Mr. Grierson
E1167929
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Mr. Grierson is the domineering patriarch of the Grierson family in William Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily,” whose rigid control shapes his daughter Emily’s isolated life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mr. Grierson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15622200 — 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: Mr. Grierson Context triple: [Grierson family, hasMember, Mr. Grierson]
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A.
Ned McCaslin
Ned McCaslin is a supporting character in William Faulkner’s novel "The Reivers," involved in the comic misadventures surrounding a stolen car and a trip from Mississippi to Memphis.
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B.
Blackford Oakes
Blackford Oakes is a fictional American CIA agent and Cold War spy created by William F. Buckley Jr.
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C.
Darl Bundren
Darl Bundren is a central, introspective and increasingly unstable member of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s novel *As I Lay Dying*, known for his fragmented narration and eventual descent into madness.
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D.
Edwin Epps
Edwin Epps is the brutal, sadistic plantation owner who enslaves Solomon Northup in the film and memoir "12 Years a Slave."
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E.
Jack Gladney
Jack Gladney is the middle-aged, anxiety-ridden professor who founded the academic field of Hitler studies and narrates Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise."
- 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: Mr. Grierson Target entity description: Mr. Grierson is the domineering patriarch of the Grierson family in William Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily,” whose rigid control shapes his daughter Emily’s isolated life.
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A.
Ned McCaslin
Ned McCaslin is a supporting character in William Faulkner’s novel "The Reivers," involved in the comic misadventures surrounding a stolen car and a trip from Mississippi to Memphis.
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B.
Blackford Oakes
Blackford Oakes is a fictional American CIA agent and Cold War spy created by William F. Buckley Jr.
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C.
Darl Bundren
Darl Bundren is a central, introspective and increasingly unstable member of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s novel *As I Lay Dying*, known for his fragmented narration and eventual descent into madness.
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D.
Edwin Epps
Edwin Epps is the brutal, sadistic plantation owner who enslaves Solomon Northup in the film and memoir "12 Years a Slave."
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E.
Jack Gladney
Jack Gladney is the middle-aged, anxiety-ridden professor who founded the academic field of Hitler studies and narrates Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.