Mrs. Peachum
E174030
Mrs. Peachum is a central character in John Gay’s ballad opera "The Beggar’s Opera," known as Polly Peachum’s sharp-tongued, scheming mother.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mrs. Peachum canonical | 6 |
| Mrs. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera | 1 |
| Peachum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1438921 — 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: Mrs. Peachum Context triple: [Polly Peachum, relative, Mrs. Peachum]
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A.
Mr. Peachum
Mr. Peachum is a central character in John Gay's satirical ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera," known as a corrupt thief-catcher who profits from turning in his own criminal associates.
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B.
Polly Peachum
Polly Peachum is a central heroine of John Gay's 18th-century ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera," known for her romantic involvement with the highwayman Macheath and her role in satirizing contemporary society.
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C.
Roger the Dodger
Roger the Dodger is the famed Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Roger Staubach, celebrated for his elusive scrambling ability and clutch performances with the Dallas Cowboys.
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D.
Mr. Furnival
Mr. Furnival is a prominent London barrister in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Orley Farm," known for his legal skill, social ambition, and complex personal life.
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E.
Hester Collyer
Hester Collyer is the emotionally tormented protagonist of Terence Rattigan’s play "The Deep Blue Sea," whose passionate but destructive love affair drives the story’s exploration of desire, despair, and postwar British society.
- 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: Mrs. Peachum Target entity description: Mrs. Peachum is a central character in John Gay’s ballad opera "The Beggar’s Opera," known as Polly Peachum’s sharp-tongued, scheming mother.
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A.
Mr. Peachum
Mr. Peachum is a central character in John Gay's satirical ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera," known as a corrupt thief-catcher who profits from turning in his own criminal associates.
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B.
Polly Peachum
Polly Peachum is a central heroine of John Gay's 18th-century ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera," known for her romantic involvement with the highwayman Macheath and her role in satirizing contemporary society.
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C.
Roger the Dodger
Roger the Dodger is the famed Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Roger Staubach, celebrated for his elusive scrambling ability and clutch performances with the Dallas Cowboys.
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D.
Mr. Furnival
Mr. Furnival is a prominent London barrister in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Orley Farm," known for his legal skill, social ambition, and complex personal life.
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E.
Hester Collyer
Hester Collyer is the emotionally tormented protagonist of Terence Rattigan’s play "The Deep Blue Sea," whose passionate but destructive love affair drives the story’s exploration of desire, despair, and postwar British society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
opera character ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Beggar’s Opera
ⓘ
linked to:
The Beggar's Opera
|
| associatedCharacter |
Macheath
ⓘ
Mr. Peachum ⓘ Polly Peachum ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
London underworld
ⓘ
informing on criminals ⓘ thievery ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
greedy
ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ pragmatic ⓘ scheming ⓘ sharp-tongued ⓘ |
| concernedWith | Polly Peachum’s marriage ⓘ |
| createdBy | John Gay ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| firstAppearance |
The Beggar’s Opera
ⓘ
linked to:
The Beggar's Opera
|
| firstPerformanceYear | 1728 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChild | Polly Peachum ⓘ |
| hasDaughter | Polly Peachum ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName |
Peachum
ⓘ
linked to:
Mrs. Peachum
|
| hasGivenName | unknown ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Polly Peachum ⓘ |
| hasRole |
central character
ⓘ
supporting antagonist ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Mr. Peachum ⓘ |
| inspiredCharacter |
Mrs. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera
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linked to:
Mrs. Peachum
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
comic figure
ⓘ
representative of corruption ⓘ satirical figure ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | English ⓘ |
| occupation | criminal associate ⓘ |
| opposes | Polly Peachum’s marriage to Macheath ⓘ |
| partOf | The Beggar’s Opera character list ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Threepenny Opera ⓘ |
| workAuthor | John Gay ⓘ |
| workGenre | ballad opera ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mrs. Peachum Description of subject: Mrs. Peachum is a central character in John Gay’s ballad opera "The Beggar’s Opera," known as Polly Peachum’s sharp-tongued, scheming mother.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mrs. Peachum
linked to: Mrs. Peachum