The Landlady
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"The Landlady" is a darkly comic short story by Roald Dahl about a seemingly kind boarding-house owner whose sinister intentions gradually emerge.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Landlady canonical | 3 |
| The Landlady (stage role) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21090816 — 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: The Landlady Context triple: [Kiss Kiss, hasNotableStory, The Landlady]
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A.
the Landlady
The Landlady is a recurring character in Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.'s conversational essays, notably "The Professor at the Breakfast-Table," where she serves as a domestic and social presence in the boardinghouse setting.
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B.
The Lodger
"The Lodger" is a comedic and character-focused Doctor Who episode in which the Eleventh Doctor moves in with an unsuspecting human flatmate while investigating a mysterious threat in an ordinary apartment building.
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C.
The Landlord
The Landlord is a popular Funny or Die comedy sketch featuring Will Ferrell being aggressively confronted over rent by his foul-mouthed toddler landlord, played by Adam McKay’s daughter.
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D.
The Landlord
The Landlord is a central storytelling host figure in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s narrative poem collection "Tales of a Wayside Inn."
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E.
The Landlord
The Landlord is the nickname of NFL safety Tyrann Mathieu, known for his playmaking ability, versatility, and ball-hawking presence in the secondary.
- 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: The Landlady Target entity description: "The Landlady" is a darkly comic short story by Roald Dahl about a seemingly kind boarding-house owner whose sinister intentions gradually emerge.
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A.
the Landlady
The Landlady is a recurring character in Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.'s conversational essays, notably "The Professor at the Breakfast-Table," where she serves as a domestic and social presence in the boardinghouse setting.
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B.
The Lodger
"The Lodger" is a comedic and character-focused Doctor Who episode in which the Eleventh Doctor moves in with an unsuspecting human flatmate while investigating a mysterious threat in an ordinary apartment building.
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C.
The Landlord
The Landlord is a popular Funny or Die comedy sketch featuring Will Ferrell being aggressively confronted over rent by his foul-mouthed toddler landlord, played by Adam McKay’s daughter.
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D.
The Landlord
The Landlord is a central storytelling host figure in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s narrative poem collection "Tales of a Wayside Inn."
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E.
The Landlord
The Landlord is the nickname of NFL safety Tyrann Mathieu, known for his playmaking ability, versatility, and ball-hawking presence in the secondary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Landlady