Punch
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Punch was a long-running British weekly magazine famous for its satirical cartoons and humorous commentary on politics and society.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Punch canonical | 9 |
| Punch magazine | 6 |
| La Caricature | 1 |
| satirical magazine Punch | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2854129 — 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: Punch Context triple: [E. H. Shepard, employer, Punch]
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A.
Scoop
Scoop is a satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh that lampoons sensationalist journalism and foreign correspondence.
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B.
The Punch and Judy Man
The Punch and Judy Man is a 1963 British comedy film starring Tony Hancock as a disillusioned seaside puppeteer struggling with small-town snobbery and his own fading career.
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C.
The Comedian
The Comedian is a brutal, cynical costumed vigilante whose violent worldview and mysterious death help drive the dark, deconstructive narrative of Watchmen.
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D.
Graham's Magazine
Graham's Magazine was a prominent 19th-century American literary periodical known for publishing works by major authors such as Edgar Allan Poe.
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E.
The Cocoanuts
The Cocoanuts is a 1929 musical comedy film featuring the Marx Brothers in one of their earliest screen appearances, known for its rapid-fire wordplay and slapstick humor set in a Florida hotel during a land boom.
- 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: Punch Target entity description: Punch was a long-running British weekly magazine famous for its satirical cartoons and humorous commentary on politics and society.
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A.
Scoop
Scoop is a satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh that lampoons sensationalist journalism and foreign correspondence.
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B.
The Punch and Judy Man
The Punch and Judy Man is a 1963 British comedy film starring Tony Hancock as a disillusioned seaside puppeteer struggling with small-town snobbery and his own fading career.
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C.
The Comedian
The Comedian is a brutal, cynical costumed vigilante whose violent worldview and mysterious death help drive the dark, deconstructive narrative of Watchmen.
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D.
Graham's Magazine
Graham's Magazine was a prominent 19th-century American literary periodical known for publishing works by major authors such as Edgar Allan Poe.
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E.
The Cocoanuts
The Cocoanuts is a 1929 musical comedy film featuring the Marx Brothers in one of their earliest screen appearances, known for its rapid-fire wordplay and slapstick humor set in a Florida hotel during a land boom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British weekly magazine
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satirical magazine ⓘ |
| archivedAt | British Library ⓘ |
| basedOnModelOf | Le Charivari ⓘ |
| circulationArea |
British Empire
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dissolutionDate | 1992 ⓘ |
| finalPublicationDate | 2002 ⓘ |
| founder |
Ebenezer Landells
ⓘ
Henry Mayhew ⓘ |
| genre |
humour magazine
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasContributor |
A. A. Milne
ⓘ
E. H. Shepard ⓘ John Tenniel ⓘ P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ William Makepeace Thackeray ⓘ
surface form:
Thackeray
|
| hasFormat | illustrated magazine ⓘ |
| hasISSN | 0033-5622 ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
coining and popularising political catchphrases
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establishing conventions of British magazine cartooning ⓘ |
| inception | 1841 ⓘ |
| influenced |
British political satire
ⓘ
cartooning traditions in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| nickname |
Le Charivari
ⓘ
surface form:
The London Charivari
|
| notableFor |
humorous commentary on politics
ⓘ
humorous commentary on society ⓘ satirical cartoons ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Punch Office ⓘ |
| peakInfluencePeriod |
Edwardian era
ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| publicationFrequency | weekly ⓘ |
| publisher | Punch Publications Ltd ⓘ |
| relaunchDate | 1996 ⓘ |
| subjectFocus |
British politics
ⓘ
current affairs ⓘ social issues ⓘ |
| usedForm |
humorous essays
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multi-panel cartoons ⓘ satirical verse ⓘ single-panel cartoons ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Punch Description of subject: Punch was a long-running British weekly magazine famous for its satirical cartoons and humorous commentary on politics and society.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Punch magazine
this entity surface form:
La Caricature
this entity surface form:
Punch magazine
this entity surface form:
Punch magazine
this entity surface form:
satirical magazine Punch
subject surface form:
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
subject surface form:
E. H. Shepard
this entity surface form:
Punch magazine
this entity surface form:
Punch magazine