Chief Inspector Hubbard
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Chief Inspector Hubbard is the shrewd, methodical Scotland Yard detective who unravels the murder plot in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Dial M for Murder."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chief Inspector Hubbard canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4365909 — 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: Chief Inspector Hubbard Context triple: [Dial M for Murder, character, Chief Inspector Hubbard]
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A.
Inspector Chester Campbell
Inspector Chester Campbell is a ruthless and morally rigid Belfast police inspector who becomes one of the primary antagonists in the British crime drama series *Peaky Blinders*.
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B.
Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus
Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus is the long-suffering, increasingly unhinged police superior and comic foil to Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther series.
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C.
Detective David Mills
Detective David Mills is a young, impulsive homicide detective in the film "Se7en" who partners with a seasoned veteran to hunt a serial killer inspired by the seven deadly sins.
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D.
Detective Sergeant James Hathaway
Detective Sergeant James Hathaway is a thoughtful, intellectual police detective and Robbie Lewis’s younger partner in the British crime drama series "Lewis," set in Oxford.
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E.
Inspector Daniel Clay
Inspector Daniel Clay is a fictional police inspector character from the cult 1959 science fiction horror film "Plan 9 from Outer Space."
- 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: Chief Inspector Hubbard Target entity description: Chief Inspector Hubbard is the shrewd, methodical Scotland Yard detective who unravels the murder plot in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Dial M for Murder."
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A.
Inspector Chester Campbell
Inspector Chester Campbell is a ruthless and morally rigid Belfast police inspector who becomes one of the primary antagonists in the British crime drama series *Peaky Blinders*.
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B.
Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus
Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus is the long-suffering, increasingly unhinged police superior and comic foil to Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther series.
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C.
Detective David Mills
Detective David Mills is a young, impulsive homicide detective in the film "Se7en" who partners with a seasoned veteran to hunt a serial killer inspired by the seven deadly sins.
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D.
Detective Sergeant James Hathaway
Detective Sergeant James Hathaway is a thoughtful, intellectual police detective and Robbie Lewis’s younger partner in the British crime drama series "Lewis," set in Oxford.
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E.
Inspector Daniel Clay
Inspector Daniel Clay is a fictional police inspector character from the cult 1959 science fiction horror film "Plan 9 from Outer Space."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Scotland Yard
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linked to:
New Scotland Yard
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| appearsIn | Dial M for Murder ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
Dial M for Murder (play)
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linked to:
Dial M for Murder
|
| characterTrait |
methodical
ⓘ
observant ⓘ patient ⓘ polite but firm ⓘ shrewd ⓘ |
| countryOfJurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Frederick Knott ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfWorkAppearedIn | Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Dial M for Murder (play, 1952)
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linked to:
Dial M for Murder
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| firstFilmAppearance |
Dial M for Murder (film, 1954)
ⓘ
linked to:
Dial M for Murder
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| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | crime thriller film ⓘ |
| investigatesCharacter |
Margot Wendice
ⓘ
Tony Wendice ⓘ |
| investigatesCrimeType |
attempted murder
ⓘ
blackmail ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkAppearedIn | English ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | stage play ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
detective
ⓘ
investigator of murder plot ⓘ |
| notableFor |
final reveal of the true culprit in Dial M for Murder
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unraveling Tony Wendice’s murder plot ⓘ |
| occupation | police detective ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | John Williams ⓘ |
| settingOfWorkAppearedIn |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| usesMethod |
careful observation of crime scene details
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interrogation of suspects ⓘ setting a trap for the culprit ⓘ |
| workAuthorOfPlayAppearance | Frederick Knott ⓘ |
| workReleaseYearOfFilmAppearance | 1954 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chief Inspector Hubbard Description of subject: Chief Inspector Hubbard is the shrewd, methodical Scotland Yard detective who unravels the murder plot in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Dial M for Murder."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.