Leave It to Psmith
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Leave It to Psmith is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the charming, resourceful Psmith embroiled in romantic mix-ups and jewel-stealing escapades at Blandings Castle.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leave It to Psmith canonical | 15 |
| Leave it to Psmith | 1 |
| Psmith is resourceful | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T216170 — 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: Leave It to Psmith Context triple: [P. G. Wodehouse, notableWork, Leave It to Psmith]
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A.
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.
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B.
Mr Mulliner stories
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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C.
The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now is a satirical Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that critiques the greed, corruption, and social pretensions of 19th-century British society.
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D.
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.
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E.
Jeeves
Jeeves is the famously unflappable and supremely competent valet who serves as the central comic foil and problem-solver in P. G. Wodehouse’s stories about Bertie Wooster.
- 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: Leave It to Psmith Target entity description: Leave It to Psmith is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the charming, resourceful Psmith embroiled in romantic mix-ups and jewel-stealing escapades at Blandings Castle.
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A.
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.
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B.
Mr Mulliner stories
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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C.
The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now is a satirical Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that critiques the greed, corruption, and social pretensions of 19th-century British society.
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D.
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.
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E.
Jeeves
Jeeves is the famously unflappable and supremely competent valet who serves as the central comic foil and problem-solver in P. G. Wodehouse’s stories about Bertie Wooster.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ |
| containsElement |
country house comedy
ⓘ
imposture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Eve Halliday
ⓘ
Freddie Threepwood ⓘ Lady Constance Keeble ⓘ Lord Emsworth ⓘ Psmith ⓘ
linked to:
Rupert Psmith
Rupert Baxter ⓘ |
| featuresLocation | Blandings Castle ⓘ |
| featuresMotive | stolen necklace ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
comic fiction
ⓘ
humour ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptation
ⓘ
stage adaptation ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| hasLength | novel-length work ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
farce
ⓘ
romantic comedy of manners ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience |
adult readers
ⓘ
general readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
jewel theft
ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century British comic fiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | light comic prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacterTrait |
Psmith is charming
ⓘ
linked to:
Psmith series
Psmith is resourceful ⓘ
linked to:
Leave It to Psmith
|
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of Blandings Castle setting with Psmith character
ⓘ
witty dialogue ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| partOf | Blandings Castle canon ⓘ |
| prequel | Something Fresh ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| publisher | Herbert Jenkins ⓘ |
| sequel | Summer Lightning ⓘ |
| series |
Blandings Castle stories
ⓘ
linked to:
Blandings Castle series
|
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | post-World War I era ⓘ |
| workInSeriesNumber | second Blandings Castle novel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Leave It to Psmith Description of subject: Leave It to Psmith is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the charming, resourceful Psmith embroiled in romantic mix-ups and jewel-stealing escapades at Blandings Castle.
Referenced by (17)
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