Sir Humphrey Pengallan
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Sir Humphrey Pengallan is a seemingly respectable Cornish magistrate who is secretly the ruthless leader of a wrecking and smuggling ring in Daphne du Maurier’s novel "Jamaica Inn."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir Humphrey Pengallan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22101988 — 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: Sir Humphrey Pengallan Context triple: [Jamaica Inn, hasCharacter, Sir Humphrey Pengallan]
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A.
Sir Arthur Rymill
Sir Arthur Rymill was a prominent South Australian businessman, lawyer, and Lord Mayor of Adelaide known for his civic leadership and contributions to the city's development.
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B.
Sir William Gerard
Sir William Gerard was a 16th-century English lawyer and statesman who played a key role in Tudor administration in Ireland.
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C.
Sir John Woodcock
Sir John Woodcock was a prominent British police officer who served as Chief Constable of several forces and later as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary.
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D.
George Carr Glyn
George Carr Glyn was a prominent 19th-century British banker and railway executive who became one of the leading figures in the early development of the UK railway system.
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E.
Sir Thomas Docwra
Sir Thomas Docwra was a prominent early 16th-century English prior of the Knights Hospitaller and a key religious and military figure who oversaw major building works in London.
- 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: Sir Humphrey Pengallan Target entity description: Sir Humphrey Pengallan is a seemingly respectable Cornish magistrate who is secretly the ruthless leader of a wrecking and smuggling ring in Daphne du Maurier’s novel "Jamaica Inn."
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A.
Sir Arthur Rymill
Sir Arthur Rymill was a prominent South Australian businessman, lawyer, and Lord Mayor of Adelaide known for his civic leadership and contributions to the city's development.
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B.
Sir William Gerard
Sir William Gerard was a 16th-century English lawyer and statesman who played a key role in Tudor administration in Ireland.
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C.
Sir John Woodcock
Sir John Woodcock was a prominent British police officer who served as Chief Constable of several forces and later as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary.
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D.
George Carr Glyn
George Carr Glyn was a prominent 19th-century British banker and railway executive who became one of the leading figures in the early development of the UK railway system.
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E.
Sir Thomas Docwra
Sir Thomas Docwra was a prominent early 16th-century English prior of the Knights Hospitaller and a key religious and military figure who oversaw major building works in London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.