Ab Snopes
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Ab Snopes is a recurring character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County stories, often depicted as a poor, resentful sharecropper and arsonist whose actions embody themes of class conflict and moral corruption.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ab Snopes canonical | 4 |
| Abner Snopes | 1 |
| Colonel Sartoris Snopes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15621983 — 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: Ab Snopes Context triple: [Snopes family, hasMember, Ab Snopes]
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A.
Flem Snopes
Flem Snopes is a cunning, opportunistic antihero in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County saga, known for his ruthless social climbing and moral ambiguity.
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B.
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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C.
Stepin Fetchit
Stepin Fetchit was the stage name of Lincoln Perry, an American actor and comedian known as Hollywood’s first Black film star, whose career was marked by controversy over his portrayal of racist stereotypes.
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D.
Addie Bundren
Addie Bundren is the deceased matriarch of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s Southern Gothic novel, whose death and complex inner life drive the story’s exploration of identity, suffering, and family.
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E.
Linda Snopes
Linda Snopes is a central character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County saga, known as a member of the Snopes family whose life reflects the social and moral upheavals of the American South.
- 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: Ab Snopes Target entity description: Ab Snopes is a recurring character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County stories, often depicted as a poor, resentful sharecropper and arsonist whose actions embody themes of class conflict and moral corruption.
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A.
Flem Snopes
Flem Snopes is a cunning, opportunistic antihero in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County saga, known for his ruthless social climbing and moral ambiguity.
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B.
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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C.
Stepin Fetchit
Stepin Fetchit was the stage name of Lincoln Perry, an American actor and comedian known as Hollywood’s first Black film star, whose career was marked by controversy over his portrayal of racist stereotypes.
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D.
Addie Bundren
Addie Bundren is the deceased matriarch of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s Southern Gothic novel, whose death and complex inner life drive the story’s exploration of identity, suffering, and family.
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E.
Linda Snopes
Linda Snopes is a central character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County saga, known as a member of the Snopes family whose life reflects the social and moral upheavals of the American South.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ab Snopes
linked to: Ab Snopes