Will Mayes
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Will Mayes is a Black laborer in William Faulkner’s short story "Dry September," whose false accusation and subsequent victimization expose the brutal racism and mob violence of the Jim Crow South.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Will Mayes canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21435258 — 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: Will Mayes Context triple: [Dry September, protagonist, Will Mayes]
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A.
Gary Mayse
Gary Mayse is a baseball executive best known for serving as the general manager of the minor league Dayton Dragons.
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B.
David May
David May was an American businessman best known as the founder of the May Department Stores Company, which grew into one of the largest department store chains in the United States.
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C.
David May
David May is a British computer scientist best known for designing the transputer architecture and leading the development of the Occam concurrent programming language.
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D.
Dennis Wilkey
Dennis Wilkey is a songwriter best known for co-writing the lyrics to Grace Jones's hit song "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)."
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E.
Chris Mays
Chris Mays is a person after whom the dinosaur genus Utahraptor was named, indicating a notable contribution to its discovery or study.
- 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: Will Mayes Target entity description: Will Mayes is a Black laborer in William Faulkner’s short story "Dry September," whose false accusation and subsequent victimization expose the brutal racism and mob violence of the Jim Crow South.
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A.
Gary Mayse
Gary Mayse is a baseball executive best known for serving as the general manager of the minor league Dayton Dragons.
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B.
David May
David May was an American businessman best known as the founder of the May Department Stores Company, which grew into one of the largest department store chains in the United States.
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C.
David May
David May is a British computer scientist best known for designing the transputer architecture and leading the development of the Occam concurrent programming language.
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D.
Dennis Wilkey
Dennis Wilkey is a songwriter best known for co-writing the lyrics to Grace Jones's hit song "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)."
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E.
Chris Mays
Chris Mays is a person after whom the dinosaur genus Utahraptor was named, indicating a notable contribution to its discovery or study.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.