Blifil
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Blifil is a hypocritical and scheming antagonist in Henry Fielding’s novel "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Blifil canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10720010 — 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: Blifil Context triple: [The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, mainCharacter, Blifil]
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A.
Ralph of Upmeads
Ralph of Upmeads is the adventurous young knight-errant who journeys across perilous lands in William Morris’s fantasy romance "The Well at the World’s End" in search of a legendary life-giving well.
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B.
Eustace Bagge
Eustace Bagge is the grumpy, elderly farmer and frequent antagonist figure in the animated series "Courage the Cowardly Dog," known for his mistreatment of Courage and his catchphrase "Stupid dog!"
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C.
Robin Starveling
Robin Starveling is a minor comic character in Shakespeare’s *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, a tailor who plays the role of Moonshine in the craftsmen’s play-within-the-play.
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D.
Eustace
Eustace is an English-language surname of likely Norman or medieval European origin, borne by various individuals and families.
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E.
Humfrey
Humfrey is a less common spelling variant of the given name Humphrey, used as a masculine personal name.
- 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: Blifil Target entity description: Blifil is a hypocritical and scheming antagonist in Henry Fielding’s novel "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling."
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A.
Ralph of Upmeads
Ralph of Upmeads is the adventurous young knight-errant who journeys across perilous lands in William Morris’s fantasy romance "The Well at the World’s End" in search of a legendary life-giving well.
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B.
Eustace Bagge
Eustace Bagge is the grumpy, elderly farmer and frequent antagonist figure in the animated series "Courage the Cowardly Dog," known for his mistreatment of Courage and his catchphrase "Stupid dog!"
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C.
Robin Starveling
Robin Starveling is a minor comic character in Shakespeare’s *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, a tailor who plays the role of Moonshine in the craftsmen’s play-within-the-play.
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D.
Eustace
Eustace is an English-language surname of likely Norman or medieval European origin, borne by various individuals and families.
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E.
Humfrey
Humfrey is a less common spelling variant of the given name Humphrey, used as a masculine personal name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary antagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling ⓘ |
| characterIn | The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling ⓘ |
| conflictsWith | Tom Jones ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| createdBy | Henry Fielding ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDateOfWork | 1749 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | comic novel ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse |
Tom Jones universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Tom Jones
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| hasNameIn | The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriodOfWork | Augustan literature ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | villainous ⓘ |
| movementOfAuthor | English novel tradition ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | foil to Tom Jones ⓘ |
| nationalityOfWorkAuthor | English ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
duplicitous
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hypocritical ⓘ manipulative ⓘ scheming ⓘ self-righteous ⓘ |
| relatedWorkAuthor | Henry Fielding ⓘ |
| roleInStory | antagonist ⓘ |
| setInWork | 18th-century England ⓘ |
| themeIllustrated |
corruption under a guise of virtue
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hypocrisy ⓘ social and moral pretension ⓘ |
| workForm | picaresque novel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Blifil Description of subject: Blifil is a hypocritical and scheming antagonist in Henry Fielding’s novel "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.