Colonel John Sartoris
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Colonel John Sartoris is a recurring William Faulkner character, a Confederate officer and patriarch of the Sartoris family who embodies the Old South’s honor, violence, and fading aristocratic values.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colonel John Sartoris canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15621846 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colonel John Sartoris Context triple: [Flags in the Dust, featuresCharacter, Colonel John Sartoris]
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A.
Bayard Sartoris
Bayard Sartoris is a recurring member of the Sartoris family in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County saga, often embodying themes of Southern honor, decay, and the burden of family legacy.
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B.
William Barksdale
William Barksdale was a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, noted for his aggressive leadership and prominent role in major battles such as Gettysburg.
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C.
Beauregard Decker
Beauregard Decker is a fictional character from the stage play "Bus Stop," typically portrayed as a central figure whose interactions drive much of the drama and humor in the story.
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D.
Colonel Crittendon
Colonel Crittendon is a bumbling, overconfident British officer character from the World War II sitcom "Hogan's Heroes," known for repeatedly disrupting the protagonists' covert operations.
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E.
Walker K. Harmon
Walker K. Harmon was a U.S. military officer who commanded Allied forces during the World War II Battle of San Pietro Infine in Italy.
- 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: Colonel John Sartoris Target entity description: Colonel John Sartoris is a recurring William Faulkner character, a Confederate officer and patriarch of the Sartoris family who embodies the Old South’s honor, violence, and fading aristocratic values.
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A.
Bayard Sartoris
Bayard Sartoris is a recurring member of the Sartoris family in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County saga, often embodying themes of Southern honor, decay, and the burden of family legacy.
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B.
William Barksdale
William Barksdale was a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, noted for his aggressive leadership and prominent role in major battles such as Gettysburg.
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C.
Beauregard Decker
Beauregard Decker is a fictional character from the stage play "Bus Stop," typically portrayed as a central figure whose interactions drive much of the drama and humor in the story.
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D.
Colonel Crittendon
Colonel Crittendon is a bumbling, overconfident British officer character from the World War II sitcom "Hogan's Heroes," known for repeatedly disrupting the protagonists' covert operations.
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E.
Walker K. Harmon
Walker K. Harmon was a U.S. military officer who commanded Allied forces during the World War II Battle of San Pietro Infine in Italy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
“Ambuscade”
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“Raid”
subject linked to:
“Riposte in Tertio”
subject linked to:
“An Odor of Verbena”