A Pelican at Blandings
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"A Pelican at Blandings" is a comic short story by P. G. Wodehouse set in the eccentric world of Blandings Castle, featuring Lord Emsworth and his chaotic household.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Pelican at Blandings canonical | 7 |
| “A Pelican at Blandings” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1287629 — 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: A Pelican at Blandings Context triple: [Blandings Castle series, hasPart, A Pelican at Blandings]
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A.
Galahad at Blandings
Galahad at Blandings is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the irrepressible Galahad Threepwood embroiled in romantic and social chaos at Blandings Castle.
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B.
The Empress of Blandings
The Empress of Blandings is the famously pampered prize pig in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, renowned for her comic central role in the series’ plots.
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C.
The Code of the Woosters
The Code of the Woosters is a classic comic novel in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster series, celebrated for its intricate farce, witty dialogue, and portrayal of upper-class English society.
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D.
Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best
"Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the absent-minded Earl of Emsworth in one of his misadventures at Blandings Castle.
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E.
Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend
"Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the absent-minded Earl of Emsworth in a romantic tangle at Blandings Castle.
- 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: A Pelican at Blandings Target entity description: "A Pelican at Blandings" is a comic short story by P. G. Wodehouse set in the eccentric world of Blandings Castle, featuring Lord Emsworth and his chaotic household.
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A.
Galahad at Blandings
Galahad at Blandings is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the irrepressible Galahad Threepwood embroiled in romantic and social chaos at Blandings Castle.
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B.
The Empress of Blandings
The Empress of Blandings is the famously pampered prize pig in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, renowned for her comic central role in the series’ plots.
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C.
The Code of the Woosters
The Code of the Woosters is a classic comic novel in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster series, celebrated for its intricate farce, witty dialogue, and portrayal of upper-class English society.
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D.
Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best
"Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the absent-minded Earl of Emsworth in one of his misadventures at Blandings Castle.
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E.
Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend
"Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the absent-minded Earl of Emsworth in a romantic tangle at Blandings Castle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic short story
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short story ⓘ |
| author | P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Lord Emsworth
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surface form:
Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth
Lord Emsworth ⓘ members of the Blandings Castle household ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Blandings Castle series
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surface form:
Blandings Castle universe
|
| genre |
comic fiction
ⓘ
humour ⓘ |
| hasEccentricSetting | Shropshire country house ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasLength | short fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
family and household mishaps
ⓘ
upper-class English life ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
domestic chaos
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eccentric aristocracy ⓘ social comedy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | light comic style ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | comic ⓘ |
| partOf | Blandings Castle canon ⓘ |
| series |
Blandings Castle series
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surface form:
Blandings Castle stories
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| setting | Blandings Castle ⓘ |
| writtenBy | P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Pelican at Blandings Description of subject: "A Pelican at Blandings" is a comic short story by P. G. Wodehouse set in the eccentric world of Blandings Castle, featuring Lord Emsworth and his chaotic household.
Referenced by (8)
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this entity surface form:
“A Pelican at Blandings”