The Adventure of the Dancing Men
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The Adventure of the Dancing Men is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, notable for its plot involving a mysterious code made of stick-figure drawings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Adventure of the Dancing Men canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9445099 — 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 Dancing Men Context triple: [The Return of Sherlock Holmes, containsStory, The Adventure of the Dancing Men]
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A.
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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B.
The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk
"The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a suspicious job offer made to a recently unemployed clerk, uncovering a criminal scheme.
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C.
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.
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D.
The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
"The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle notable for introducing Holmes’s brother Mycroft and involving a mysterious kidnapping case centered on a multilingual interpreter.
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E.
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
"The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle that centers on a reclusive, disfigured woman whose tragic past is gradually revealed to Holmes and Watson.
- 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 Dancing Men Target entity description: The Adventure of the Dancing Men is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, notable for its plot involving a mysterious code made of stick-figure drawings.
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A.
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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B.
The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk
"The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a suspicious job offer made to a recently unemployed clerk, uncovering a criminal scheme.
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C.
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.
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D.
The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
"The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle notable for introducing Holmes’s brother Mycroft and involving a mysterious kidnapping case centered on a multilingual interpreter.
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E.
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
"The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle that centers on a reclusive, disfigured woman whose tragic past is gradually revealed to Holmes and Watson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherlock Holmes short story
ⓘ
detective fiction short story ⓘ |
| antagonist | Abe Slaney ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ |
| belongsToCycle |
Return of Sherlock Holmes stories
ⓘ
linked to:
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
|
| collection | The Return of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ |
| detective |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| featuresCharacter |
Abe Slaney
ⓘ
Elsie Cubitt ⓘ Hilton Cubitt ⓘ |
| fictionalSettingCountry | England ⓘ |
| fictionalSettingLocation | Riding Thorpe Manor ⓘ |
| fictionalTimePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1903 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Strand Magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio drama adaptation
ⓘ
stage adaptation ⓘ television adaptation ⓘ |
| hasCodeType | simple substitution cipher ⓘ |
| hasSymbolType |
dancing men figures
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stick-figure drawings ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryCanon | Sherlock Holmes canon ⓘ |
| literaryCharacterRole |
Dr. John Watson as narrator
ⓘ
Sherlock Holmes as protagonist ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. John Watson
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| narrator |
Dr. John Watson
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
|
| notableFor |
Holmes’s code-breaking deduction
ⓘ
use of pictographic cipher ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Return of Sherlock Holmes collection
ⓘ
linked to:
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
|
| plotElement |
domestic tragedy
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jealous former lover ⓘ mysterious code made of stick-figure drawings ⓘ substitution cipher ⓘ threatening coded messages ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | consulting detective ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1900s ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | The Strand Magazine ⓘ |
| series |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| sidekick |
Dr. John Watson
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
|
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Subject: The Adventure of the Dancing Men Description of subject: The Adventure of the Dancing Men is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, notable for its plot involving a mysterious code made of stick-figure drawings.
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