Drusilla
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Drusilla is a central character in William Faulkner’s novel "The Unvanquished," known for her unconventional, defiant behavior and complex role in the American South during and after the Civil War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Drusilla canonical | 2 |
| Drusilla Hawk Sartoris | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6596087 — 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: Drusilla Context triple: [The Unvanquished, mainCharacter, Drusilla]
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A.
Drusilla
Drusilla was a Roman noblewoman of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, best known as the beloved sister of Emperor Caligula and a prominent figure in accounts of his controversial reign.
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B.
Helena Swanwick
Helena Swanwick was a British feminist, journalist, and prominent pacifist campaigner active in the early 20th century peace and suffrage movements.
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C.
Drusilla of Judea
Drusilla of Judea was a 1st-century princess of the Herodian royal family, known as the daughter of Herod Agrippa I and for her marriage to the Roman procurator Antonius Felix.
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D.
Vigo the Carpathian
Vigo the Carpathian is the malevolent 16th-century tyrant-turned-painting-bound spirit who serves as the primary supernatural antagonist in the film Ghostbusters II.
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E.
Ericka Van Helsing
Ericka Van Helsing is a central character in the Hotel Transylvania animated film series, known as the adventurous and initially monster-hunting love interest of Dracula in Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.
- 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: Drusilla Target entity description: Drusilla is a central character in William Faulkner’s novel "The Unvanquished," known for her unconventional, defiant behavior and complex role in the American South during and after the Civil War.
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A.
Drusilla
Drusilla was a Roman noblewoman of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, best known as the beloved sister of Emperor Caligula and a prominent figure in accounts of his controversial reign.
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B.
Helena Swanwick
Helena Swanwick was a British feminist, journalist, and prominent pacifist campaigner active in the early 20th century peace and suffrage movements.
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C.
Drusilla of Judea
Drusilla of Judea was a 1st-century princess of the Herodian royal family, known as the daughter of Herod Agrippa I and for her marriage to the Roman procurator Antonius Felix.
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D.
Vigo the Carpathian
Vigo the Carpathian is the malevolent 16th-century tyrant-turned-painting-bound spirit who serves as the primary supernatural antagonist in the film Ghostbusters II.
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E.
Ericka Van Helsing
Ericka Van Helsing is a central character in the Hotel Transylvania animated film series, known as the adventurous and initially monster-hunting love interest of Dracula in Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Unvanquished ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| associatedWithFamily | Sartoris family ⓘ |
| characterRole | central character ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
defiant
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independent ⓘ nonconformist ⓘ unconventional ⓘ |
| createdBy | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation |
American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| fictionalTimePeriod |
American Civil War
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Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Southern Gothic
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modernist literature ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
challenges traditional gender roles
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embodies social change in the postwar South ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
Southern identity
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gender roles ⓘ honor and duty ⓘ individual versus society ⓘ war and its aftermath ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| workSettingRegion | Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ |
| workSettingState | Mississippi ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Drusilla Description of subject: Drusilla is a central character in William Faulkner’s novel "The Unvanquished," known for her unconventional, defiant behavior and complex role in the American South during and after the Civil War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Drusilla