Sergeant Samways
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Sergeant Samways is a village policeman in Roald Dahl’s children’s novel "Danny, the Champion of the World," known for his good-natured, slightly bumbling support of Danny and his father.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sergeant Samways canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21090649 — 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: Sergeant Samways Context triple: [Danny, the Champion of the World, containsCharacter, Sergeant Samways]
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A.
Sergeant J.J. Sefton
Sergeant J.J. Sefton is the cynical, resourceful American POW protagonist of the film "Stalag 17," known for his self-serving schemes and eventual heroism inside a German prison camp during World War II.
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B.
Serjeant Glynn
Serjeant Glynn was an English barrister who represented James Somerset in the landmark 1772 Somerset v Stewart case that helped advance the legal challenge to slavery in Britain.
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C.
Sergeant Waters
Sergeant Waters is a complex, embittered Black non-commissioned officer in the film and play "A Soldier's Story," whose internalized racism and harsh leadership drive much of the story's central conflict.
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D.
Sergeant King
Sergeant King is a tough, by-the-book Air Force noncommissioned officer who serves as a comic foil to the naive protagonist in the 1958 military comedy film "No Time for Sergeants."
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E.
Sergeant Elijah Churchill
Sergeant Elijah Churchill was an American Revolutionary War soldier in the Continental Army, distinguished for his bravery in combat and recognized as one of the first recipients of what would later evolve into the Purple Heart.
- 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: Sergeant Samways Target entity description: Sergeant Samways is a village policeman in Roald Dahl’s children’s novel "Danny, the Champion of the World," known for his good-natured, slightly bumbling support of Danny and his father.
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A.
Sergeant J.J. Sefton
Sergeant J.J. Sefton is the cynical, resourceful American POW protagonist of the film "Stalag 17," known for his self-serving schemes and eventual heroism inside a German prison camp during World War II.
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B.
Serjeant Glynn
Serjeant Glynn was an English barrister who represented James Somerset in the landmark 1772 Somerset v Stewart case that helped advance the legal challenge to slavery in Britain.
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C.
Sergeant Waters
Sergeant Waters is a complex, embittered Black non-commissioned officer in the film and play "A Soldier's Story," whose internalized racism and harsh leadership drive much of the story's central conflict.
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D.
Sergeant King
Sergeant King is a tough, by-the-book Air Force noncommissioned officer who serves as a comic foil to the naive protagonist in the 1958 military comedy film "No Time for Sergeants."
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E.
Sergeant Elijah Churchill
Sergeant Elijah Churchill was an American Revolutionary War soldier in the Continental Army, distinguished for his bravery in combat and recognized as one of the first recipients of what would later evolve into the Purple Heart.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.