Sedleigh (fictional school)
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Sedleigh is a fictional English public school featured in P. G. Wodehouse’s stories, notably as the setting for the schoolboy adventures of characters like Mike Jackson.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sedleigh (fictional school) canonical | 1 |
| Sedleigh school | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6634721 — 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: Sedleigh (fictional school) Context triple: [Mike Jackson, education, Sedleigh (fictional school)]
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A.
Thornden School
Thornden School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status located in Chandler’s Ford, Hampshire, England.
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B.
Plumfield Estate School
Plumfield Estate School is the progressive, coeducational New England school run by Jo and Fritz Bhaer in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "Little Men," where former misfit boys are nurtured through kindness, creativity, and moral guidance.
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C.
The Radclyffe School
The Radclyffe School is a coeducational secondary school located in Chadderton, Greater Manchester, serving students from the local area.
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D.
Magnaura School
Magnaura School was a prestigious educational institution in Constantinople associated with the Byzantine imperial court and higher learning.
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E.
Kingswood School for Girls
Kingswood School for Girls is a historic girls’ school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, renowned for its landmark modernist campus architecture by Finnish-American architect Eliel Saarinen.
- 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: Sedleigh (fictional school) Target entity description: Sedleigh is a fictional English public school featured in P. G. Wodehouse’s stories, notably as the setting for the schoolboy adventures of characters like Mike Jackson.
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A.
Thornden School
Thornden School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status located in Chandler’s Ford, Hampshire, England.
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B.
Plumfield Estate School
Plumfield Estate School is the progressive, coeducational New England school run by Jo and Fritz Bhaer in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "Little Men," where former misfit boys are nurtured through kindness, creativity, and moral guidance.
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C.
The Radclyffe School
The Radclyffe School is a coeducational secondary school located in Chadderton, Greater Manchester, serving students from the local area.
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D.
Magnaura School
Magnaura School was a prestigious educational institution in Constantinople associated with the Byzantine imperial court and higher learning.
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E.
Kingswood School for Girls
Kingswood School for Girls is a historic girls’ school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, renowned for its landmark modernist campus architecture by Finnish-American architect Eliel Saarinen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fictional school ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Mike
ⓘ
Mike and Psmith ⓘ The Gold Bat ⓘ The Pothunters ⓘ The White Feather ⓘ Various P. G. Wodehouse school stories ⓘ
linked to:
P. G. Wodehouse bibliography
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| appearsInWorkOf | P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| createdBy | P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ |
| educationLevel | secondary school ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceApproximate | early 20th century P. G. Wodehouse school stories ⓘ |
| genre |
comic fiction
ⓘ
school story ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
cricket
ⓘ
house competitions ⓘ rugby football ⓘ |
| hasFictionalCharacter |
Adair
ⓘ
Jellicoe ⓘ Mike Jackson ⓘ Mr. Downing ⓘ Mr. Outwood ⓘ Psmith ⓘ
linked to:
Psmith series
Robinson ⓘ Stone ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
friendship
ⓘ
humour ⓘ schoolboy life ⓘ sports and games ⓘ |
| inUniverseFeature |
cricket pavilion
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masters and form rooms ⓘ multiple school houses ⓘ playing fields ⓘ school chapel ⓘ |
| inUniverseFunction | place where Mike Jackson is sent after leaving Wrykyn ⓘ |
| languageOfFictionalSetting | English ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
backdrop for early Psmith stories
ⓘ
primary setting for Mike Jackson’s school adventures ⓘ |
| relatedFictionalInstitution | Wrykyn School ⓘ |
| relatedFictionalUniverse |
P. G. Wodehouse school stories universe
ⓘ
linked to:
P. G. Wodehouse universe
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| schoolType | English public school ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sedleigh (fictional school) Description of subject: Sedleigh is a fictional English public school featured in P. G. Wodehouse’s stories, notably as the setting for the schoolboy adventures of characters like Mike Jackson.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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