The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
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"The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a series of smashed busts of Napoleon that conceal a darker criminal mystery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Adventure of the Six Napoleons canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9112481 — 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 Adventure of the Six Napoleons Context triple: [Inspector Lestrade, appearsIn, The Adventure of the Six Napoleons]
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A.
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a bizarre disappearance and murder linked to a sinister foreign cult.
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B.
The Adventure of the Red Circle
The Adventure of the Red Circle is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a mysterious lodger and uncovers a case involving secret societies and hidden danger.
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C.
The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a series of mysterious deaths linked to a deadly exotic poison in Cornwall.
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D.
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
"The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates the theft of top-secret submarine plans and the mysterious death of a government clerk.
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E.
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, featuring Holmes and Dr. Watson investigating a seemingly incriminating disappearance and suspected murder in the London suburb of Norwood.
- 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 Adventure of the Six Napoleons Target entity description: "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a series of smashed busts of Napoleon that conceal a darker criminal mystery.
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A.
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a bizarre disappearance and murder linked to a sinister foreign cult.
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B.
The Adventure of the Red Circle
The Adventure of the Red Circle is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a mysterious lodger and uncovers a case involving secret societies and hidden danger.
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C.
The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a series of mysterious deaths linked to a deadly exotic poison in Cornwall.
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D.
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
"The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates the theft of top-secret submarine plans and the mysterious death of a government clerk.
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E.
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, featuring Holmes and Dr. Watson investigating a seemingly incriminating disappearance and suspected murder in the London suburb of Norwood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherlock Holmes short story
ⓘ
detective fiction short story ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ |
| collection | The Return of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Dr. John Watson
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
Inspector Lestrade ⓘ Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| fictionalUniverse |
Sherlock Holmes universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Sherlock Holmes stories
|
| firstPublicationYear | 1904 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Collier's Weekly
ⓘ
linked to:
Collier’s magazine
|
| form | short story ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationType |
radio adaptations
ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCrimeType |
theft
ⓘ
vandalism ⓘ |
| hasDetective |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| hasInvestigationType | private investigation ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryCanonStatus | part of the Sherlock Holmes canon ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeFrame | Watson recounting Holmes’s case ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| hasOriginalAudience | general magazine readership ⓘ |
| hasPoliceInspector | Inspector Lestrade ⓘ |
| hasRecurringMotif |
Holmes’s admiration for Lestrade’s improvement
ⓘ
Holmes’s use of careful observation ⓘ |
| hasSidekick |
Dr. John Watson
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
|
| hasTitleCharacterReference | Napoleon Bonaparte busts ⓘ |
| hasWorkInSeriesPosition | one of 13 stories in The Return of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | British detective fiction ⓘ |
| mainPlotElement |
hidden criminal mystery
ⓘ
series of smashed busts of Napoleon ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
police versus private detective methods
ⓘ
rational deduction ⓘ |
| narrator |
Dr. John Watson
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
|
| partOf | The Return of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| publicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| series |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| settingLocation |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| supportingCharacter | Inspector Lestrade ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPublication | early 20th century ⓘ |
| workChronologyWithinSeries | one of the later Holmes short stories ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Adventure of the Six Napoleons Description of subject: "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a series of smashed busts of Napoleon that conceal a darker criminal mystery.
Referenced by (3)
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