detective
C9227
concept
A detective is an individual who investigates crimes or mysteries by gathering evidence, analyzing clues, and deducing the truth to solve cases.
All labels observed (34)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| police detective | 61 |
| detective canonical | 44 |
| fictional detective | 33 |
| private detective | 18 |
| private investigator | 15 |
| Sherlock Holmes film | 13 |
| amateur detective | 10 |
| child detective | 10 |
| fictional police detective | 8 |
| crime scene investigator | 5 |
| investigator | 5 |
| criminal investigator | 3 |
| criminal profiler | 3 |
| fictional private investigator | 3 |
| amateur sleuth | 2 |
| teenage detective | 2 |
| Child detective | 1 |
| Columbo pilot | 1 |
| Detective’s assistant | 1 |
| cartoon detective | 1 |
| crime strategist | 1 |
| detective figure | 1 |
| detective's assistant | 1 |
| detective-type character | 1 |
| detective’s assistant | 1 |
| fraud investigator | 1 |
| hard-boiled detective | 1 |
| hardboiled detective | 1 |
| literary detective | 1 |
| military investigator | 1 |
| person involved in criminal investigation | 1 |
| teenage detectives | 1 |
| undercover cop | 1 |
| undercover police detective | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: detective
Generated description
A detective is an individual who investigates crimes or mysteries by gathering evidence, analyzing clues, and deducing the truth to solve cases.
Instances (251)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Mitch Henessey | private investigator |
|
George
surface form:
George (Secret Seven)
|
child detective |
| Adrian Monk | — |
| Stella Bonasera | crime scene investigator |
| Claude Lebel | police detective |
| Jack Maple | crime strategist |
| Inspector Gadget | — |
| Sheldon Hawkes | crime scene investigator |
| Alex Cross | fictional detective |
|
Detective Mac Taylor in CSI: NY
surface form:
Mac Taylor
|
— |
| Roger Murtaugh | police detective |
|
Shi Qiang (Da Shi)
surface form:
Shi Qiang
|
police detective |
| Harry Bosch | — |
| Renée Ballard | police detective |
| Kate Warne | — |
| Allan Pinkerton | — |
| Augustus Landor | — |
| Father Frank Dowling | amateur detective |
| Miles Archer | private detective |
| Matthew Shardlake | — |
|
Jack Vincennes in L.A. Confidential
surface form:
Jack Vincennes
|
police detective |
| Robert T. Ironside | — |
| James Lee Wong | fictional detective |
| Roy Grace | fictional detective |
| Tupolski | police detective |
| Detective Keith Frazier | police detective |
| John Klute | private detective |
| Mike Lowrey | police detective |
|
Tibbett
surface form:
Harry Tibbett
|
— |
| Iris Henderson | amateur sleuth |
| Norm Scully | — |
| Benoit Blanc | fictional detective |
| Jim Corrigan | fictional police detective |
| John Walsh | criminal investigator |
|
Lew Harper – Paul Newman
surface form:
Lew Harper
|
private detective |
| Lennie Briscoe | police detective |
|
Lieutenant Arthur Tragg in Perry Mason
surface form:
Lieutenant Arthur Tragg
|
police detective |
| Hoke Moseley in Miami Blues | police detective |
| John Luther | — |
|
Dan Kavanagh
surface form:
Duffy (fictional detective)
|
fictional detective |
| Inspector Cockrill | fictional detective |
|
City Detective
surface form:
Lieutenant Bart Grant
|
fictional police detective |
| Prescription: Murder | Columbo pilot |
| Philo Vance | fictional detective |
| Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse | fictional detective |
| Adam Lesage | person involved in criminal investigation |
| Inspector Lee | police detective |
| Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway | police detective |
| Detective James Carter | police detective |
| Jeff Bailey | private detective |