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.

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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
Spenser	fictional private investigator
Sunny Randall	private investigator
Lester Freamon in The Wire surface form: Lester Freamon	police detective
M.J. Monahan	police detective
Lieutenant William F. Kinderman in The Exorcist surface form: Lieutenant William F. Kinderman	police detective
Charlie Chan	fictional detective
Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs	police detective
Inspector Athelney Jones	police detective
The Continental Op	fictional detective
Ted Shane	—
Frank Hardy	teenage detective
Joe Hardy	teenage detective
Frank and Joe Hardy are brothers surface form: Frank Hardy and Joe Hardy	teenage detectives
Fenton Hardy	private detective
Decked surface form: Regan Reilly	amateur sleuth
Regan Reilly	fictional private investigator
Remy Bressant	police detective
John E. Douglas	criminal profiler
Lieutenant Ed Traxler in The Terminator surface form: Lieutenant Ed Traxler	police detective
Joseph Rouletabille	—
Harry Hole	fictional detective
Lieutenant William F. Kinderman	police detective
Detective Inspector Gaskill	police detective
Chief Inspector Japp	police detective
FBI special agents	investigator
Mrs Adela Bradley	amateur detective
Mrs Adela Bradley is a psychoanalyst surface form: Mrs Adela Bradley	amateur detective
Detective Lennox in Fright Night surface form: Detective Lennox	police detective
Hackman surface form: Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle	fictional police detective
Angie	private investigator
John Hartigan	police detective
Jerome Caminada	police detective
Detective Superintendent Martin Schenk	—
John Luther (informal operational leader in early series) surface form: John Luther	—
The Rasp surface form: Colonel Anthony Gethryn	fictional detective
Colonel Anthony Gethryn	amateur detective
Gravedigger Jones	fictional detective
Coffin Ed Johnson	—
Detective Mike Norris in Child's Play surface form: Detective Mike Norris	police detective
Detective Constable	—
Tim Bayliss	police detective
Alex Munday	private investigator
Detective Sgt. Della Pesca in The Hurricane surface form: Detective Sgt. Della Pesca	police detective
Sam Spade	private detective
Kit Kittredge	child detective
Philip Marlowe	fictional detective
special agents of the Environmental Protection Agency	criminal investigator
Inspector Bucket	fictional detective
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film)	Sherlock Holmes film
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon	Sherlock Holmes film