Birlstone Manor House
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Birlstone Manor House is the fictional English country estate that serves as the central crime scene in Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novel "The Valley of Fear."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Birlstone Manor | 1 |
| Birlstone Manor House canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8935094 — 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: Birlstone Manor House Context triple: [The Valley of Fear, setting, Birlstone Manor House]
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A.
Alvediston Manor
Alvediston Manor is a historic English country house in Wiltshire, best known as the longtime rural home of former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath.
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B.
Bryanston House
Bryanston House is a historic country mansion in Dorset, England, that serves as the main building of Bryanston School.
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C.
Buckhill Lodge
Buckhill Lodge is a historic building situated within Kensington Gardens in London, serving as one of the park’s notable architectural landmarks.
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D.
Torresdale Manor
Torresdale Manor is a historic estate associated with the Torresdale neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, known for its role in the area's early suburban and riverfront development.
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E.
Edwardstone Hall
Edwardstone Hall is a historic country house and estate located in the village of Edwardstone in Suffolk, England.
- 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: Birlstone Manor House Target entity description: Birlstone Manor House is the fictional English country estate that serves as the central crime scene in Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novel "The Valley of Fear."
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A.
Alvediston Manor
Alvediston Manor is a historic English country house in Wiltshire, best known as the longtime rural home of former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath.
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B.
Bryanston House
Bryanston House is a historic country mansion in Dorset, England, that serves as the main building of Bryanston School.
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C.
Buckhill Lodge
Buckhill Lodge is a historic building situated within Kensington Gardens in London, serving as one of the park’s notable architectural landmarks.
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D.
Torresdale Manor
Torresdale Manor is a historic estate associated with the Torresdale neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, known for its role in the area's early suburban and riverfront development.
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E.
Edwardstone Hall
Edwardstone Hall is a historic country house and estate located in the village of Edwardstone in Suffolk, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
country estate
ⓘ
fictional country house ⓘ fictional location ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Valley of Fear ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | Sherlock Holmes stories ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Cecil Barker
ⓘ
Dr. Watson ⓘ Inspector MacDonald ⓘ John Douglas ⓘ Mrs. Douglas ⓘ Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| country | England ⓘ |
| creator | Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | fictional ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Valley of Fear ⓘ |
| genreContext | detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasAccess | drawbridge over moat ⓘ |
| hasAtmosphere |
gloomy
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mysterious ⓘ secluded ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
drawbridge
ⓘ
hall ⓘ library ⓘ moat ⓘ old-fashioned architecture ⓘ secret passages ⓘ study ⓘ tower room ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | Sussex ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central setting
ⓘ
primary crime scene ⓘ |
| ownedByFictional | John Douglas ⓘ |
| partOf | Sherlock Holmes universe ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| structuralType | moated manor house ⓘ |
| usedFor |
concealment of identity
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investigation by Sherlock Holmes ⓘ staged murder scene ⓘ |
| usedInPlotDevice |
false corpse identification
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locked-room style mystery ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1915 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Birlstone Manor House Description of subject: Birlstone Manor House is the fictional English country estate that serves as the central crime scene in Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novel "The Valley of Fear."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Birlstone Manor House