Miles Blundell
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Miles Blundell is a character in Thomas Pynchon's fiction, known as one of the aeronaut adventurers in the whimsical skyship crew called the Chums of Chance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miles Blundell canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12759815 — 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: Miles Blundell Context triple: [The Chums of Chance, hasMember, Miles Blundell]
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A.
Jason Blundell
Jason Blundell is a video game developer best known as a key creative lead on the Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies mode at Treyarch.
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B.
Derek Blundell
Derek Blundell is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the earth sciences, honored by awards such as the William Smith Medal.
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C.
Miles Malleson
Miles Malleson was an English actor, playwright, and screenwriter known for his character roles in British cinema and his adaptations of classic works for stage and film.
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D.
Gavin Millar
Gavin Millar was a Scottish film and television director, critic, and producer known for his work on British dramas and literary adaptations.
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E.
Mike Eley
Mike Eley is a British cinematographer known for his work on acclaimed films and television dramas.
- 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: Miles Blundell Target entity description: Miles Blundell is a character in Thomas Pynchon's fiction, known as one of the aeronaut adventurers in the whimsical skyship crew called the Chums of Chance.
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A.
Jason Blundell
Jason Blundell is a video game developer best known as a key creative lead on the Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies mode at Treyarch.
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B.
Derek Blundell
Derek Blundell is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the earth sciences, honored by awards such as the William Smith Medal.
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C.
Miles Malleson
Miles Malleson was an English actor, playwright, and screenwriter known for his character roles in British cinema and his adaptations of classic works for stage and film.
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D.
Gavin Millar
Gavin Millar was a Scottish film and television director, critic, and producer known for his work on British dramas and literary adaptations.
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E.
Mike Eley
Mike Eley is a British cinematographer known for his work on acclaimed films and television dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Against the Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
adventure fiction
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fantasy ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Thomas Pynchon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
aerial exploration
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skyship adventures ⓘ |
| characterType | adventurer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States (fictional setting context) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Thomas Pynchon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Against the Day universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverseProperty |
alternate history elements
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steampunk elements ⓘ |
| isFictional | true ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| memberOf | Chums of Chance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | supporting character ⓘ |
| occupation | aeronaut ⓘ |
| partOf | Chums of Chance story cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPublishedInYear | 2006 (Against the Day) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Miles Blundell Description of subject: Miles Blundell is a character in Thomas Pynchon's fiction, known as one of the aeronaut adventurers in the whimsical skyship crew called the Chums of Chance.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.