Dead Man's Folly
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Dead Man's Folly is a detective novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot investigating a murder staged during a mock "murder hunt" at an English country house.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dead Man's Folly canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10445204 — 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: Dead Man's Folly Context triple: [Hercule Poirot, appearsInWork, Dead Man's Folly]
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A.
Dead Man’s Footsteps
Dead Man’s Footsteps is a crime thriller novel by British author Peter James, featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace as he investigates a mystery linked to the 9/11 attacks and a long-buried secret.
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B.
Dead Man’s Ransom
Dead Man’s Ransom is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century England and blending monastic life with intricate crime investigation.
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C.
The Desperate Man
The Desperate Man is a famous early self-portrait by French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, known for its intense, wide-eyed expression and dramatic depiction of psychological turmoil.
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D.
Dead Man
Dead Man is a 1995 black-and-white revisionist Western film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, known for its surreal, existential tone and a score by Neil Young.
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E.
Death of a Man
"Death of a Man" is a novel by American writer Kay Boyle that explores the moral and emotional turmoil surrounding the rise of fascism in pre–World War II Europe.
- 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: Dead Man's Folly Target entity description: Dead Man's Folly is a detective novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot investigating a murder staged during a mock "murder hunt" at an English country house.
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A.
Dead Man’s Footsteps
Dead Man’s Footsteps is a crime thriller novel by British author Peter James, featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace as he investigates a mystery linked to the 9/11 attacks and a long-buried secret.
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B.
Dead Man’s Ransom
Dead Man’s Ransom is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century England and blending monastic life with intricate crime investigation.
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C.
The Desperate Man
The Desperate Man is a famous early self-portrait by French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, known for its intense, wide-eyed expression and dramatic depiction of psychological turmoil.
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D.
Dead Man
Dead Man is a 1995 black-and-white revisionist Western film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, known for its surreal, existential tone and a score by Neil Young.
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E.
Death of a Man
"Death of a Man" is a novel by American writer Kay Boyle that explores the moral and emotional turmoil surrounding the rise of fascism in pre–World War II Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
ⓘ
detective novel ⓘ |
| adaptationYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | television film ⓘ |
| adaptedFor | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Agatha Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsFictionalEvent |
charity fête
ⓘ
murder game ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Ariadne Oliver
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hattie Stubbs NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs Folliat NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir George Stubbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresDetective | Hercule Poirot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionPlace | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Cat Among the Pigeons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
mystery fiction
ⓘ
whodunit ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Pat Marriott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 000712080X ⓘ |
| hasMotiveInPlot |
concealment of past
ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | country house mystery ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class and social status
ⓘ
deception ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Hercule Poirot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| pageCount | 256 ⓘ |
| plotElement |
mock murder hunt
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murder investigation ⓘ |
| precededBy | Hickory Dickory Dock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Collins Crime Club
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dodd, Mead and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Hercule Poirot series ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingLocation | English country house ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dead Man's Folly Description of subject: Dead Man's Folly is a detective novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot investigating a murder staged during a mock "murder hunt" at an English country house.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.