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 |
|---|---|
| Mike Logan | police detective |
| Lou Peckinpaugh | private detective |
| Shawn Spencer | — |
| David Young | investigator |
| John Shaft II | — |
| John Shaft | — |
| Harry Markopolos | fraud investigator |
| Pradosh Chandra Mitter | fictional detective |
|
The Inspector (voice in Pink Panther cartoons)
surface form:
The Inspector (Pink Panther)
|
cartoon detective |
| Thomson and Thompson | — |
| Lt. Vincent Hanna | police detective |
| Seth Frank | police detective |
|
private investigator Mitch Henessey
surface form:
Mitch Henessey
|
private investigator |
| Jacques Moran | — |
|
Spillane
surface form:
Mike Hammer
|
fictional detective |
| Axel Foley | police detective |
|
Foyle's War
surface form:
Christopher Foyle
|
fictional police detective |
| Lt. Frank Cioffi | — |
| Sara Sunhill | military investigator |
| Kakababu | detective-type character |
| Kylie MacDonald | police detective |
| John Sampson | police detective |
| Francis Wayland Thurston | investigator |
| Inspector John Raymond Legrasse | police detective |
| Zach Jordan | — |
|
Nick Stokes – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
surface form:
Nick Stokes
|
crime scene investigator |
|
DI John Rebus in Rebus
surface form:
DI John Rebus
|
fictional detective |
| Miss Marple | amateur detective |
| Ariadne Oliver | — |
| Chan Wing-yan | undercover cop |
| Tommy Beresford | — |
| Tuppence Beresford | amateur detective |
| D.D. Warren | fictional police detective |
| Rainie Conner | fictional detective |
|
August Derleth
surface form:
Solar Pons
|
fictional detective |
| Superintendent George Edward Grodman | police detective |
| Nero Wolfe | fictional detective |
| Archie Goodwin | detective's assistant |
|
A Long Time Dead
surface form:
Mike Hammer
|
private detective |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman | Sherlock Holmes film |
|
Eric T. Duckman in Duckman
surface form:
Eric T. Duckman
|
private detective |
| Inspector Gregson | police detective |
| Inspector MacDonald | police detective |
|
Zen (television series)
surface form:
Aurelio Zen
|
fictional detective |
|
Paul Drake in Perry Mason
surface form:
Paul Drake
|
private investigator |
| Detective Robert Goren | police detective |
| Detective Megan Wheeler | police detective |
|
Detective Zack Nichols
surface form:
Zack Nichols
|
police detective |
| Josephus Miller | — |
| Jimmy Chan | — |