A Study in Emerald
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A Study in Emerald is a short story by Neil Gaiman that blends Sherlock Holmes–style detective fiction with H.P. Lovecraft–inspired cosmic horror in an alternate Victorian England.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Study in Emerald canonical | 3 |
| A Study in Emerald (board game) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6875546 — 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: A Study in Emerald Context triple: [Fragile Things, hasStory, A Study in Emerald]
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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.
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B.
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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C.
Holmes's Bonfire
Holmes's Bonfire was a 1666 English naval attack during the Second Anglo-Dutch War in which Admiral Sir Robert Holmes led a destructive raid on Dutch shipping and coastal targets.
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D.
The Investigators
"The Investigators" is an American television crime drama series from the early 1960s starring James Franciscus as a private insurance investigator solving complex cases.
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E.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a comic science fiction detective novel by Douglas Adams that follows the eccentric "holistic detective" Dirk Gently as he solves mysteries through the interconnectedness of all things.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Study in Emerald Target entity description: A Study in Emerald is a short story by Neil Gaiman that blends Sherlock Holmes–style detective fiction with H.P. Lovecraft–inspired cosmic horror in an alternate Victorian England.
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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.
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B.
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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C.
Holmes's Bonfire
Holmes's Bonfire was a 1666 English naval attack during the Second Anglo-Dutch War in which Admiral Sir Robert Holmes led a destructive raid on Dutch shipping and coastal targets.
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D.
The Investigators
"The Investigators" is an American television crime drama series from the early 1960s starring James Franciscus as a private insurance investigator solving complex cases.
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E.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a comic science fiction detective novel by Douglas Adams that follows the eccentric "holistic detective" Dirk Gently as he solves mysteries through the interconnectedness of all things.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
board game
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short story ⓘ |
| appearsInCollection | Fragile Things ⓘ |
| author | Neil Gaiman ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| basedOn |
A Study in Emerald
ⓘ
Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ
linked to:
Sherlock Holmes stories
|
| collectionPublicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| containsPlotDevice |
murder investigation
ⓘ
twist ending ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designer | Martin Wallace ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
consulting detective
ⓘ
military veteran narrator ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
Lovecraftian Great Old Ones
ⓘ
alternate history ⓘ royal family as eldritch beings ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Shadows Over Baker Street ⓘ |
| genre |
cosmic horror
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detective fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ pastiches and parodies featuring Sherlock Holmes ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
A Study in Emerald (board game)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Study in Emerald
|
| hasIllustrationsBy | J. K. Potter ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
audio
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e-book ⓘ print ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Cthulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft
ⓘ
linked to:
Cthulhu Mythos
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| parodies |
Sherlock Holmes canon
ⓘ
linked to:
Sherlock Holmes stories
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| publisherOfFirstAppearance | Del Rey Books ⓘ |
| setting | alternate Victorian England ⓘ |
| titleParodyOf | A Study in Scarlet ⓘ |
| wonAward | Hugo Award for Best Short Story ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Study in Emerald Description of subject: A Study in Emerald is a short story by Neil Gaiman that blends Sherlock Holmes–style detective fiction with H.P. Lovecraft–inspired cosmic horror in an alternate Victorian England.
Referenced by (4)
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