Penric
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Penric is the sorcerer and divine of the Bastard’s Order who serves as the central protagonist of Lois McMaster Bujold’s Penric and Desdemona novellas set in the World of the Five Gods.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Penric canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21639061 — 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: Penric Context triple: [World of the Five Gods, notableCharacter, Penric]
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A.
Erwig
Erwig was a 7th-century Visigothic king of Hispania and Septimania known for his legal reforms and religious policies.
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B.
Elfwine
Elfwine is a fictional prince of Rohan in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known as the son and heir of King Éomer.
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C.
Godfrey
Godfrey is an American comedian and actor known for his stand-up work and film roles, including a prominent appearance in the comedy movie "Soul Plane."
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D.
Godfrey
Godfrey is the given name of the influential British mathematician G. H. Hardy, renowned for his work in number theory and mathematical analysis.
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E.
Wulfgar
Wulfgar is an Old High German masculine given name, historically borne by medieval figures and characters in fantasy literature, derived from elements meaning "wolf" and "spear."
- 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: Penric Target entity description: Penric is the sorcerer and divine of the Bastard’s Order who serves as the central protagonist of Lois McMaster Bujold’s Penric and Desdemona novellas set in the World of the Five Gods.
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A.
Erwig
Erwig was a 7th-century Visigothic king of Hispania and Septimania known for his legal reforms and religious policies.
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B.
Elfwine
Elfwine is a fictional prince of Rohan in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known as the son and heir of King Éomer.
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C.
Godfrey
Godfrey is an American comedian and actor known for his stand-up work and film roles, including a prominent appearance in the comedy movie "Soul Plane."
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D.
Godfrey
Godfrey is the given name of the influential British mathematician G. H. Hardy, renowned for his work in number theory and mathematical analysis.
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E.
Wulfgar
Wulfgar is an Old High German masculine given name, historically borne by medieval figures and characters in fantasy literature, derived from elements meaning "wolf" and "spear."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.