Inspector Cockrill
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Inspector Cockrill is a fictional, sharp-witted British police detective who appears as the central sleuth in several classic mystery novels by Christianna Brand.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Inspector Cockrill canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5183035 — 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: Inspector Cockrill Context triple: [Christianna Brand, notableCharacter, Inspector Cockrill]
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A.
Inspector Chester Campbell
Inspector Chester Campbell is a ruthless and morally rigid Belfast police inspector who becomes one of the primary antagonists in the British crime drama series *Peaky Blinders*.
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B.
Chief Inspector Hubbard
Chief Inspector Hubbard is the shrewd, methodical Scotland Yard detective who unravels the murder plot in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Dial M for Murder."
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C.
Fabian of the Yard
Fabian of the Yard is a 1950s British television crime drama series following a Scotland Yard detective as he investigates real-life-inspired cases.
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D.
Frank Campion
Frank Campion is a Canadian municipal politician who serves as the mayor of Welland, Ontario.
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E.
Constable James McDonnell
Constable James McDonnell was a Royal Irish Constabulary officer notable for being one of the first policemen killed in the Irish War of Independence during the Soloheadbeg ambush in 1919.
- 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: Inspector Cockrill Target entity description: Inspector Cockrill is a fictional, sharp-witted British police detective who appears as the central sleuth in several classic mystery novels by Christianna Brand.
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A.
Inspector Chester Campbell
Inspector Chester Campbell is a ruthless and morally rigid Belfast police inspector who becomes one of the primary antagonists in the British crime drama series *Peaky Blinders*.
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B.
Chief Inspector Hubbard
Chief Inspector Hubbard is the shrewd, methodical Scotland Yard detective who unravels the murder plot in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Dial M for Murder."
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C.
Fabian of the Yard
Fabian of the Yard is a 1950s British television crime drama series following a Scotland Yard detective as he investigates real-life-inspired cases.
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D.
Frank Campion
Frank Campion is a Canadian municipal politician who serves as the mayor of Welland, Ontario.
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E.
Constable James McDonnell
Constable James McDonnell was a Royal Irish Constabulary officer notable for being one of the first policemen killed in the Irish War of Independence during the Soloheadbeg ambush in 1919.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
fictional detective ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | Green for Danger (1946 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | novel ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Death of Jezebel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Green for Danger NERFINISHED ⓘ Heads You Lose NERFINISHED ⓘ London Particular NERFINISHED ⓘ Suddenly at His Residence NERFINISHED ⓘ Tour de Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Christianna Brand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralSleuthIn |
Death of Jezebel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Green for Danger NERFINISHED ⓘ Inspector Cockrill series ⓘ Tour de Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole |
detective
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Christianna Brand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employedBy | British police ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Christianna Brand novels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInSeries | Heads You Lose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Green for Danger (1946 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Christianna Brand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | series detective ⓘ |
| hasSeriesTitle | Inspector Cockrill series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | solver of murder mysteries ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
analytical
ⓘ
observant ⓘ sharp-witted ⓘ |
| occupation | police detective ⓘ |
| partOf | Golden Age-style detective fiction ⓘ |
| policeRank | inspector ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Alastair Sim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | England ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Inspector Cockrill Description of subject: Inspector Cockrill is a fictional, sharp-witted British police detective who appears as the central sleuth in several classic mystery novels by Christianna Brand.
Referenced by (2)
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