The Final Problem
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"The Final Problem" is an 1893 Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, best known for introducing Professor Moriarty as Holmes’s arch-nemesis and depicting their climactic struggle at the Reichenbach Falls.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Final Problem canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9112383 — 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 Final Problem Context triple: [Jim Moriarty, appearsIn, The Final Problem]
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A.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle that marks the celebrated comeback of his iconic sleuth after an apparent death at Reichenbach Falls.
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B.
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is a 1943 mystery film in the long-running Sherlock Holmes series, featuring Basil Rathbone as the famed detective investigating murders at a secluded English estate during World War II.
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C.
The Adventure of the Dying Detective
The Adventure of the Dying Detective is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes feigns a deadly illness to trap a murderer.
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D.
His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes
"His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, notable for depicting an older Holmes engaged in espionage on the eve of World War I.
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E.
The Return of Moriarty
The Return of Moriarty is a Sherlock Holmes–universe crime novel by British author John Gardner that imagines the criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty’s continued schemes after his presumed death.
- 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 Final Problem Target entity description: "The Final Problem" is an 1893 Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, best known for introducing Professor Moriarty as Holmes’s arch-nemesis and depicting their climactic struggle at the Reichenbach Falls.
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A.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle that marks the celebrated comeback of his iconic sleuth after an apparent death at Reichenbach Falls.
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B.
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is a 1943 mystery film in the long-running Sherlock Holmes series, featuring Basil Rathbone as the famed detective investigating murders at a secluded English estate during World War II.
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C.
The Adventure of the Dying Detective
The Adventure of the Dying Detective is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes feigns a deadly illness to trap a murderer.
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D.
His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes
"His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, notable for depicting an older Holmes engaged in espionage on the eve of World War I.
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E.
The Return of Moriarty
The Return of Moriarty is a Sherlock Holmes–universe crime novel by British author John Gardner that imagines the criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty’s continued schemes after his presumed death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherlock Holmes story
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Dr. John H. Watson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Inspector Lestrade NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor James Moriarty NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalEvent | Holmes and Moriarty struggle at the edge of Reichenbach Falls ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Sherlock Holmes universe ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1893 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
The Empty House
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Hound of the Baskervilles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Final Problem (Granada TV 1985 episode)
NERFINISHED
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The Final Problem (Sherlock TV episode) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Reichenbach Fall (Sherlock TV episode) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| influencedWork | later Sherlock Holmes pastiches ⓘ |
| introducesCharacter | Professor James Moriarty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
first full appearance of Professor Moriarty
ⓘ
intended as Conan Doyle’s story to kill off Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | Professor James Moriarty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainProtagonist | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | Dr. John H. Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalIllustrator | Sidney Paget NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Holmes’s struggle against Moriarty’s criminal organization
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apparent death of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ confrontation between Holmes and Moriarty ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | final story of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| publicationSeries | The Strand Magazine Sherlock Holmes series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | George Newnes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Reichenbach Falls NERFINISHED ⓘ Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
friendship between Holmes and Watson
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good versus evil ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
| toldIn | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| wordCountApproximate | about 8,000 words ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Final Problem Description of subject: "The Final Problem" is an 1893 Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, best known for introducing Professor Moriarty as Holmes’s arch-nemesis and depicting their climactic struggle at the Reichenbach Falls.
Referenced by (5)
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