The Adventure of the Cardboard Box

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Sherlock Holmes short story detective fiction short story

"The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes short stories, notable for its dark themes involving adultery, jealousy, and a gruesome murder revealed through a mysterious parcel.

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Label	Occurrences
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9112482 — 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 Cardboard Box
Context triple: [Inspector Lestrade, appearsIn, The Adventure of the Cardboard Box]

A. 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.
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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. The Adventure of the Second Stain
"The Adventure of the Second Stain" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, featuring a high-stakes case involving a missing diplomatic document that threatens international peace.
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 Cardboard Box
Target entity description: "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes short stories, notable for its dark themes involving adultery, jealousy, and a gruesome murder revealed through a mysterious parcel.

A. 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.
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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. The Adventure of the Second Stain
"The Adventure of the Second Stain" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, featuring a high-stakes case involving a missing diplomatic document that threatens international peace.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sherlock Holmes short story ⓘ detective fiction short story ⓘ
adaptedFor	film ⓘ radio ⓘ television ⓘ
assistant	Dr. John Watson ⓘ linked to: Dr. Watson
author	Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ
centralCrime	double murder ⓘ
character	Jim Browner ⓘ Mary Cushing Browner ⓘ Sarah Cushing ⓘ Susan Cushing ⓘ
collection	His Last Bow ⓘ The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
containsElement	forensic deduction ⓘ gruesome murder ⓘ postal mystery ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy	Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Dr. John Watson ⓘ linked to: Dr. Watson Sherlock Holmes ⓘ linked to: Holmes
firstPublicationYear	1893 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	The Strand Magazine ⓘ
genre	crime fiction ⓘ detective fiction ⓘ
HolmesCanonCategory	short story ⓘ
HolmesStoryNumbering	one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories ⓘ
investigator	Sherlock Holmes ⓘ linked to: Holmes
language	English ⓘ
narrator	Dr. John Watson ⓘ linked to: Dr. Watson
notableFor	dark tone ⓘ graphic subject matter ⓘ
originalMedium	magazine publication ⓘ
plotDevice	mysterious parcel containing human ears ⓘ
publicationStatusInUS	often omitted from early American editions of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
series	Sherlock Holmes ⓘ linked to: Holmes
setting	England ⓘ London ⓘ linked to: London, England
theme	adultery ⓘ betrayal ⓘ domestic violence ⓘ jealousy ⓘ murder ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory	late 19th century ⓘ
victim	Alec Fairbairn ⓘ Sarah Cushing ⓘ