The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy
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"The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the resourceful valet Jeeves helping Bertie Wooster sort out the romantic and confidence troubles of his friend Sippy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7241591 — 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: The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy Context triple: [Very Good, Jeeves, hasPart, The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy]
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A.
The Spoiled Child
The Spoiled Child is an 18th-century genre painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze that exemplifies his sentimental moralizing scenes of domestic life.
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B.
The Old People
"The Old People" is a short story by William Faulkner that forms part of his collection *Go Down, Moses*, exploring themes of heritage, race, and the Southern wilderness through a young boy’s hunting experiences.
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C.
Johnny and the Self-Abusers
Johnny and the Self-Abusers was the early punk/new wave band from Glasgow that evolved into the internationally successful rock group Simple Minds.
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D.
The Man Child
The Man Child is a short story by James Baldwin that explores themes of racism, violence, and inheritance in the American South.
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E.
Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent
"Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores psychological torment and obsessive self-absorption through the symbol of a serpent dwelling in a man's chest.
- 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: The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy Target entity description: "The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the resourceful valet Jeeves helping Bertie Wooster sort out the romantic and confidence troubles of his friend Sippy.
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A.
The Spoiled Child
The Spoiled Child is an 18th-century genre painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze that exemplifies his sentimental moralizing scenes of domestic life.
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B.
The Old People
"The Old People" is a short story by William Faulkner that forms part of his collection *Go Down, Moses*, exploring themes of heritage, race, and the Southern wilderness through a young boy’s hunting experiences.
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C.
Johnny and the Self-Abusers
Johnny and the Self-Abusers was the early punk/new wave band from Glasgow that evolved into the internationally successful rock group Simple Minds.
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D.
The Man Child
The Man Child is a short story by James Baldwin that explores themes of racism, violence, and inheritance in the American South.
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E.
Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent
"Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores psychological torment and obsessive self-absorption through the symbol of a serpent dwelling in a man's chest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jeeves story
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short story ⓘ |
| author | P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
Sippy’s inferiority complex
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Sippy’s romantic troubles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bertie Wooster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gussie Sipperley NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeeves NERFINISHED ⓘ Sippy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | humour ⓘ |
| hasAristocraticCharacter | Bertie Wooster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Old Sippy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasValetCharacter | Jeeves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | British comic literature ⓘ |
| literarySeries | Jeeves stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
lack of self-confidence
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personal growth ⓘ romantic difficulties ⓘ social anxiety ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
comic monologue
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conversational ⓘ |
| narrator | Bertie Wooster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotDevice | Jeeves’s schemes ⓘ |
| protagonist | Bertie Wooster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| subjectMatter |
courtship
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friendship ⓘ self-esteem ⓘ upper-class British society ⓘ |
| supportingCharacter |
Jeeves
NERFINISHED
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Sippy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
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light-hearted ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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