Percy, Duke of Dunstable
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Percy, Duke of Dunstable is a blustering, overbearing aristocrat and comic antagonist in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alaric, Duke of Dunstable | 1 |
| Duke of Dunstable | 1 |
| Percy, Duke of Dunstable canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1318417 — 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: Percy, Duke of Dunstable Context triple: [Lord Emsworth, hasNephew, Percy, Duke of Dunstable]
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A.
Duke of Berwick
The Duke of Berwick was a Jacobite and later French noble title most famously held by James FitzJames, the illegitimate son of King James II of England and a distinguished military commander in European wars.
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B.
Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, was a 13th-century English prince and military leader who became a powerful noble through extensive landholdings and royal favor, founding the House of Lancaster.
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C.
Lord William Stanley
Lord William Stanley was a prominent English nobleman of the late 15th century, best known for his decisive intervention at the Battle of Bosworth Field that helped secure Henry VII’s victory and end the Wars of the Roses.
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D.
John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp de Warwick
John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp de Warwick, was a 14th-century English nobleman and military commander who rose to prominence under King Edward III, notably serving in high naval and court offices.
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E.
Duke of Norfolk
The Duke of Norfolk is the premier duke in the peerage of England, traditionally serving as Earl Marshal and holding chief responsibility for state ceremonial occasions.
- 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: Percy, Duke of Dunstable Target entity description: Percy, Duke of Dunstable is a blustering, overbearing aristocrat and comic antagonist in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories.
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A.
Duke of Berwick
The Duke of Berwick was a Jacobite and later French noble title most famously held by James FitzJames, the illegitimate son of King James II of England and a distinguished military commander in European wars.
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B.
Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, was a 13th-century English prince and military leader who became a powerful noble through extensive landholdings and royal favor, founding the House of Lancaster.
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C.
Lord William Stanley
Lord William Stanley was a prominent English nobleman of the late 15th century, best known for his decisive intervention at the Battle of Bosworth Field that helped secure Henry VII’s victory and end the Wars of the Roses.
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D.
John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp de Warwick
John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp de Warwick, was a 14th-century English nobleman and military commander who rose to prominence under King Edward III, notably serving in high naval and court offices.
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E.
Duke of Norfolk
The Duke of Norfolk is the premier duke in the peerage of England, traditionally serving as Earl Marshal and holding chief responsibility for state ceremonial occasions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aristocrat
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character in literature ⓘ comic antagonist ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsInFictionalUniverse | Blandings Castle ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries |
Blandings Castle series
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surface form:
Blandings Castle stories
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| appearsInWorkBy | P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
blustering
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overbearing ⓘ |
| createdBy | P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ |
| genre | comic fiction ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Percy ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Percy, Duke of Dunstable
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Duke of Dunstable
|
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century British literature ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | British ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
antagonist
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comic figure ⓘ |
| settingAssociation | Blandings Castle ⓘ |
| socialClass | British nobility ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Percy, Duke of Dunstable Description of subject: Percy, Duke of Dunstable is a blustering, overbearing aristocrat and comic antagonist in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alaric, Duke of Dunstable
this entity surface form:
Duke of Dunstable