Captain Stephen Peacock
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Captain Stephen Peacock is the pompous, rule-obsessed floorwalker from the British sitcom "Are You Being Served?", known for his officious manner and comic interactions with the store staff.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Captain Stephen Peacock canonical | 2 |
| Captain Peacock in Grace & Favour | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11800918 — 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: Captain Stephen Peacock Context triple: [Frank Thornton, characterRole, Captain Stephen Peacock]
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A.
Captain Richard Davenport
Captain Richard Davenport is a Black Army lawyer and investigator who serves as the central figure unraveling a racially charged murder case in Charles Fuller's play "A Soldier's Play."
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B.
Captain Daniel Forrester
Captain Daniel Forrester is a prominent fictional figure in Willa Cather’s novel "A Lost Lady," portrayed as a once-powerful, idealized railroad pioneer whose decline mirrors the fading of the American frontier aristocracy.
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C.
Captain Keith Mallory
Captain Keith Mallory is the resourceful New Zealand mountaineer and Allied commando leader who spearheads the perilous mission to destroy the German guns in Alistair MacLean’s World War II novel "The Guns of Navarone."
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D.
Captain Richard Pearson
Captain Richard Pearson was an 18th-century British naval officer best known for his role in the 1779 Battle of Flamborough Head against John Paul Jones during the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Captain Frank McNeil
Captain Frank McNeil is a fictional New York City police captain from the television series "Kojak," known as the superior and colleague of the title character.
- 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: Captain Stephen Peacock Target entity description: Captain Stephen Peacock is the pompous, rule-obsessed floorwalker from the British sitcom "Are You Being Served?", known for his officious manner and comic interactions with the store staff.
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A.
Captain Richard Davenport
Captain Richard Davenport is a Black Army lawyer and investigator who serves as the central figure unraveling a racially charged murder case in Charles Fuller's play "A Soldier's Play."
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B.
Captain Daniel Forrester
Captain Daniel Forrester is a prominent fictional figure in Willa Cather’s novel "A Lost Lady," portrayed as a once-powerful, idealized railroad pioneer whose decline mirrors the fading of the American frontier aristocracy.
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C.
Captain Keith Mallory
Captain Keith Mallory is the resourceful New Zealand mountaineer and Allied commando leader who spearheads the perilous mission to destroy the German guns in Alistair MacLean’s World War II novel "The Guns of Navarone."
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D.
Captain Richard Pearson
Captain Richard Pearson was an 18th-century British naval officer best known for his role in the 1779 Battle of Flamborough Head against John Paul Jones during the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Captain Frank McNeil
Captain Frank McNeil is a fictional New York City police captain from the television series "Kojak," known as the superior and colleague of the title character.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Are You Being Served? ⓘ |
| comicDevice |
conflicts between status and actual authority
ⓘ
rigid enforcement of store rules ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| department | menswear floor supervision ⓘ |
| employer | Grace Brothers ⓘ |
| familyName | Peacock ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Are You Being Served? universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn |
Are You Being Served? (series 1)
ⓘ
linked to:
Are You Being Served?
|
| fullName | Stephen Peacock ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
authoritarian
ⓘ
comically ineffectual ⓘ officious ⓘ pompous ⓘ rule-obsessed ⓘ snobbish ⓘ status-conscious ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Miss Brahms
ⓘ
linked to:
Miss Shirley Brahms
Mr. Grainger ⓘ Mr. Humphries ⓘ Mr. Lucas ⓘ Mrs. Slocombe ⓘ
linked to:
Mrs. Betty Slocombe
Young Mr. Grace ⓘ |
| isCentralCharacterIn | Are You Being Served? ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| militaryBackground | former army captain ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
authority figure
ⓘ
comic character ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | British ⓘ |
| occupation |
department store employee
ⓘ
floorwalker ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Frank Thornton ⓘ |
| position | floorwalker at Grace Brothers ⓘ |
| relationshipToOtherCharacters | superior to sales staff on the floor ⓘ |
| seriesOrigin | BBC television ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | London department store ⓘ |
| title | Captain ⓘ |
| usesCatchphrase | Are you free? ⓘ |
| workOfFictionType | television sitcom ⓘ |
| worksInFictionalLocation | Grace Brothers department store ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Captain Stephen Peacock Description of subject: Captain Stephen Peacock is the pompous, rule-obsessed floorwalker from the British sitcom "Are You Being Served?", known for his officious manner and comic interactions with the store staff.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Captain Stephen Peacock