The Adventures of Sam Spade
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The Adventures of Sam Spade is a classic American radio drama series from the 1940s that follows hard-boiled private detective Sam Spade through witty, fast-paced crime and mystery cases.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Adventures of Sam Spade canonical | 3 |
| The Adventures of Sam Spade (radio series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3875350 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Adventures of Sam Spade Context triple: [Sam Spade, hasRadioSeries, The Adventures of Sam Spade]
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A.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon is a classic 1941 film noir, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart as private detective Sam Spade, widely regarded as a landmark of the genre.
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B.
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep is a classic 1946 film noir mystery, directed by Howard Hawks and based on Raymond Chandler’s novel, renowned for its complex plot and iconic performances by Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
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C.
Another Thin Man
Another Thin Man is a 1939 American mystery-comedy film in the popular Thin Man series, featuring William Powell and Myrna Loy as sleuthing couple Nick and Nora Charles.
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D.
The World's Greatest Detective
The World's Greatest Detective is a renowned epithet for Batman, highlighting his unparalleled investigative skills, deductive reasoning, and mastery of crime-solving in the DC Comics universe.
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E.
The Cheap Detective
The Cheap Detective is a 1978 comedy film that parodies classic film noir and detective movies, starring Peter Falk as a bumbling private eye.
- 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 Adventures of Sam Spade Target entity description: The Adventures of Sam Spade is a classic American radio drama series from the 1940s that follows hard-boiled private detective Sam Spade through witty, fast-paced crime and mystery cases.
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A.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon is a classic 1941 film noir, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart as private detective Sam Spade, widely regarded as a landmark of the genre.
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B.
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep is a classic 1946 film noir mystery, directed by Howard Hawks and based on Raymond Chandler’s novel, renowned for its complex plot and iconic performances by Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
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C.
Another Thin Man
Another Thin Man is a 1939 American mystery-comedy film in the popular Thin Man series, featuring William Powell and Myrna Loy as sleuthing couple Nick and Nora Charles.
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D.
The World's Greatest Detective
The World's Greatest Detective is a renowned epithet for Batman, highlighting his unparalleled investigative skills, deductive reasoning, and mastery of crime-solving in the DC Comics universe.
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E.
The Cheap Detective
The Cheap Detective is a 1978 comedy film that parodies classic film noir and detective movies, starring Peter Falk as a bumbling private eye.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American radio program
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radio drama series ⓘ |
| basedOn | Sam Spade ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Dashiell Hammett ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | audio drama ⓘ |
| characterType | hard-boiled private detective ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| endTime | 1951 ⓘ |
| follows | investigations of Sam Spade ⓘ |
| format | weekly radio series ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ mystery ⓘ |
| hasAudience | adult listeners ⓘ |
| hasGenreElement |
hardboiled detective fiction
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noir ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual crime cases ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sam Spade ⓘ |
| medium | radio ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classic detective storytelling
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humorous narration ⓘ sharp dialogue ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredInDecade | 1940s ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
ABC Radio
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linked to:
ABC Radio Network
CBS Radio ⓘ |
| pacing | fast-paced ⓘ |
| partOf | Golden Age of Radio ⓘ |
| setting | San Francisco ⓘ |
| startTime | 1946 ⓘ |
| tone | witty ⓘ |
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 Adventures of Sam Spade Description of subject: The Adventures of Sam Spade is a classic American radio drama series from the 1940s that follows hard-boiled private detective Sam Spade through witty, fast-paced crime and mystery cases.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Adventures of Sam Spade