Extricating Young Gussie
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"Extricating Young Gussie" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse that marks the debut of his iconic valet character, Jeeves.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Extricating Young Gussie canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1287778 — 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: Extricating Young Gussie Context triple: [Jeeves, firstAppearance, Extricating Young Gussie]
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A.
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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B.
Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists
Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists is a collection of interconnected short stories by Washington Irving that humorously depict English country life and customs in the early 19th century.
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C.
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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D.
Mrs Proudie
Mrs Proudie is the domineering, morally rigid bishop’s wife in Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, noted for her overbearing influence on church and social affairs.
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E.
The Small House at Allington
The Small House at Allington is a Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope, part of his Chronicles of Barsetshire series, exploring love, class, and social ambition in a rural English community.
- 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: Extricating Young Gussie Target entity description: "Extricating Young Gussie" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse that marks the debut of his iconic valet character, Jeeves.
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A.
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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B.
Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists
Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists is a collection of interconnected short stories by Washington Irving that humorously depict English country life and customs in the early 19th century.
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C.
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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D.
Mrs Proudie
Mrs Proudie is the domineering, morally rigid bishop’s wife in Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, noted for her overbearing influence on church and social affairs.
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E.
The Small House at Allington
The Small House at Allington is a Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope, part of his Chronicles of Barsetshire series, exploring love, class, and social ambition in a rural English community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
humorous fiction
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literary work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Aunt Agatha
ⓘ
Bertie Wooster ⓘ Gussie ⓘ Jeeves ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Jeeves and Wooster universe
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linked to:
P. G. Wodehouse universe
|
| genre |
comedy
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comic fiction ⓘ humor ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole |
idle young man-about-town
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valet ⓘ |
| hasNotableAspect |
early Jeeves and Wooster story
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first appearance of Jeeves ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
British upper class life
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family interference ⓘ farce ⓘ romantic entanglements ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| marksDebutOfCharacter | Jeeves ⓘ |
| narratedByCharacter | Bertie Wooster ⓘ |
| narrationType | first-person narration ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Jeeves stories
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linked to:
Jeeves and Wooster
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| setting |
London
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linked to:
London, England
New York City ⓘ |
| workTitle | Extricating Young Gussie ⓘ |
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