The Mystery of the Yellow Room
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room is a classic 1907 French locked-room detective novel featuring the young sleuth Joseph Rouletabille as he investigates an apparently impossible crime.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Le Mystère de la chambre jaune | 1 |
| The Mystery of the Yellow Room canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10352104 — 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: The Mystery of the Yellow Room Context triple: [Gaston Leroux, notableWork, The Mystery of the Yellow Room]
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A.
The Sealed Room
The Sealed Room is a 1909 American silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith, notable as an early example of cinematic suspense and psychological drama.
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B.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a gothic horror novel by H. P. Lovecraft about a young man’s obsession with his necromancer ancestor and the dark secrets he uncovers in Providence, Rhode Island.
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C.
The Mansion of Madness
The Mansion of Madness is a 1973 Mexican surreal horror film loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether,” noted for its nightmarish atmosphere and avant-garde style.
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D.
The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear is a Sherlock Holmes detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle that centers on a mysterious murder linked to a secret society and a dark past in the American coalfields.
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E.
The Locked Room
The Locked Room is a novel by Paul Auster, best known as the third installment of his postmodern detective sequence The New York Trilogy, exploring identity, authorship, and the instability of reality.
- 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 Mystery of the Yellow Room Target entity description: The Mystery of the Yellow Room is a classic 1907 French locked-room detective novel featuring the young sleuth Joseph Rouletabille as he investigates an apparently impossible crime.
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A.
The Sealed Room
The Sealed Room is a 1909 American silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith, notable as an early example of cinematic suspense and psychological drama.
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B.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a gothic horror novel by H. P. Lovecraft about a young man’s obsession with his necromancer ancestor and the dark secrets he uncovers in Providence, Rhode Island.
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C.
The Mansion of Madness
The Mansion of Madness is a 1973 Mexican surreal horror film loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether,” noted for its nightmarish atmosphere and avant-garde style.
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D.
The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear is a Sherlock Holmes detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle that centers on a mysterious murder linked to a secret society and a dark past in the American coalfields.
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E.
The Locked Room
The Locked Room is a novel by Paul Auster, best known as the third installment of his postmodern detective sequence The New York Trilogy, exploring identity, authorship, and the instability of reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
locked-room mystery
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
film
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television film ⓘ |
| author | Gaston Leroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralMysteryType | attempted murder in a locked room ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| crimeType | attempted murder ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Frédéric Larsan
NERFINISHED
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Joseph Rouletabille NERFINISHED ⓘ Mathilde Stangerson NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor Stangerson NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Darzac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | L’Illustration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
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mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasFilmAdaptation |
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1919 film)
NERFINISHED
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1949 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mystery of the Yellow Room (2003 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Perfume of the Lady in Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVictim | Mathilde Stangerson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later locked-room mystery writers ⓘ |
| keyTheme |
conflict between appearance and reality
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power of logical reasoning ⓘ rational explanation of apparently impossible events ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| lockedRoomDevice | seemingly impossible entry and exit of the assailant ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Frédéric Larsan
NERFINISHED
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Joseph Rouletabille NERFINISHED ⓘ Mathilde Stangerson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | Sainclair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex logical deduction by an amateur sleuth
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early example of the locked-room mystery subgenre ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le Mystère de la chambre jaune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Joseph Rouletabille series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | young adult ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | journalist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1907 ⓘ |
| publisher | Pierre Lafitte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roomColor | yellow ⓘ |
| setting |
Château du Glandier
NERFINISHED
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Île-de-France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | late 19th century ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Mystery of the Yellow Room Description of subject: The Mystery of the Yellow Room is a classic 1907 French locked-room detective novel featuring the young sleuth Joseph Rouletabille as he investigates an apparently impossible crime.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Le Mystère de la chambre jaune