Pène Du Bois
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Pène Du Bois is a French-origin surname notably associated with artists and designers, including American costume and scenic designer Raoul Pène Du Bois.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pène Du Bois canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20487951 — 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: Pène Du Bois Context triple: [Raoul Pène Du Bois, familyName, Pène Du Bois]
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A.
Isaac McCaslin
Isaac McCaslin is a central character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known as the morally reflective heir who grapples with his family’s legacy of slavery and land ownership in the novel "Go Down, Moses."
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B.
Cornelius Suttree
Cornelius Suttree is the disillusioned, self-exiled protagonist of Cormac McCarthy’s novel "Suttree," living on the margins of Knoxville society in the early 1950s.
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C.
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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D.
Dewey Dell Bundren
Dewey Dell Bundren is a central character in William Faulkner’s novel *As I Lay Dying*, a young, pregnant daughter in the Bundren family whose inner turmoil and limited agency highlight themes of isolation, gender, and desperation in the rural American South.
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E.
Gus Esmond
Gus Esmond is the wealthy suitor of showgirl Lorelei Lee in Anita Loos’s novel and its adaptations, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
- 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: Pène Du Bois Target entity description: Pène Du Bois is a French-origin surname notably associated with artists and designers, including American costume and scenic designer Raoul Pène Du Bois.
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A.
Isaac McCaslin
Isaac McCaslin is a central character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known as the morally reflective heir who grapples with his family’s legacy of slavery and land ownership in the novel "Go Down, Moses."
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B.
Cornelius Suttree
Cornelius Suttree is the disillusioned, self-exiled protagonist of Cormac McCarthy’s novel "Suttree," living on the margins of Knoxville society in the early 1950s.
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C.
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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D.
Dewey Dell Bundren
Dewey Dell Bundren is a central character in William Faulkner’s novel *As I Lay Dying*, a young, pregnant daughter in the Bundren family whose inner turmoil and limited agency highlight themes of isolation, gender, and desperation in the rural American South.
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E.
Gus Esmond
Gus Esmond is the wealthy suitor of showgirl Lorelei Lee in Anita Loos’s novel and its adaptations, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.