Death on the Nile (play)
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Death on the Nile (play) is a stage adaptation of Agatha Christie's famous Hercule Poirot murder mystery set aboard a Nile River cruise.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Death on the Nile (play) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10445098 — 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: Death on the Nile (play) Context triple: [Death on the Nile, hasAdaptation, Death on the Nile (play)]
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A.
Death on the Nile (novel)
Death on the Nile (novel) is a 1937 detective story by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot investigating a murder during a luxurious cruise along the Nile River in Egypt.
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B.
Death on the Nile (1978 film)
Death on the Nile (1978 film) is a star-studded British mystery film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot novel, set aboard a Nile River cruise where a glamorous heiress’s murder sparks a complex whodunit.
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C.
Death on the Nile (radio adaptation)
Death on the Nile (radio adaptation) is an audio dramatization of Agatha Christie's classic Hercule Poirot murder mystery set aboard a Nile River cruise.
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D.
Death on the Nile (2022 film)
Death on the Nile (2022 film) is a mystery thriller based on Agatha Christie’s novel, featuring Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot investigating a murder aboard a luxury cruise on the Nile River.
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E.
Death on the Nile (2004 television film)
Death on the Nile (2004 television film) is a British television adaptation of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot mystery, featuring David Suchet as the famed Belgian detective investigating a murder aboard a Nile River cruise.
- 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: Death on the Nile (play) Target entity description: Death on the Nile (play) is a stage adaptation of Agatha Christie's famous Hercule Poirot murder mystery set aboard a Nile River cruise.
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A.
Death on the Nile (novel)
Death on the Nile (novel) is a 1937 detective story by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot investigating a murder during a luxurious cruise along the Nile River in Egypt.
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B.
Death on the Nile (1978 film)
Death on the Nile (1978 film) is a star-studded British mystery film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot novel, set aboard a Nile River cruise where a glamorous heiress’s murder sparks a complex whodunit.
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C.
Death on the Nile (radio adaptation)
Death on the Nile (radio adaptation) is an audio dramatization of Agatha Christie's classic Hercule Poirot murder mystery set aboard a Nile River cruise.
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D.
Death on the Nile (2022 film)
Death on the Nile (2022 film) is a mystery thriller based on Agatha Christie’s novel, featuring Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot investigating a murder aboard a luxury cruise on the Nile River.
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E.
Death on the Nile (2004 television film)
Death on the Nile (2004 television film) is a British television adaptation of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot mystery, featuring David Suchet as the famed Belgian detective investigating a murder aboard a Nile River cruise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | stage play ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Agatha Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfOriginalNovel | Agatha Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Death on the Nile (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Agatha Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyRelativeToNovel | adaptation of a 1937 novel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Colonel Race
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cornelia Robson NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Bessner NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacqueline de Bellefort NERFINISHED ⓘ Linnet Ridgeway NERFINISHED ⓘ Miss Van Schuyler NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Allerton NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Otterbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennington NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosalie Otterbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Allerton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
ensemble cast of suspects
ⓘ
interrogation scenes ⓘ revelation of the murderer in a climactic scene ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
murder mystery ⓘ |
| hasForm | dialogue-driven drama ⓘ |
| hasMedium | live theatre ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySourceGenre | detective fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Hercule Poirot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | closed-circle mystery on a confined setting ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | investigation of a murder aboard a Nile cruise ⓘ |
| originalNovelProtagonist | Hercule Poirot GENERATED ⓘ |
| originalNovelPublicationYear | 1937 GENERATED ⓘ |
| originalNovelPublisher | Collins Crime Club GENERATED ⓘ |
| originalNovelSetting | 1930s Egypt GENERATED ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Hercule Poirot series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Hercule Poirot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | Belgian detective ⓘ |
| setting |
Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nile River cruise ship ⓘ |
| theme |
greed
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jealousy ⓘ love triangle ⓘ premeditated murder ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Death on the Nile (play) Description of subject: Death on the Nile (play) is a stage adaptation of Agatha Christie's famous Hercule Poirot murder mystery set aboard a Nile River cruise.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Death on the Nile