“Skirmish at Sartoris”
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“Skirmish at Sartoris” is a William Faulkner short story set in Yoknapatawpha County that follows Bayard Sartoris and his family during the final days of the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| “Skirmish at Sartoris” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15622348 — 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: “Skirmish at Sartoris” Context triple: [Bayard Sartoris, appearsIn, “Skirmish at Sartoris”]
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A.
“The Battle for the Mississippi”
“The Battle for the Mississippi” is a poem by Herman Melville included in his Civil War collection *Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War*, reflecting on the strategic struggle for control of the Mississippi River.
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B.
Camp Jackson Affair
The Camp Jackson Affair was an 1861 Civil War–era confrontation in St. Louis where Union forces clashed with pro-Confederate Missouri militia, sparking deadly riots and intensifying sectional tensions in the border state.
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C.
The Battle of Alligator Hill
The Battle of Alligator Hill is a short story from James A. Michener’s Pulitzer Prize–winning collection "Tales of the South Pacific," set against the backdrop of World War II in the Pacific theater.
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D.
Wilson’s Patrol
Wilson’s Patrol refers to the ill-fated British South Africa Company patrol led by Major Allan Wilson that was annihilated during the 1893 Shangani Patrol incident in the First Matabele War.
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E.
Battle of the Tenth Milestone
The Battle of the Tenth Milestone was a 533 AD engagement near Carthage in which the Byzantine general Belisarius defeated the Vandal forces during Justinian I’s campaign to reconquer North Africa.
- 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: “Skirmish at Sartoris” Target entity description: “Skirmish at Sartoris” is a William Faulkner short story set in Yoknapatawpha County that follows Bayard Sartoris and his family during the final days of the American Civil War.
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A.
“The Battle for the Mississippi”
“The Battle for the Mississippi” is a poem by Herman Melville included in his Civil War collection *Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War*, reflecting on the strategic struggle for control of the Mississippi River.
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B.
Camp Jackson Affair
The Camp Jackson Affair was an 1861 Civil War–era confrontation in St. Louis where Union forces clashed with pro-Confederate Missouri militia, sparking deadly riots and intensifying sectional tensions in the border state.
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C.
The Battle of Alligator Hill
The Battle of Alligator Hill is a short story from James A. Michener’s Pulitzer Prize–winning collection "Tales of the South Pacific," set against the backdrop of World War II in the Pacific theater.
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D.
Wilson’s Patrol
Wilson’s Patrol refers to the ill-fated British South Africa Company patrol led by Major Allan Wilson that was annihilated during the 1893 Shangani Patrol incident in the First Matabele War.
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E.
Battle of the Tenth Milestone
The Battle of the Tenth Milestone was a 533 AD engagement near Carthage in which the Byzantine general Belisarius defeated the Vandal forces during Justinian I’s campaign to reconquer North Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.