“Mule in the Yard”
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“Mule in the Yard” is a comic short story by William Faulkner, set in his fictional Yoknapatawpha County and centered on the misadventures of a stubborn mule and the people it bedevils.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| “Mule in the Yard” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21447548 — 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: “Mule in the Yard” Context triple: [Frenchman’s Bend, appearsInWork, “Mule in the Yard”]
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A.
Hold My Mule
"Hold My Mule" is a popular gospel song and sermon performance by Shirley Caesar, known for its storytelling style and enduring influence in contemporary church and gospel culture.
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B.
Mule Day
Mule Day is an annual celebration in Columbia, Tennessee, featuring parades, mule shows, and related festivities that honor the region’s historic reliance on mules.
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C.
Get Behind the Mule
"Get Behind the Mule" is a blues-influenced, lyrically surreal song by Tom Waits from his acclaimed album Mule Variations.
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D.
Pure Mule
Pure Mule is an acclaimed Irish television drama series that portrays the intertwined lives and struggles of young adults in a rural midlands town.
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E.
“The Kinkajou”
“The Kinkajou” is a musical number featured in the 1927 Broadway musical comedy *Rio Rita*.
- 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: “Mule in the Yard” Target entity description: “Mule in the Yard” is a comic short story by William Faulkner, set in his fictional Yoknapatawpha County and centered on the misadventures of a stubborn mule and the people it bedevils.
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A.
Hold My Mule
"Hold My Mule" is a popular gospel song and sermon performance by Shirley Caesar, known for its storytelling style and enduring influence in contemporary church and gospel culture.
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B.
Mule Day
Mule Day is an annual celebration in Columbia, Tennessee, featuring parades, mule shows, and related festivities that honor the region’s historic reliance on mules.
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C.
Get Behind the Mule
"Get Behind the Mule" is a blues-influenced, lyrically surreal song by Tom Waits from his acclaimed album Mule Variations.
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D.
Pure Mule
Pure Mule is an acclaimed Irish television drama series that portrays the intertwined lives and struggles of young adults in a rural midlands town.
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E.
“The Kinkajou”
“The Kinkajou” is a musical number featured in the 1927 Broadway musical comedy *Rio Rita*.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.