The Gold-Bug
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The Gold-Bug is a famous short story by Edgar Allan Poe that combines elements of mystery, cryptography, and adventure in a tale about a hidden treasure.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Gold-Bug canonical | 12 |
| The Gold Bug (TV movie) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T295538 — 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 Gold-Bug Context triple: [Edgar Allan Poe, notableWork, The Gold-Bug]
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A.
The Purloined Letter
"The Purloined Letter" is a classic detective short story by Edgar Allan Poe featuring C. Auguste Dupin as he unravels the clever concealment of a stolen document.
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B.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum is a Gothic short story that follows a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition facing psychological terror and a gruesome mechanical execution device.
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C.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Murders in the Rue Morgue is an 1841 short story by Edgar Allan Poe widely regarded as the first modern detective story, introducing the analytical sleuth C. Auguste Dupin.
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D.
The Cask of Amontillado
"The Cask of Amontillado" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that follows a chilling tale of calculated revenge and murder set in the catacombs beneath an Italian city.
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E.
The Fall of the House of Usher
"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a classic Gothic short story that explores themes of madness, decay, and the supernatural through the eerie decline of an aristocratic family and its crumbling mansion.
- 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 Gold-Bug Target entity description: The Gold-Bug is a famous short story by Edgar Allan Poe that combines elements of mystery, cryptography, and adventure in a tale about a hidden treasure.
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A.
The Purloined Letter
"The Purloined Letter" is a classic detective short story by Edgar Allan Poe featuring C. Auguste Dupin as he unravels the clever concealment of a stolen document.
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B.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum is a Gothic short story that follows a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition facing psychological terror and a gruesome mechanical execution device.
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C.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Murders in the Rue Morgue is an 1841 short story by Edgar Allan Poe widely regarded as the first modern detective story, introducing the analytical sleuth C. Auguste Dupin.
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D.
The Cask of Amontillado
"The Cask of Amontillado" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that follows a chilling tale of calculated revenge and murder set in the catacombs beneath an Italian city.
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E.
The Fall of the House of Usher
"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a classic Gothic short story that explores themes of madness, decay, and the supernatural through the eerie decline of an aristocratic family and its crumbling mansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
ⓘ
work of fiction ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
comic adaptation
ⓘ
film ⓘ radio drama ⓘ television episode ⓘ |
| author | Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ |
| awardReceived | $100 prize from The Dollar Newspaper ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
cryptography
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greed ⓘ hidden treasure ⓘ logic and analysis ⓘ madness and perception ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresElement |
encrypted parchment
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pirate treasure ⓘ skull-shaped gold-colored bug ⓘ substitution cipher ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Dollar Newspaper ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
cryptographic fiction ⓘ detective fiction precursor ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | novella-length short story ⓘ |
| hasIllustratedEdition | various illustrated print editions ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
development of detective fiction
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popular interest in cryptography ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Jupiter
ⓘ
William Legrand ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| hasTitleReference | gold-colored beetle central to the plot ⓘ |
| includedIn | many Poe anthologies ⓘ |
| involvesCharacter | pirate Captain Kidd ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combination of adventure and puzzle-solving
ⓘ
detailed explanation of solving a cipher ⓘ use of deductive reasoning by protagonist ⓘ |
| originalMedium | newspaper ⓘ |
| partOf |
Edgar Allan Poe's collected works
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linked to:
Edgar Allan Poe bibliography
|
| placeOfFirstPublication | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1843 ⓘ |
| publisher | The Dollar Newspaper ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
South Carolina
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Sullivan's Island ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Gold-Bug Description of subject: The Gold-Bug is a famous short story by Edgar Allan Poe that combines elements of mystery, cryptography, and adventure in a tale about a hidden treasure.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Edgar
linked to: The Gold-Bug
subject linked to:
The Fall of the House of Usher
subject linked to:
Gold-colored scarab beetle (the gold-bug)