Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles
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Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles is a darkly comic pastiche novel by Kim Newman that reimagines the Sherlock Holmes universe from the villainous perspective of Professor Moriarty and his criminal associates.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13500552 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles Context triple: [Kim Newman, notableWork, Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles]
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A.
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes is a nonfiction collection of investigative essays by journalist David Grann that explores bizarre crimes, obsessions, and mysteries around the world.
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B.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a gothic horror novel by H. P. Lovecraft about a young man’s obsession with his necromancer ancestor and the dark secrets he uncovers in Providence, Rhode Island.
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C.
The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear is a Sherlock Holmes detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle that centers on a mysterious murder linked to a secret society and a dark past in the American coalfields.
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D.
The Detective
The Detective is a 1968 American crime drama film, based on Roderick Thorp’s novel, that follows a New York City police detective investigating a complex murder case amid themes of corruption and social issues.
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E.
Holmes and Holmes
Holmes and Holmes is a Canadian home renovation reality TV series featuring contractor Mike Holmes working alongside his son to repair and improve houses.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles Target entity description: Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles is a darkly comic pastiche novel by Kim Newman that reimagines the Sherlock Holmes universe from the villainous perspective of Professor Moriarty and his criminal associates.
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A.
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes is a nonfiction collection of investigative essays by journalist David Grann that explores bizarre crimes, obsessions, and mysteries around the world.
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B.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a gothic horror novel by H. P. Lovecraft about a young man’s obsession with his necromancer ancestor and the dark secrets he uncovers in Providence, Rhode Island.
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C.
The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear is a Sherlock Holmes detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle that centers on a mysterious murder linked to a secret society and a dark past in the American coalfields.
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D.
The Detective
The Detective is a 1968 American crime drama film, based on Roderick Thorp’s novel, that follows a New York City police detective investigating a complex murder case amid themes of corruption and social issues.
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E.
Holmes and Holmes
Holmes and Holmes is a Canadian home renovation reality TV series featuring contractor Mike Holmes working alongside his son to repair and improve houses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ pastiche ⓘ |
| associatedFranchise | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Kim Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
crime
ⓘ
inversion of hero and villain roles ⓘ satire of detective fiction ⓘ |
| containsElement |
black comedy
ⓘ
crime caper ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Professor Moriarty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sebastian Moran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresPerspective | criminal underworld ⓘ |
| featuresRelationship | rivalry with Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| genre |
Sherlock Holmes pastiche
ⓘ
comic fiction ⓘ crime fiction ⓘ pastiche fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
comic crime
ⓘ
literary parody ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | genre fiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle’s style ⓘ |
| literaryUniverse | Sherlock Holmes universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | villain’s perspective ⓘ |
| parodies |
Sherlock Holmes canon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Hound of the Baskervilles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | Professor Moriarty as antihero ⓘ |
| setting | Victorian London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo |
Tess of the d’Urbervilles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Hound of the Baskervilles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Kim Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles Description of subject: Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles is a darkly comic pastiche novel by Kim Newman that reimagines the Sherlock Holmes universe from the villainous perspective of Professor Moriarty and his criminal associates.
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