Peto
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Peto is a minor companion of Sir John Falstaff and Prince Hal in Shakespeare’s Henry IV plays, often depicted as a comic, roguish follower involved in their tavern escapades.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peto canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T504710 — 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: Peto Context triple: [The Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap, associatedWithCharacter, Peto]
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A.
Peters
Peters is a set of early United States Supreme Court case reports compiled by Richard Peters, later incorporated into the official United States Reports.
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B.
Blatch
Blatch is the surname of Nora Stanton Blatch, an early 20th-century American civil engineer, suffragist, and women's rights activist.
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C.
Parbold
Parbold is a village in Lancashire, England, known for its scenic setting near the River Douglas and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
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D.
Niton
Niton is a coastal village on the southern tip of the Isle of Wight in England, known for its scenic cliffs and rural character.
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E.
Pugh
Pugh is a surname most prominently associated with English actress Florence Pugh, known for her acclaimed performances in films such as "Midsommar" and "Little Women."
- 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: Peto Target entity description: Peto is a minor companion of Sir John Falstaff and Prince Hal in Shakespeare’s Henry IV plays, often depicted as a comic, roguish follower involved in their tavern escapades.
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A.
Peters
Peters is a set of early United States Supreme Court case reports compiled by Richard Peters, later incorporated into the official United States Reports.
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B.
Blatch
Blatch is the surname of Nora Stanton Blatch, an early 20th-century American civil engineer, suffragist, and women's rights activist.
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C.
Parbold
Parbold is a village in Lancashire, England, known for its scenic setting near the River Douglas and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
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D.
Niton
Niton is a coastal village on the southern tip of the Isle of Wight in England, known for its scenic cliffs and rural character.
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E.
Pugh
Pugh is a surname most prominently associated with English actress Florence Pugh, known for her acclaimed performances in films such as "Midsommar" and "Little Women."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean character
ⓘ
comic character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Henry IV, Part 1
ⓘ
Henry IV, Part 2 ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bardolph
ⓘ
Poins ⓘ Prince Hal ⓘ Sir John Falstaff ⓘ |
| characterAlignment | petty criminal ⓘ |
| characterType |
roguish follower
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tavern companion ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Kingdom of England (fictional setting)
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of England
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| createdBy | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Shakespeare’s Henriad
ⓘ
linked to:
The Hollow Crown
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| firstAppearance | Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ |
| genre | history play ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | English Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| loyalty | Falstaff’s circle ⓘ |
| medium | stage drama ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement in robbery episode at Gadshill
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participation in comic tavern scenes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Falstaff’s gang
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir John Falstaff
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| relatedWork |
Henry V (Falstaff’s circle referenced)
ⓘ
linked to:
Henry IV, Part 1
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| roleInNarrative | minor companion of Falstaff and Prince Hal ⓘ |
| settingAssociatedWith |
Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap
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linked to:
The Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap
|
| socialClass | commoner ⓘ |
| speechRole | supporting comic relief ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | reign of Henry IV of England ⓘ |
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: Peto Description of subject: Peto is a minor companion of Sir John Falstaff and Prince Hal in Shakespeare’s Henry IV plays, often depicted as a comic, roguish follower involved in their tavern escapades.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.