Mr Mulliner stories

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humorous fiction short story cycle work by P. G. Wodehouse

The Mr Mulliner stories are a series of humorous short tales by P. G. Wodehouse in which the garrulous Mr Mulliner recounts the absurd misadventures of his extensive family, often set in English country and clubland milieus.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Mr Mulliner	23
Mr Mulliner stories canonical	5
Mr Mulliner universe	3
Meet Mr Mulliner	1
Mr Mulliner Speaking	1
Mr Mulliner canon	1
Mulliner Nights	1
Mulliner stories	1
Wodehouse Mulliner universe	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T216169 — 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: Mr Mulliner stories
Context triple: [P. G. Wodehouse, notableWork, Mr Mulliner stories]

A. The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
B. The Eustace Diamonds
The Eustace Diamonds is a Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that satirically explores greed, social ambition, and moral ambiguity through the controversy surrounding a disputed family heirloom.
C. Blandings Castle series
The Blandings Castle series is a collection of comic novels and stories by P. G. Wodehouse centered on the amiably absent-minded Lord Emsworth, his eccentric family, and the idyllic Shropshire estate of Blandings Castle.
D. 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.
E. Psmith series
The Psmith series is a collection of humorous novels and stories by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the charming, unflappable, and loquacious character Rupert Psmith in various comic adventures.
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: Mr Mulliner stories
Target entity description: The Mr Mulliner stories are a series of humorous short tales by P. G. Wodehouse in which the garrulous Mr Mulliner recounts the absurd misadventures of his extensive family, often set in English country and clubland milieus.

A. The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
B. The Eustace Diamonds
The Eustace Diamonds is a Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that satirically explores greed, social ambition, and moral ambiguity through the controversy surrounding a disputed family heirloom.
C. Blandings Castle series
The Blandings Castle series is a collection of comic novels and stories by P. G. Wodehouse centered on the amiably absent-minded Lord Emsworth, his eccentric family, and the idyllic Shropshire estate of Blandings Castle.
D. 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.
E. Psmith series
The Psmith series is a collection of humorous novels and stories by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the charming, unflappable, and loquacious character Rupert Psmith in various comic adventures.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	humorous fiction ⓘ short story cycle ⓘ work by P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ
author	P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationMedium	magazines ⓘ
frameDevice	Mr Mulliner recounts family anecdotes ⓘ
genre	comic fiction ⓘ humour ⓘ
hasCharacter	members of the Mulliner family ⓘ
hasCollection	Meet Mr Mulliner ⓘ linked to: Mr Mulliner stories Mr Mulliner Speaking ⓘ linked to: Mr Mulliner stories Mulliner Nights ⓘ linked to: Mr Mulliner stories
hasProtagonistOccupation	storyteller in a pub ⓘ
hasWork	Came the Dawn ⓘ Honeysuckle Cottage ⓘ Open House ⓘ The Bishop’s Move ⓘ The Code of the Mulliners ⓘ The Reverent Wooing of Archibald ⓘ The Story of William ⓘ The Truth About George ⓘ The Voice from the Past ⓘ Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court ⓘ
influencedBy	Edwardian and interwar British society ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryTradition	British comic short stories ⓘ
mainCharacter	Mr Mulliner ⓘ linked to: Mr Mulliner stories
narrativeForm	frame narrative ⓘ
notableMagazine	Cosmopolitan ⓘ linked to: Cosmopolitan magazine Liberty ⓘ The Strand Magazine ⓘ
partOf	P. G. Wodehouse canon ⓘ linked to: P. G. Wodehouse universe
periodOfPublication	1920s ⓘ 1930s ⓘ
recurringLocation	Anglers’ Rest ⓘ
recurringMotif	eccentric relatives ⓘ implausible but earnest boasting ⓘ
setting	English countryside ⓘ London clubland ⓘ
style	comic exaggeration ⓘ verbal wit ⓘ
targetAudience	adult readers ⓘ
tone	light-hearted ⓘ
typicalTheme	farce ⓘ romantic entanglements ⓘ social satire ⓘ

How these facts were elicited