Jellaby
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Jellaby is a minor but memorable character in Tom Stoppard’s play "Arcadia," serving as the butler whose presence adds humor and helps frame the household’s social world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jellaby canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10595513 — 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: Jellaby Context triple: [Arcadia (play), hasCharacter, Jellaby]
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A.
Rabil
Rabil is a small town on the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde, known for its proximity to beaches, dunes, and the island’s airport.
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B.
Orabi
Orabi is a central Cairo Metro station on Line 1, located in downtown Cairo near major commercial and administrative areas.
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C.
Belqasim
Belqasim is a personal given name of Arabic origin, used primarily in North African and Middle Eastern cultures.
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D.
Jarrar
Jarrar is a Palestinian family name most prominently associated with politician and human rights advocate Khalida Jarrar.
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E.
Sallah
Sallah is a jovial, resourceful Egyptian excavator and close ally of Indiana Jones who helps him navigate dangerous archaeological 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: Jellaby Target entity description: Jellaby is a minor but memorable character in Tom Stoppard’s play "Arcadia," serving as the butler whose presence adds humor and helps frame the household’s social world.
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A.
Rabil
Rabil is a small town on the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde, known for its proximity to beaches, dunes, and the island’s airport.
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B.
Orabi
Orabi is a central Cairo Metro station on Line 1, located in downtown Cairo near major commercial and administrative areas.
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C.
Belqasim
Belqasim is a personal given name of Arabic origin, used primarily in North African and Middle Eastern cultures.
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D.
Jarrar
Jarrar is a Palestinian family name most prominently associated with politician and human rights advocate Khalida Jarrar.
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E.
Sallah
Sallah is a jovial, resourceful Egyptian excavator and close ally of Indiana Jones who helps him navigate dangerous archaeological adventures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
butler
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fictional character ⓘ supporting character ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Arcadia ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
class and social hierarchy
ⓘ
domestic life in an English country house ⓘ |
| characterType | servant ⓘ |
| countryOfWorkOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Tom Stoppard ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Arcadia (1993 stage play)
ⓘ
linked to:
Arcadia
|
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | drama ⓘ |
| humorContribution | adds humor through interactions with other characters ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | helps frame the household’s social world ⓘ |
| narrativeImpact | memorable presence ⓘ |
| occupation | butler ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse |
Arcadia (play)
ⓘ
linked to:
Arcadia (stage production)
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| relativeImportance | minor character ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
comic relief
ⓘ
framing character ⓘ |
| settingContext | Sidley Park household ⓘ |
| socialStatusInStory | domestic staff ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Tom Stoppard ⓘ |
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: Jellaby Description of subject: Jellaby is a minor but memorable character in Tom Stoppard’s play "Arcadia," serving as the butler whose presence adds humor and helps frame the household’s social world.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Arcadia (stage production)