The Case of the Postponed Murder
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The Case of the Postponed Murder is a Perry Mason detective novel by Erle Stanley Gardner featuring the famed defense attorney unraveling a complex murder plot.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Case of the Postponed Murder canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6167712 — 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: The Case of the Postponed Murder Context triple: [Erle Stanley Gardner, notableWork, The Case of the Postponed Murder]
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A.
A Blueprint for Murder
A Blueprint for Murder is a 1953 American film noir thriller in which Gary Merrill stars in a tense story of suspected poisoning and inheritance-driven murder.
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B.
A Slight Case of Murder
A Slight Case of Murder is a 1938 crime-comedy film starring Edward G. Robinson as a reformed bootlegger whose attempts to go straight lead to a series of comic mishaps.
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C.
It Had to Be Murder
"It Had to Be Murder" is a 1942 short story by Cornell Woolrich about a man confined to his apartment who becomes convinced, through obsessive observation of his neighbors, that one of them has committed murder.
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D.
Murder Was the Case
Murder Was the Case is a 1994 hip hop soundtrack album and short film project centered on Snoop Doggy Dogg, featuring various West Coast rap artists and produced by Dr. Dre.
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E.
The Talk Show Murders
The Talk Show Murders is a mystery novel by comedian and television pioneer Steve Allen that blends show-business satire with a talk-show-themed whodunit plot.
- 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: The Case of the Postponed Murder Target entity description: The Case of the Postponed Murder is a Perry Mason detective novel by Erle Stanley Gardner featuring the famed defense attorney unraveling a complex murder plot.
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A.
A Blueprint for Murder
A Blueprint for Murder is a 1953 American film noir thriller in which Gary Merrill stars in a tense story of suspected poisoning and inheritance-driven murder.
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B.
A Slight Case of Murder
A Slight Case of Murder is a 1938 crime-comedy film starring Edward G. Robinson as a reformed bootlegger whose attempts to go straight lead to a series of comic mishaps.
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C.
It Had to Be Murder
"It Had to Be Murder" is a 1942 short story by Cornell Woolrich about a man confined to his apartment who becomes convinced, through obsessive observation of his neighbors, that one of them has committed murder.
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D.
Murder Was the Case
Murder Was the Case is a 1994 hip hop soundtrack album and short film project centered on Snoop Doggy Dogg, featuring various West Coast rap artists and produced by Dr. Dre.
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E.
The Talk Show Murders
The Talk Show Murders is a mystery novel by comedian and television pioneer Steve Allen that blends show-business satire with a talk-show-themed whodunit plot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Perry Mason novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Erle Stanley Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresCharacter |
Della Street
NERFINISHED
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Paul Drake NERFINISHED ⓘ Perry Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresLegalProceedings | true ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
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legal thriller ⓘ |
| hasFictionalLawyer | Perry Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMurderPlot | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
courtroom drama
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crime investigation ⓘ legal ethics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Perry Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Perry Mason novels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | defense attorney ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| publisher | William Morrow and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Perry Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
California
NERFINISHED
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Los Angeles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Case of the Postponed Murder Description of subject: The Case of the Postponed Murder is a Perry Mason detective novel by Erle Stanley Gardner featuring the famed defense attorney unraveling a complex murder plot.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.