Sleuth (1972 film)
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Sleuth (1972 film) is a 1972 British mystery thriller directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, renowned for its twist-filled cat-and-mouse game between characters played by Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sleuth (1972 film) canonical | 8 |
| Sleuth | 3 |
| Sleuth (play) | 2 |
| Milo Tindle (character in Anthony Shaffer play "Sleuth") | 1 |
| Sleuth (2007 film) | 1 |
| Sleuth (play, 1970) | 1 |
| stage thriller "Sleuth" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T278826 — 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: Sleuth (1972 film) Context triple: [Laurence Olivier, notableWork, Sleuth (1972 film)]
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A.
L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential is a 1997 neo-noir crime film set in 1950s Los Angeles, acclaimed for its intricate plot, stylish direction, and ensemble cast.
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B.
Holmes
Holmes is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures, including writers, jurists, and fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes.
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C.
Murder on Capitol Hill
Murder on Capitol Hill is a political mystery novel by Margaret Truman set in Washington, D.C., involving intrigue and murder within the halls of the U.S. Congress.
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D.
The Closer
The Closer is an American crime drama television series centered on a brilliant but tough female deputy police chief who specializes in interrogations and securing confessions.
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E.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is a James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming that follows 007's battle against Blofeld and his deepening relationship with Tracy di Vicenzo, culminating in one of the series’ most tragic endings.
- 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: Sleuth (1972 film) Target entity description: Sleuth (1972 film) is a 1972 British mystery thriller directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, renowned for its twist-filled cat-and-mouse game between characters played by Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine.
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A.
L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential is a 1997 neo-noir crime film set in 1950s Los Angeles, acclaimed for its intricate plot, stylish direction, and ensemble cast.
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B.
Holmes
Holmes is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures, including writers, jurists, and fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes.
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C.
Murder on Capitol Hill
Murder on Capitol Hill is a political mystery novel by Margaret Truman set in Washington, D.C., involving intrigue and murder within the halls of the U.S. Congress.
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D.
The Closer
The Closer is an American crime drama television series centered on a brilliant but tough female deputy police chief who specializes in interrogations and securing confessions.
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E.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is a James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming that follows 007's battle against Blofeld and his deepening relationship with Tracy di Vicenzo, culminating in one of the series’ most tragic endings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sleuth (1972 film) Description of subject: Sleuth (1972 film) is a 1972 British mystery thriller directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, renowned for its twist-filled cat-and-mouse game between characters played by Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sleuth (play)
this entity surface form:
Sleuth (2007 film)
this entity surface form:
Sleuth
this entity surface form:
Sleuth
this entity surface form:
stage thriller "Sleuth"
this entity surface form:
Milo Tindle (character in Anthony Shaffer play "Sleuth")
this entity surface form:
Sleuth (play, 1970)
subject surface form:
Milo Tindle
this entity surface form:
Sleuth
this entity surface form:
Sleuth (play)