Sir Peter Teazle
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Sir Peter Teazle is a wealthy, elderly country gentleman whose troubled marriage and susceptibility to gossip make him a central figure of comic tension in Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s play "The School for Scandal."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir Peter Teazle canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10452939 — 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 Peter Teazle Context triple: [The School for Scandal, notableCharacter, Sir Peter Teazle]
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A.
Sir George Treby
Sir George Treby was a British politician and public official who rose to prominence in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, notably serving in senior governmental and naval administrative roles.
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B.
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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C.
Baron Soames
Baron Soames is a British life peerage title held by Christopher Soames, a prominent Conservative politician and son-in-law of Winston Churchill.
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D.
Sir Hubert Worthington
Sir Hubert Worthington was a British architect noted for his work on war memorials and public buildings, including significant commissions for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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E.
Baron Savile
Baron Savile is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom historically associated with the Savile family and their estates in Yorkshire.
- 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 Peter Teazle Target entity description: Sir Peter Teazle is a wealthy, elderly country gentleman whose troubled marriage and susceptibility to gossip make him a central figure of comic tension in Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s play "The School for Scandal."
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A.
Sir George Treby
Sir George Treby was a British politician and public official who rose to prominence in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, notably serving in senior governmental and naval administrative roles.
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B.
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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C.
Baron Soames
Baron Soames is a British life peerage title held by Christopher Soames, a prominent Conservative politician and son-in-law of Winston Churchill.
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D.
Sir Hubert Worthington
Sir Hubert Worthington was a British architect noted for his work on war memorials and public buildings, including significant commissions for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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E.
Baron Savile
Baron Savile is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom historically associated with the Savile family and their estates in Yorkshire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatic character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ stage character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The School for Scandal
ⓘ
linked to:
The School for Scandal (stage)
|
| associatedWithSetting | London high society ⓘ |
| characterType |
elderly husband
ⓘ
wealthy country gentleman ⓘ |
| comicDevice | jealous husband stereotype ⓘ |
| conflictsWith |
Joseph Surface
ⓘ
Lady Teazle ⓘ Sir Benjamin Backbite ⓘ |
| createdBy | Richard Brinsley Sheridan ⓘ |
| distrusts | Charles Surface ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceWork | The School for Scandal, 1777 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | comedy of manners ⓘ |
| hasAgeDescriptor | elderly ⓘ |
| hasDialogueStyle | witty repartee ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | country gentleman ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipDynamic | older husband–younger wife ⓘ |
| hasResidence | country estate ⓘ |
| hasSocialStatus | wealthy ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
conservative
ⓘ
irritable ⓘ jealous ⓘ morally concerned ⓘ paternalistic ⓘ susceptible to gossip ⓘ |
| hasWealthStatus | affluent landowner ⓘ |
| isDeceivedBy | Joseph Surface ⓘ |
| isTargetOf | scandal-mongers ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Lady Teazle ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
source of comic tension
ⓘ
victim of scandal and rumor ⓘ |
| originalLanguageContext | English Restoration-influenced comedy ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character ⓘ |
| symbolizes | traditional morality under pressure ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
appearance versus reality
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gossip and scandal ⓘ marriage and domestic discord ⓘ |
| timeOfCreation | 18th century ⓘ |
| trusts | Joseph Surface ⓘ |
| undergoes | marital reconciliation ⓘ |
| undergoesCharacterArc | from credulous to more self-aware ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sir Peter Teazle Description of subject: Sir Peter Teazle is a wealthy, elderly country gentleman whose troubled marriage and susceptibility to gossip make him a central figure of comic tension in Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s play "The School for Scandal."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.