The Empress of Blandings
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The Empress of Blandings is the famously pampered prize pig in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, renowned for her comic central role in the series’ plots.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1287611 — 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)
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Target entity: The Empress of Blandings Context triple: [Blandings Castle series, mainCharacter, The Empress of Blandings]
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The Code of the Woosters
The Code of the Woosters is a classic comic novel in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster series, celebrated for its intricate farce, witty dialogue, and portrayal of upper-class English society.
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Right Ho, Jeeves
"Right Ho, Jeeves" is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the bumbling Bertie Wooster and his unflappable valet Jeeves in a series of farcical social misadventures.
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Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers is an 1857 Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that satirically portrays clerical politics and social maneuvering in the fictional English cathedral town of Barchester.
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Jeeves and the Wedding Bells
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells is a 2013 novel by Sebastian Faulks that continues P. G. Wodehouse’s beloved Jeeves and Wooster series in an authorized pastiche.
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Carry On, Jeeves
Carry On, Jeeves is a classic collection of humorous short stories by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the bumbling Bertie Wooster and his unflappable valet Jeeves.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Empress of Blandings Target entity description: The Empress of Blandings is the famously pampered prize pig in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, renowned for her comic central role in the series’ plots.
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A.
The Code of the Woosters
The Code of the Woosters is a classic comic novel in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster series, celebrated for its intricate farce, witty dialogue, and portrayal of upper-class English society.
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B.
Right Ho, Jeeves
"Right Ho, Jeeves" is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the bumbling Bertie Wooster and his unflappable valet Jeeves in a series of farcical social misadventures.
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C.
Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers is an 1857 Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that satirically portrays clerical politics and social maneuvering in the fictional English cathedral town of Barchester.
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D.
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells is a 2013 novel by Sebastian Faulks that continues P. G. Wodehouse’s beloved Jeeves and Wooster series in an authorized pastiche.
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E.
Carry On, Jeeves
Carry On, Jeeves is a classic collection of humorous short stories by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the bumbling Bertie Wooster and his unflappable valet Jeeves.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional animal
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fictional pig ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries |
Blandings Castle series
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surface form:
Blandings Castle stories
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| appearsInWork |
A Pelican at Blandings
ⓘ
surface form:
“A Pelican at Blandings”
Full Moon ⓘ
surface form:
“Full Moon”
Galahad at Blandings ⓘ
surface form:
“Galahad at Blandings”
“Heavy Weather” ⓘ Pigs Have Wings ⓘ
surface form:
“Pigs Have Wings”
Service with a Smile ⓘ
surface form:
“Service with a Smile”
Summer Lightning ⓘ
surface form:
“Summer Lightning”
Sunset at Blandings ⓘ
surface form:
“Sunset at Blandings”
Uncle Fred stories ⓘ
surface form:
“Uncle Fred in the Springtime”
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| associatedWith |
Lord Emsworth
ⓘ
Shropshire ⓘ |
| awarded | Fat Pigs class prizes ⓘ |
| caredForBy | pig-keeper at Blandings Castle ⓘ |
| characterType | comic animal character ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting | England ⓘ |
| createdBy | P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | Blandings Castle ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Summer Lightning
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surface form:
“Summer Lightning”
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| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | comic fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
rural farce
ⓘ
social satire ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
The Empress of Blandings
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
“Empress of Blandings”
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| importance | central recurring character in Blandings stories ⓘ |
| influencedBy | British country-house tradition ⓘ |
| keptIn | pigsty at Blandings Castle ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryUniverse |
Blandings Castle series
ⓘ
surface form:
Blandings Castle universe
|
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being pampered
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kidnapping plots ⓘ pig-napping attempts ⓘ winning agricultural prizes ⓘ |
| owner | Lord Emsworth ⓘ |
| partOf | Blandings Castle canon ⓘ |
| residence | Blandings Castle ⓘ |
| role |
center of comic plots
ⓘ
prize pig ⓘ |
| setting | Blandings Castle ⓘ |
| species | pig ⓘ |
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Subject: The Empress of Blandings Description of subject: The Empress of Blandings is the famously pampered prize pig in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, renowned for her comic central role in the series’ plots.
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Lord Emsworth's prize pig (Empress of Blandings, later in series)
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“Empress of Blandings”
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prize pig Empress of Blandings
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Empress of Blandings is Lord Emsworth’s prize pig
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Lord Emsworth’s prize pig, the Empress of Blandings