Temple Drake
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Temple Drake is a central, controversial female character in William Faulkner’s fiction, best known as the traumatized, morally complex protagonist of his novel *Sanctuary*.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Temple Drake canonical | 7 |
| Temple Drake – Miriam Hopkins | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5532154 — 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: Temple Drake Context triple: [Sanctuary, notableCharacter, Temple Drake]
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A.
Lucinda Ballard
Lucinda Ballard was an American costume designer renowned for her work in theater, ballet, and film, and a pioneer in modern stage costume design.
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B.
Ruby Gentry
Ruby Gentry is a 1952 American melodrama film directed by King Vidor, starring Jennifer Jones as a poor Southern woman whose passionate love and social struggles lead to tragedy.
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C.
Dinah Drake
Dinah Drake is a Golden Age DC Comics superhero best known as the original Black Canary and a founding-era member of the Justice Society of America.
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D.
Aileen Marlowe
Aileen Marlowe was the wife of American film and television actor Hugh Marlowe.
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E.
Vivian Burnett
Vivian Burnett was the son of British-American novelist Frances Hodgson Burnett, known primarily in relation to his mother's life and work.
- 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: Temple Drake Target entity description: Temple Drake is a central, controversial female character in William Faulkner’s fiction, best known as the traumatized, morally complex protagonist of his novel *Sanctuary*.
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A.
Lucinda Ballard
Lucinda Ballard was an American costume designer renowned for her work in theater, ballet, and film, and a pioneer in modern stage costume design.
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B.
Ruby Gentry
Ruby Gentry is a 1952 American melodrama film directed by King Vidor, starring Jennifer Jones as a poor Southern woman whose passionate love and social struggles lead to tragedy.
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C.
Dinah Drake
Dinah Drake is a Golden Age DC Comics superhero best known as the original Black Canary and a founding-era member of the Justice Society of America.
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D.
Aileen Marlowe
Aileen Marlowe was the wife of American film and television actor Hugh Marlowe.
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E.
Vivian Burnett
Vivian Burnett was the son of British-American novelist Frances Hodgson Burnett, known primarily in relation to his mother's life and work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | film "The Story of Temple Drake" (1933) ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Requiem for a Nun
ⓘ
Sanctuary ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
Southern Gothic fiction
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Gothic
crime novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
class and privilege in the American South
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law, justice, and complicity ⓘ patriarchy and gender violence ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
corruption of innocence
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guilt ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ sexual violence ⓘ |
| characterIn |
the Yoknapatawpha County saga
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linked to:
Yoknapatawpha saga
|
| createdByCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| familyName | Drake ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | novel "Sanctuary" (1931) ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Temple ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | major character in Faulkner’s oeuvre ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
controversial
ⓘ
morally complex ⓘ sexually exploited ⓘ socially privileged ⓘ traumatized ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterAppearance |
novel "Requiem for a Nun" (1951)
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linked to:
Requiem for a Nun
|
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Southern Gothic ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodiment of corrupted innocence
ⓘ
focus of moral ambiguity in "Sanctuary" ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| occupation | college student ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Miriam Hopkins ⓘ |
| relative | Judge Drake ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
central character in "Requiem for a Nun"
ⓘ
protagonist of the novel "Sanctuary" ⓘ |
| settingOfLife |
American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Southern Gothic criticism
ⓘ
feminist literary criticism ⓘ film adaptation "The Story of Temple Drake" ⓘ
linked to:
The Story of Temple Drake
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Temple Drake Description of subject: Temple Drake is a central, controversial female character in William Faulkner’s fiction, best known as the traumatized, morally complex protagonist of his novel *Sanctuary*.
Referenced by (8)
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linked to: Temple Drake