Marlinspike Hall
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Marlinspike Hall is the grand country estate in Hergé’s *The Adventures of Tintin*, best known as the home of Captain Haddock and Professor Cuthbert Calculus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marlinspike Hall canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7697029 — 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: Marlinspike Hall Context triple: [Professor Cuthbert Calculus, residence, Marlinspike Hall]
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A.
Ravenscliffe
Ravenscliffe is a residential suburb within the town of Kidsgrove in Staffordshire, England.
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B.
Musgrave Manor
Musgrave Manor is a fictional English country estate central to the mystery in the Sherlock Holmes film "Sherlock Holmes Faces Death."
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C.
Whipstaff Manor
Whipstaff Manor is the eerie, sprawling haunted mansion that serves as the primary setting in the 1995 family fantasy film "Casper."
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D.
Forest Hall
Forest Hall is a suburban area in North Tyneside, England, known primarily as a residential community near Newcastle upon Tyne.
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E.
Hall’s Croft
Hall’s Croft is a historic timber-framed house in Stratford-upon-Avon, best known as the former home of William Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna and her husband, physician John Hall.
- 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: Marlinspike Hall Target entity description: Marlinspike Hall is the grand country estate in Hergé’s *The Adventures of Tintin*, best known as the home of Captain Haddock and Professor Cuthbert Calculus.
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A.
Ravenscliffe
Ravenscliffe is a residential suburb within the town of Kidsgrove in Staffordshire, England.
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B.
Musgrave Manor
Musgrave Manor is a fictional English country estate central to the mystery in the Sherlock Holmes film "Sherlock Holmes Faces Death."
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C.
Whipstaff Manor
Whipstaff Manor is the eerie, sprawling haunted mansion that serves as the primary setting in the 1995 family fantasy film "Casper."
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D.
Forest Hall
Forest Hall is a suburban area in North Tyneside, England, known primarily as a residential community near Newcastle upon Tyne.
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E.
Hall’s Croft
Hall’s Croft is a historic timber-framed house in Stratford-upon-Avon, best known as the former home of William Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna and her husband, physician John Hall.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional country estate
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location in comics ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Adventures of Tintin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptation |
The Adventures of Tintin (1991 TV series)
NERFINISHED
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The Adventures of Tintin (2011 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tintin animated TV series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | French château style ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Captain Haddock
NERFINISHED
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Professor Cuthbert Calculus NERFINISHED ⓘ Snowy NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomson and Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ Tintin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Belgium (fictional setting context of Tintin series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Hergé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| EnglishName | Marlinspike Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalLocationNear | Marlinspike (Moulinsart in French) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Red Rackham’s Treasure
NERFINISHED
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The Secret of the Unicorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequentVisitor |
Snowy
NERFINISHED
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Thomson and Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ Tintin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | adventure comics ⓘ |
| hasPart |
avenue of trees
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cellars ⓘ drawing room ⓘ extensive parkland ⓘ gallery and hallways ⓘ gardens ⓘ gatehouse ⓘ laboratory of Professor Calculus NERFINISHED ⓘ large manor house ⓘ library ⓘ pond or ornamental lake ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Château de Cheverny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| medium | comic books ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
discovery of Red Rackham’s treasure
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experiments of Professor Calculus ⓘ scenes in The Calculus Affair ⓘ scenes in The Red Sea Sharks ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
formal gardens
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grand staircase ⓘ long driveway leading to the house ⓘ |
| originalName | Moulinsart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Captain Haddock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousOwner |
Marquis de Gorgonzola (Rackham the Red’s descendant, in some versions)
NERFINISHED
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the Bird brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resident |
Captain Haddock
NERFINISHED
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Professor Cuthbert Calculus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marlinspike Hall Description of subject: Marlinspike Hall is the grand country estate in Hergé’s *The Adventures of Tintin*, best known as the home of Captain Haddock and Professor Cuthbert Calculus.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.