Holmes stories (as inspiration for House)	1
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	1
works of Arthur Conan Doyle	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1815311 — 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: Sherlock Holmes stories
Context triple: [The Murders in the Rue Morgue, influenced, Sherlock Holmes stories]

A. Holmes and Holmes
Holmes and Holmes is a Canadian home renovation reality TV series featuring contractor Mike Holmes working alongside his son to repair and improve houses.
B. 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."
C. Holmes
Holmes is a consumer brand best known for its home comfort products such as fans, heaters, and air purifiers.
D. Holmes
Holmes is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures, including writers, jurists, and fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes.
E. Sherlock
Sherlock is a modern television adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the brilliant but eccentric consulting detective in contemporary London.
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: Sherlock Holmes stories
Target entity description: Sherlock Holmes stories are a seminal series of detective tales by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the brilliant, analytical sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson, which helped define the modern mystery genre.

A. Holmes and Holmes
Holmes and Holmes is a Canadian home renovation reality TV series featuring contractor Mike Holmes working alongside his son to repair and improve houses.
B. 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."
C. Holmes
Holmes is a consumer brand best known for its home comfort products such as fans, heaters, and air purifiers.
D. Holmes
Holmes is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures, including writers, jurists, and fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes.
E. Sherlock
Sherlock is a modern television adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the brilliant but eccentric consulting detective in contemporary London.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	detective fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ short story collection series ⓘ
adaptedInto	films ⓘ radio dramas ⓘ stage plays ⓘ television series ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Inspector Lestrade ⓘ Irene Adler ⓘ Mrs. Hudson ⓘ Mycroft Holmes ⓘ Professor Moriarty ⓘ linked to: Jim Moriarty
firstPublicationYear	1887 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	Beeton's Christmas Annual ⓘ
firstStoryTitle	A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
genre	detective fiction ⓘ mystery ⓘ
hasCollection	His Last Bow ⓘ The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ The Return of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
hasFandom	Sherlockians ⓘ
hasTheme	crime and justice ⓘ forensic science ⓘ friendship ⓘ logical deduction ⓘ
includesNovel	A Study in Scarlet ⓘ The Hound of the Baskervilles ⓘ The Sign of Four ⓘ The Valley of Fear ⓘ
influenced	Golden Age mystery writers ⓘ linked to: Golden Age detective fiction modern detective fiction ⓘ
literarySignificance	helped define the modern mystery genre ⓘ
literaryTradition	Victorian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Sherlock Holmes ⓘ linked to: Holmes
narrator	Dr. John H. Watson ⓘ linked to: Dr. Watson
numberOfCanonicalStories	56 ⓘ
numberOfNovels	4 ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
publicationMedium	The Strand Magazine ⓘ
publisher	George Newnes ⓘ
settingLocation	221B Baker Street ⓘ linked to: Baker Street London ⓘ linked to: London, England
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ

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