Falstaff’s company
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Falstaff’s company is the ragtag band of disreputable followers and drinking companions who surround Sir John Falstaff in Shakespeare’s history plays.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Falstaff’s companions | 1 |
| Falstaff’s company canonical | 1 |
| Falstaff’s entourage | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2893985 — 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: Falstaff’s company Context triple: [Bardolph, allegiance, Falstaff’s company]
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A.
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that follows the humorous misadventures of Sir John Falstaff as he is outwitted by two clever married women in the English town of Windsor.
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B.
Sir John Falstaff
Sir John Falstaff is a famously comic, roguish knight from Shakespeare’s history plays, known for his wit, cowardice, and love of drink and mischief.
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C.
Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that satirizes courtly love and intellectual pretension through witty wordplay and romantic misadventures.
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D.
Stow Bardolph
Stow Bardolph is a rural village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, known for its historic church, country estate, and traditional English countryside setting.
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E.
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that centers on mistaken identities, romantic entanglements, and themes of gender and disguise.
- 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: Falstaff’s company Target entity description: Falstaff’s company is the ragtag band of disreputable followers and drinking companions who surround Sir John Falstaff in Shakespeare’s history plays.
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A.
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that follows the humorous misadventures of Sir John Falstaff as he is outwitted by two clever married women in the English town of Windsor.
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B.
Sir John Falstaff
Sir John Falstaff is a famously comic, roguish knight from Shakespeare’s history plays, known for his wit, cowardice, and love of drink and mischief.
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C.
Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that satirizes courtly love and intellectual pretension through witty wordplay and romantic misadventures.
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D.
Stow Bardolph
Stow Bardolph is a rural village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, known for its historic church, country estate, and traditional English countryside setting.
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E.
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that centers on mistaken identities, romantic entanglements, and themes of gender and disguise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatic character group
ⓘ
fictional group ⓘ supporting characters ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Henry IV, Part 1
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Henry IV, Part 2 ⓘ The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
King Henry IV
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linked to:
1 Henry IV
Prince Hal ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap
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linked to:
The Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| characteristic |
comic
ⓘ
cowardly in battle ⓘ disreputable ⓘ hard-drinking ⓘ ragtag ⓘ |
| createdBy | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| engagesIn |
drinking
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tavern brawls ⓘ thievery ⓘ witty banter ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Bardolph
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Doll Tearsheet ⓘ Gadshill ⓘ Mistress Quickly ⓘ Nym ⓘ Peto ⓘ Pistol ⓘ Poins ⓘ Sir John Falstaff ⓘ various unnamed drawers and tapsters ⓘ |
| influences | later depictions of comic soldiers ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | history play ⓘ |
| nationalContextInFiction | England ⓘ |
| relatedTheme |
cowardice
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friendship ⓘ honor ⓘ social class ⓘ tavern life ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
comic relief
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foil to courtly honor ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | reign of Henry IV of England ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Falstaff’s company Description of subject: Falstaff’s company is the ragtag band of disreputable followers and drinking companions who surround Sir John Falstaff in Shakespeare’s history plays.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Falstaff’s company