The Clocks
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The Clocks is a detective novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot as he unravels a complex murder mystery involving multiple timepieces found at the crime scene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Clocks canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10445203 — 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 Clocks Context triple: [Hercule Poirot, appearsInWork, The Clocks]
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A.
Stop the Clocks
Stop the Clocks is a 2006 Oasis compilation album featuring many of the band's most acclaimed songs from across their career.
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B.
Time (Clock of the Heart)
"Time (Clock of the Heart)" is a 1982 synth-pop ballad by Culture Club, featuring Boy George, that became one of the band's signature hits.
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C.
Only Time
"Only Time" is a widely recognized New Age ballad by Irish singer Enya, known for its ethereal vocals and use in numerous films, commercials, and memorial tributes.
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D.
The Writing's on the Wall
The Writing's on the Wall is Destiny's Child's breakthrough R&B album that propelled the group to mainstream fame with hits like "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name."
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E.
Night and Day
"Night and Day" is a classic popular song by American composer Cole Porter, renowned as one of his signature standards in the Great American Songbook.
- 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 Clocks Target entity description: The Clocks is a detective novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot as he unravels a complex murder mystery involving multiple timepieces found at the crime scene.
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A.
Stop the Clocks
Stop the Clocks is a 2006 Oasis compilation album featuring many of the band's most acclaimed songs from across their career.
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B.
Time (Clock of the Heart)
"Time (Clock of the Heart)" is a 1982 synth-pop ballad by Culture Club, featuring Boy George, that became one of the band's signature hits.
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C.
Only Time
"Only Time" is a widely recognized New Age ballad by Irish singer Enya, known for its ethereal vocals and use in numerous films, commercials, and memorial tributes.
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D.
The Writing's on the Wall
The Writing's on the Wall is Destiny's Child's breakthrough R&B album that propelled the group to mainstream fame with hits like "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name."
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E.
Night and Day
"Night and Day" is a classic popular song by American composer Cole Porter, renowned as one of his signature standards in the Great American Songbook.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
ⓘ
detective novel ⓘ |
| author | Agatha Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Brian Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Colin Lamb
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hercule Poirot NERFINISHED ⓘ Inspector Hardcastle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresDetective | Hercule Poirot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1963-11-07 ⓘ |
| hasCrimeType | murder ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
detective fiction
ⓘ
whodunit ⓘ |
| hasInvestigator | Hercule Poirot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBNModernEdition | 9780007121100 ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryMovement | Golden Age-style detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotiveTheme |
espionage
ⓘ
identity concealment ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ |
| hasNotableObject |
alarm clock
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mantel clock ⓘ ornamental clock ⓘ wristwatch ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistRole | private detective ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | British mystery ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | novel ⓘ |
| isWrittenBy | Agatha Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainPlotElement |
multiple clocks at crime scene
ⓘ
murder investigation ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalPublisherCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCountFirstEdition | 256 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| publisher | Collins Crime Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Hercule Poirot series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Crowdean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Clocks Description of subject: The Clocks is a detective novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot as he unravels a complex murder mystery involving multiple timepieces found at the crime scene.
Referenced by (2)
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