Beeton's Christmas Annual
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Beeton's Christmas Annual was a popular 19th-century British magazine best known for publishing Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet," in its 1887 edition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Beeton's Christmas Annual canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8631445 — 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: Beeton's Christmas Annual Context triple: [Sherlock Holmes stories, firstPublishedIn, Beeton's Christmas Annual]
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A.
Bentley's Miscellany
Bentley's Miscellany was a 19th-century British literary magazine known for publishing fiction, essays, and early works by prominent Victorian authors.
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B.
The Gift: A Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1843
The Gift: A Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1843 was a 19th-century American literary gift book annual that featured original prose and poetry by prominent authors of the period.
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C.
The Savoy (illustrations)
The Savoy (illustrations) is a series of distinctive, decadent-style artworks by Aubrey Beardsley created for the avant-garde British literary magazine *The Savoy* in the 1890s.
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D.
Everybody's Magazine
Everybody's Magazine was a popular early 20th-century American general-interest and muckraking periodical known for its investigative journalism and social reform articles.
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E.
The Christmas Banquet
"The Christmas Banquet" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, included in his collection Twice-Told Tales, that explores themes of melancholy, human folly, and the elusive nature of happiness through a recurring holiday feast.
- 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: Beeton's Christmas Annual Target entity description: Beeton's Christmas Annual was a popular 19th-century British magazine best known for publishing Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet," in its 1887 edition.
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A.
Bentley's Miscellany
Bentley's Miscellany was a 19th-century British literary magazine known for publishing fiction, essays, and early works by prominent Victorian authors.
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B.
The Gift: A Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1843
The Gift: A Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1843 was a 19th-century American literary gift book annual that featured original prose and poetry by prominent authors of the period.
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C.
The Savoy (illustrations)
The Savoy (illustrations) is a series of distinctive, decadent-style artworks by Aubrey Beardsley created for the avant-garde British literary magazine *The Savoy* in the 1890s.
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D.
Everybody's Magazine
Everybody's Magazine was a popular early 20th-century American general-interest and muckraking periodical known for its investigative journalism and social reform articles.
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E.
The Christmas Banquet
"The Christmas Banquet" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, included in his collection Twice-Told Tales, that explores themes of melancholy, human folly, and the elusive nature of happiness through a recurring holiday feast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
detective novel
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magazine ⓘ periodical ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sherlock Holmes canon
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Victorian literature ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsWork | A Study in Scarlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | A Study in Scarlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887
NERFINISHED
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Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Christmas annual
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fiction magazine ⓘ humour magazine ⓘ |
| hasEdition | Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1860s ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Samuel Orchart Beeton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first appearance of Sherlock Holmes
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first publication of A Study in Scarlet ⓘ publishing early work of Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ |
| partOf | Beeton's Christmas Annual NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1887 ⓘ |
| publicationFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | defunct ⓘ |
| publisher | Ward, Lock & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general readership ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Beeton's Christmas Annual Description of subject: Beeton's Christmas Annual was a popular 19th-century British magazine best known for publishing Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet," in its 1887 edition.
Referenced by (2)
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