Puck
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Puck is the mischievous fairy servant of Oberon in Shakespeare’s *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, known for causing magical confusion among the human lovers.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Puck canonical | 4 |
| Puck in The Dream | 1 |
| Robin Goodfellow | 1 |
| the folkloric figure Robin Goodfellow | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1200272 — 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: Puck Context triple: [A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film), featuresCharacter, Puck]
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A.
Puckman
Puckman is the ice hockey–themed mascot representing Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s athletic teams.
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B.
Peter Cottontale
Peter Cottontale is a Chicago-based music producer and musician best known for his work with Chance the Rapper and contributions to contemporary gospel-influenced hip hop and R&B.
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C.
Cupid
Cupid is one of Santa Claus’s traditional flying reindeer, typically depicted pulling his sleigh on Christmas Eve.
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D.
Cupid
Cupid is the Roman god of love and desire, traditionally depicted as a winged boy whose arrows cause people to fall in love.
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E.
Oberon
Oberon is a rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its cool climate, timber industry, and proximity to Jenolan Caves and the Blue Mountains.
- 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: Puck Target entity description: Puck is the mischievous fairy servant of Oberon in Shakespeare’s *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, known for causing magical confusion among the human lovers.
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A.
Puckman
Puckman is the ice hockey–themed mascot representing Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s athletic teams.
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B.
Peter Cottontale
Peter Cottontale is a Chicago-based music producer and musician best known for his work with Chance the Rapper and contributions to contemporary gospel-influenced hip hop and R&B.
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C.
Cupid
Cupid is one of Santa Claus’s traditional flying reindeer, typically depicted pulling his sleigh on Christmas Eve.
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D.
Cupid
Cupid is the Roman god of love and desire, traditionally depicted as a winged boy whose arrows cause people to fall in love.
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E.
Oberon
Oberon is a rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its cool climate, timber industry, and proximity to Jenolan Caves and the Blue Mountains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean character
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fairy ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| alignment | servant of the fairy king ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Puck
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surface form:
Robin Goodfellow
|
| appearsIn |
A Midsummer Night's Dream
ⓘ
surface form:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
|
| associatedWith |
Oberon
ⓘ
Titania ⓘ the fairy world ⓘ the forest near Athens ⓘ |
| causeOfConflict | misapplication of the love potion ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
mischievous
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playful ⓘ trickster ⓘ |
| creator | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| cultureOrigin | English folklore ⓘ |
| employer | Oberon ⓘ |
| famousLine |
If we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended
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Lord, what fools these mortals be! ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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surface form:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
|
| firstPerformanceDate | circa 1595–1596 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Puck
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
the folkloric figure Robin Goodfellow
|
| languageOfWork | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance ⓘ |
| loyalty | Oberon ⓘ |
| medium | drama ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
agent of chaos
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comic relief ⓘ mediator between fairy and human worlds ⓘ |
| notableAction |
anoints the lovers’ eyes with magical juice
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applies love potion to the wrong Athenian ⓘ causes confusion among the human lovers ⓘ transforms Bottom’s head into that of an ass ⓘ |
| power |
invisibility
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magic ⓘ rapid movement ⓘ shape-shifting ⓘ |
| resolutionRole | helps restore the proper pairings of the lovers ⓘ |
| role | servant of Oberon ⓘ |
| sceneFunction |
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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surface form:
delivers the epilogue of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
|
| settingContext | mythic forest outside Athens ⓘ |
| species | fairy ⓘ |
| symbolism |
mischief
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the capriciousness of love ⓘ unpredictable magic ⓘ |
| workGenre | Elizabethan comedy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Puck Description of subject: Puck is the mischievous fairy servant of Oberon in Shakespeare’s *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, known for causing magical confusion among the human lovers.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Robin Goodfellow
this entity surface form:
the folkloric figure Robin Goodfellow
this entity surface form:
Puck in The Dream