Corporal Nobby Nobbs
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Corporal Nobby Nobbs is a scruffy, questionably human member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, known for his dubious morals, petty thievery, and comic relief.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Corporal Nobby Nobbs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6796238 — 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: Corporal Nobby Nobbs Context triple: [Guards! Guards!, mainCharacter, Corporal Nobby Nobbs]
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A.
Sergeant Fry
Sergeant Fry is a minor British military character in Michael Morpurgo’s novel "War Horse," serving as one of the soldiers connected to the story’s depiction of World War I.
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B.
Lt. Arthur Fancy
Lt. Arthur Fancy is a principled and steady precinct commander on the television drama "NYPD Blue," known for his calm authority and moral integrity amid the show's turbulent police environment.
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C.
Peter Perfect
Peter Perfect is the nickname of Australian motor racing legend Peter Brock, renowned for his dominance at the Bathurst 1000 and status as an icon of touring car racing.
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D.
Gulley Jimson
Gulley Jimson is a disreputable, obsessive, and eccentric aging painter who serves as the roguish antihero of Joyce Cary’s comic novel "The Horse’s Mouth."
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E.
Major Tuddy
Major Tuddy is the hog-themed official mascot of the NFL’s Washington Commanders, designed to reflect the franchise’s historic “Hogs” offensive line tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corporal Nobby Nobbs Target entity description: Corporal Nobby Nobbs is a scruffy, questionably human member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, known for his dubious morals, petty thievery, and comic relief.
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A.
Sergeant Fry
Sergeant Fry is a minor British military character in Michael Morpurgo’s novel "War Horse," serving as one of the soldiers connected to the story’s depiction of World War I.
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B.
Lt. Arthur Fancy
Lt. Arthur Fancy is a principled and steady precinct commander on the television drama "NYPD Blue," known for his calm authority and moral integrity amid the show's turbulent police environment.
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C.
Peter Perfect
Peter Perfect is the nickname of Australian motor racing legend Peter Brock, renowned for his dominance at the Bathurst 1000 and status as an icon of touring car racing.
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D.
Gulley Jimson
Gulley Jimson is a disreputable, obsessive, and eccentric aging painter who serves as the roguish antihero of Joyce Cary’s comic novel "The Horse’s Mouth."
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E.
Major Tuddy
Major Tuddy is the hog-themed official mascot of the NFL’s Washington Commanders, designed to reflect the franchise’s historic “Hogs” offensive line tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Discworld character
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fictional character ⓘ member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch ⓘ |
| affiliation | Night Watch ⓘ |
| alignment | chaotic good (approximate) ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Feet of Clay
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Guards! Guards! ⓘ Jingo ⓘ Men at Arms ⓘ Night Watch (novel) ⓘ
linked to:
Night Watch
Snuff ⓘ The Fifth Elephant ⓘ Thud! ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | Discworld ⓘ |
| bodyType | small and weaselly ⓘ |
| city | Ankh-Morpork ⓘ |
| closeColleague |
Commander Sam Vimes
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linked to:
Sam Vimes
Sergeant Fred Colon ⓘ |
| creator | Terry Pratchett ⓘ |
| drinks | cheap beer ⓘ |
| employer | Ankh-Morpork City Watch ⓘ |
| familyName | Nobbs ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceContext | Watch subseries of Discworld ⓘ |
| fullName | Cecil Wormsborough St. John Nobbs ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Cecil ⓘ |
| hasDocument | certificate to prove he is human ⓘ |
| humourType | lowbrow and earthy humour ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
Ankh-Morpork City Watch
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Sam Vimes ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | comic relief ⓘ |
| nickname | Nobby ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
dubious morals
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petty thievery ⓘ questionably human ⓘ scruffy appearance ⓘ |
| notableFor |
carrying a wide assortment of small stolen items
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scavenging and looting on the margins of legality ⓘ |
| occupation | watchman ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
cowardly but pragmatic
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opportunistic ⓘ streetwise ⓘ |
| rank | Corporal ⓘ |
| residence | Ankh-Morpork ⓘ |
| romanticPartner | Verity Pushpram ⓘ |
| smokes | cigarettes ⓘ |
| socialClass | working class ⓘ |
| species | human (disputed) ⓘ |
| universe | Discworld ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Corporal Nobby Nobbs Description of subject: Corporal Nobby Nobbs is a scruffy, questionably human member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, known for his dubious morals, petty thievery, and comic relief.
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