Harry Bailly, host of the Tabard Inn
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Harry Bailly is the jovial, outspoken innkeeper in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales who proposes and oversees the pilgrims’ storytelling contest.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Harry Bailly, host of the Tabard Inn canonical | 1 |
| Host (The Canterbury Tales) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11883987 — 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: Harry Bailly, host of the Tabard Inn Context triple: [Chaucer the pilgrim, hostedBy, Harry Bailly, host of the Tabard Inn]
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A.
Sir Lancelot Spratt
Sir Lancelot Spratt is a famously bombastic and authoritarian surgeon character from the British "Doctor" comedy films and novels.
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B.
Charley Wykeham
Charley Wykeham is the comedic protagonist of the musical farce "Where's Charley?", known for disguising himself as his wealthy aunt to navigate romantic and social mishaps.
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C.
Squire Gresham
Squire Gresham is a country landowner character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Doctor Thorne," known for his declining estate and social ambitions.
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D.
High Sparrow
The High Sparrow is a zealous religious leader in "Game of Thrones" who rises to power in King's Landing by championing the Faith of the Seven and challenging the authority of the ruling nobility.
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E.
Sancio Cabot
Sancio Cabot was a son of the Italian explorer John Cabot, likely associated with his father's late 15th-century voyages of discovery under the English flag.
- 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: Harry Bailly, host of the Tabard Inn Target entity description: Harry Bailly is the jovial, outspoken innkeeper in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales who proposes and oversees the pilgrims’ storytelling contest.
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A.
Sir Lancelot Spratt
Sir Lancelot Spratt is a famously bombastic and authoritarian surgeon character from the British "Doctor" comedy films and novels.
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B.
Charley Wykeham
Charley Wykeham is the comedic protagonist of the musical farce "Where's Charley?", known for disguising himself as his wealthy aunt to navigate romantic and social mishaps.
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C.
Squire Gresham
Squire Gresham is a country landowner character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Doctor Thorne," known for his declining estate and social ambitions.
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D.
High Sparrow
The High Sparrow is a zealous religious leader in "Game of Thrones" who rises to power in King's Landing by championing the Faith of the Seven and challenging the authority of the ruling nobility.
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E.
Pardoner
The Pardoner is a corrupt, hypocritical seller of indulgences and religious relics in Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales*, notorious for preaching against greed while embodying it himself.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in The Canterbury Tales
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fictional character ⓘ host ⓘ innkeeper ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| appearsInSection | link passages between tales ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | pilgrimage to Canterbury ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Chaucer (the pilgrim-narrator)
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linked to:
Chaucer the pilgrim
Knight (The Canterbury Tales) ⓘ Miller (The Canterbury Tales) ⓘ
linked to:
The Miller
Parson (The Canterbury Tales) ⓘ
linked to:
Parson
Wife of Bath ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Southwark
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Tabard Inn ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
authoritative
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boisterous ⓘ good-humored ⓘ jovial ⓘ outspoken ⓘ pragmatic ⓘ |
| conditionForReward | best tale as judged by Harry Bailly ⓘ |
| createdBy | Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
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linked to:
The General Prologue
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
frame narrative
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verse narrative ⓘ |
| interactsWith | all the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Middle English literature
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linked to:
Middle English
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| literaryWork | The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| name | Harry Bailly ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
framing device for The Canterbury Tales
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link between individual tales ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation | innkeeper ⓘ |
| offersReward | free supper at the Tabard Inn ⓘ |
| proposes | storytelling contest among the pilgrims ⓘ |
| role |
host of the Tabard Inn
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host of the pilgrimage ⓘ judge of the storytelling contest ⓘ leader of the pilgrims ⓘ organizer of the storytelling contest ⓘ |
| setsRule |
each pilgrim tells two tales on the way back from Canterbury
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each pilgrim tells two tales on the way to Canterbury ⓘ |
| spouse | Goodelief (Goodwife) ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
social cohesion among pilgrims
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worldly common sense ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harry Bailly, host of the Tabard Inn Description of subject: Harry Bailly is the jovial, outspoken innkeeper in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales who proposes and oversees the pilgrims’ storytelling contest.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: Harry Bailly, host of the Tabard Inn