The Dog of the South
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The Dog of the South is a comic novel by Charles Portis that follows a hapless narrator on a meandering road trip from Arkansas to Central America in pursuit of his runaway wife and car.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Dog of the South canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13003184 — 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: The Dog of the South Context triple: [Charles Portis, notableWork, The Dog of the South]
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A.
The Twa Dogs
The Twa Dogs is a satirical poem by Robert Burns in which two dogs discuss and contrast the lives of the rich and the poor in 18th-century Scotland.
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B.
A Boy and His Dog
A Boy and His Dog is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novella best known for its darkly satirical portrayal of a telepathic bond between a boy and his dog as they struggle to survive in a devastated future America.
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C.
Cujo
Cujo is a horror novel by Stephen King about a rabid dog terrorizing a small-town family.
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D.
The Dog Pound
The Dog Pound is the passionate student cheering section known for creating an energetic home-ice atmosphere at Boston University Terriers men's hockey games.
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E.
White Man’s Dog
White Man’s Dog is the young Blackfeet protagonist of James Welch’s novel "Fools Crow," whose coming-of-age journey unfolds amid the cultural and historical upheavals facing his people in the late 19th century.
- 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: The Dog of the South Target entity description: The Dog of the South is a comic novel by Charles Portis that follows a hapless narrator on a meandering road trip from Arkansas to Central America in pursuit of his runaway wife and car.
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A.
The Twa Dogs
The Twa Dogs is a satirical poem by Robert Burns in which two dogs discuss and contrast the lives of the rich and the poor in 18th-century Scotland.
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B.
A Boy and His Dog
A Boy and His Dog is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novella best known for its darkly satirical portrayal of a telepathic bond between a boy and his dog as they struggle to survive in a devastated future America.
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C.
Cujo
Cujo is a horror novel by Stephen King about a rabid dog terrorizing a small-town family.
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D.
The Dog Pound
The Dog Pound is the passionate student cheering section known for creating an energetic home-ice atmosphere at Boston University Terriers men's hockey games.
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E.
White Man’s Dog
White Man’s Dog is the young Blackfeet protagonist of James Welch’s novel "Fools Crow," whose coming-of-age journey unfolds amid the cultural and historical upheavals facing his people in the late 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | Charles Portis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followedByInAuthorOeuvre | Masters of Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsInAuthorOeuvre |
Norwood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
True Grit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
ⓘ
picaresque novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Dr. Reo Symes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guy Dupree NERFINISHED ⓘ Norma Midge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780394506520 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
displacement
ⓘ
journey ⓘ pursuit ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | Ray Midge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | Named after a bus line called the Dog of the South in the story ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | standalone novel ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern American fiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
deadpan humor
ⓘ
understated comedy ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ray Midge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | road trip ⓘ |
| notableFor |
idiosyncratic dialogue
ⓘ
offbeat characters ⓘ |
| partOf | Charles Portis bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man pursues his runaway wife and his stolen car on a meandering road trip from Arkansas to Central America. ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | hapless narrator ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting |
Arkansas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central America NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
American road culture
ⓘ
comic misadventure ⓘ failure ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Dog of the South Description of subject: The Dog of the South is a comic novel by Charles Portis that follows a hapless narrator on a meandering road trip from Arkansas to Central America in pursuit of his runaway wife and car.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.