Peter Pinguid Society
E1000657
The Peter Pinguid Society is a fictional right-wing, anti-communist organization featured in Thomas Pynchon's novel "The Crying of Lot 49."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter Pinguid Society canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12759454 — 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: Peter Pinguid Society Context triple: [Mike Fallopian, memberOf, Peter Pinguid Society]
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A.
Pitiüses
The Pitiüses are a small Mediterranean archipelago comprising the Spanish Balearic Islands of Ibiza and Formentera and their surrounding islets.
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B.
Pugo
Pugo is a Latvian surname most notably borne by Boris Pugo, a Soviet politician and security official involved in the 1991 August Coup.
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C.
Pavelets
Pavelets is a locality in Russia whose name is notably borne by the Paveletsky railway station in Moscow.
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D.
Porkeri
Porkeri is a small village on the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands, known for its traditional Faroese architecture and scenic coastal setting.
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E.
Pokomo
The Pokomo are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of Kenya primarily living along the Tana River, known for riverine agriculture, fishing, and rich oral traditions.
- 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: Peter Pinguid Society Target entity description: The Peter Pinguid Society is a fictional right-wing, anti-communist organization featured in Thomas Pynchon's novel "The Crying of Lot 49."
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A.
Pitiüses
The Pitiüses are a small Mediterranean archipelago comprising the Spanish Balearic Islands of Ibiza and Formentera and their surrounding islets.
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B.
Pugo
Pugo is a Latvian surname most notably borne by Boris Pugo, a Soviet politician and security official involved in the 1991 August Coup.
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C.
Pavelets
Pavelets is a locality in Russia whose name is notably borne by the Paveletsky railway station in Moscow.
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D.
Porkeri
Porkeri is a small village on the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands, known for its traditional Faroese architecture and scenic coastal setting.
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E.
Pokomo
The Pokomo are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of Kenya primarily living along the Tana River, known for riverine agriculture, fishing, and rich oral traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional organization
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literary organization ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Oedipa Maas ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States (fictional context)
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linked to:
United States (fictional setting)
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| createdBy | Thomas Pynchon ⓘ |
| describedAs |
anti-communist organization
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right-wing group ⓘ |
| fictionalIn | The Crying of Lot 49 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Crying of Lot 49 ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalPosition |
anti-communist activism (fictional)
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anti-leftist ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Cold War politics
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anti-communism ⓘ conspiracy ⓘ paranoia ⓘ |
| ideology |
anti-communist
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right-wing ⓘ |
| isFictional | true ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | postmodernism ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Peter Pinguid (fictional figure) ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | satire of right-wing anti-communist groups ⓘ |
| partOf | fictional secret societies in The Crying of Lot 49 ⓘ |
| publicationContext | 1966 American novel ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Tristero (fictional underground system) ⓘ |
| setIn |
California (fictionalized)
ⓘ
linked to:
California (fictional setting)
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| workAuthor | Thomas Pynchon ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Peter Pinguid Society Description of subject: The Peter Pinguid Society is a fictional right-wing, anti-communist organization featured in Thomas Pynchon's novel "The Crying of Lot 49."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.