Edmund Blackadder
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Edmund Blackadder is the cynical, sharp-tongued antihero of the British historical sitcom series "Blackadder," known for his wit, sarcasm, and scheming nature across various time periods.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edmund Blackadder canonical | 5 |
| Captain Edmund Blackadder | 2 |
| Captain Blackadder | 1 |
| Edmund Blackadder, Esq. | 1 |
| Lord Edmund Blackadder | 1 |
| Sir Edmund Blackadder | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1678123 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edmund Blackadder Context triple: [Blackadder, mainCharacter, Edmund Blackadder]
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A.
The Hon. Frederick Threepwood
The Hon. Frederick Threepwood is a fictional, somewhat feckless younger son of Lord Emsworth who appears in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories.
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B.
Pease Pottage
Pease Pottage is a small village in West Sussex, England, located just south of Crawley and known for its motorway service area and road junctions.
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C.
Baron Okingham
Baron Okingham is a noble title historically associated with Prince George of Denmark, the consort of Queen Anne of Great Britain.
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D.
Lord Foppington
Lord Foppington is a vain, affected aristocratic fop and comic figure in Restoration drama, best known as the central dandy in John Vanbrugh’s play "The Relapse."
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E.
Pongo Twistleton
Pongo Twistleton is a recurring, often hapless young protagonist in P. G. Wodehouse’s comic Uncle Fred stories, frequently entangled in romantic and financial scrapes.
- 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: Edmund Blackadder Target entity description: Edmund Blackadder is the cynical, sharp-tongued antihero of the British historical sitcom series "Blackadder," known for his wit, sarcasm, and scheming nature across various time periods.
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A.
The Hon. Frederick Threepwood
The Hon. Frederick Threepwood is a fictional, somewhat feckless younger son of Lord Emsworth who appears in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories.
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B.
Pease Pottage
Pease Pottage is a small village in West Sussex, England, located just south of Crawley and known for its motorway service area and road junctions.
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C.
Baron Okingham
Baron Okingham is a noble title historically associated with Prince George of Denmark, the consort of Queen Anne of Great Britain.
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D.
Lord Foppington
Lord Foppington is a vain, affected aristocratic fop and comic figure in Restoration drama, best known as the central dandy in John Vanbrugh’s play "The Relapse."
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E.
Lord Rochford
Lord Rochford was an 18th-century British statesman and diplomat who served in several high-ranking government and ambassadorial roles under King George III.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antihero
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ sitcom character ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Blackadder
ⓘ
Blackadder ⓘ
surface form:
Blackadder Goes Forth
Blackadder ⓘ
surface form:
Blackadder II
Blackadder ⓘ
surface form:
Blackadder the Third
Blackadder ⓘ
surface form:
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
Blackadder ⓘ
surface form:
The Black Adder
|
| characteristic |
cynical
ⓘ
sarcastic ⓘ scheming ⓘ sharp-tongued ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Ben Elton
ⓘ
Richard Curtis ⓘ Rowan Atkinson ⓘ |
| employedBy |
George IV of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Prince George, Prince Regent
|
| firstAppearance |
Blackadder
ⓘ
surface form:
The Black Adder (1983)
|
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
historical sitcom ⓘ |
| hasSeriesVersion |
Edmund Blackadder
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Captain Edmund Blackadder
Edmund Blackadder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Edmund Blackadder, Esq.
Edmund Blackadder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Edmund Blackadder
Prince Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh ⓘ Edmund Blackadder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sir Edmund Blackadder
|
| hasSidekick | Baldrick ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| notableFor |
elaborate insults
ⓘ
witty one-liners ⓘ |
| occupation |
British Army officer
ⓘ
butler ⓘ courtier ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Rowan Atkinson ⓘ |
| relationshipWith | often mistreats Baldrick ⓘ |
| servesMonarch |
Elizabeth I of England
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surface form:
Queen Elizabeth I
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| setInConflict | World War I ⓘ |
| setInEvent | English Civil War ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
Tudor England
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surface form:
Elizabethan era
Regency era ⓘ late 15th century ⓘ |
| setInReignOf | King Richard IV ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Edmund Blackadder Description of subject: Edmund Blackadder is the cynical, sharp-tongued antihero of the British historical sitcom series "Blackadder," known for his wit, sarcasm, and scheming nature across various time periods.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Captain Blackadder
this entity surface form:
Lord Edmund Blackadder
this entity surface form:
Sir Edmund Blackadder
this entity surface form:
Captain Edmund Blackadder
this entity surface form:
Edmund Blackadder, Esq.
this entity surface form:
Captain Edmund Blackadder