“An Odor of Verbena”
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“An Odor of Verbena” is a concluding short story by William Faulkner that explores themes of honor, memory, and the lingering legacy of the American South.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| “An Odor of Verbena” canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “An Odor of Verbena” Context triple: [The Unvanquished, hasPart, “An Odor of Verbena”]
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A.
Hothouse Flower
Hothouse Flower is a bestselling historical fiction novel by Lucinda Riley that intertwines past and present through a family mystery centered on a grand English estate.
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B.
The Yellow Violet
"The Yellow Violet" is a lyric poem by American Romantic poet William Cullen Bryant that reflects on humility, transience, and the quiet beauty of nature.
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C.
A Woman’s Garden
A Woman’s Garden is an elegant, formal garden within the Dallas Arboretum that celebrates and honors women through symbolic design, water features, and carefully curated plantings.
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D.
The Hothouse Flowers
The Hothouse Flowers are an Irish rock band known for blending traditional Irish music with rock and soul influences, achieving international success in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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E.
The Trembling of a Leaf
The Trembling of a Leaf is a 1921 collection of short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in the South Pacific, exploring themes of colonialism, morality, and human frailty.
- 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: “An Odor of Verbena” Target entity description: “An Odor of Verbena” is a concluding short story by William Faulkner that explores themes of honor, memory, and the lingering legacy of the American South.
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A.
Hothouse Flower
Hothouse Flower is a bestselling historical fiction novel by Lucinda Riley that intertwines past and present through a family mystery centered on a grand English estate.
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B.
The Yellow Violet
"The Yellow Violet" is a lyric poem by American Romantic poet William Cullen Bryant that reflects on humility, transience, and the quiet beauty of nature.
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C.
A Woman’s Garden
A Woman’s Garden is an elegant, formal garden within the Dallas Arboretum that celebrates and honors women through symbolic design, water features, and carefully curated plantings.
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D.
The Hothouse Flowers
The Hothouse Flowers are an Irish rock band known for blending traditional Irish music with rock and soul influences, achieving international success in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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E.
The Trembling of a Leaf
The Trembling of a Leaf is a 1921 collection of short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in the South Pacific, exploring themes of colonialism, morality, and human frailty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| addresses |
codes of Southern honor
ⓘ
transition from violent to moral courage ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Yoknapatawpha County saga
ⓘ
linked to:
Yoknapatawpha saga
|
| author | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| explores | lingering legacy of the American South ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bayard Sartoris
ⓘ
Colonel John Sartoris ⓘ Drusilla ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1938 ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern literature
ⓘ
modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasCentralConflict | Bayard Sartoris’s decision about avenging his father’s death ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance | often discussed as one of Faulkner’s key treatments of honor and memory ⓘ |
| hasSettingElement |
Reconstruction-era Mississippi
ⓘ
linked to:
Reconstruction in Mississippi
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| hasTitleMotif | odor as trigger of remembrance ⓘ |
| includedIn | collected editions of William Faulkner’s stories ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American modernism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | The Unvanquished ⓘ |
| positionInWork | concluding story of The Unvanquished ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Random House ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Flags in the Dust
ⓘ
Sartoris ⓘ |
| setIn |
American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ |
| symbol | verbena flowers ⓘ |
| symbolismOfVerbena |
endurance of memory
ⓘ
moral courage ⓘ |
| theme |
courage
ⓘ
family loyalty ⓘ honor ⓘ legacy of the American South ⓘ memory ⓘ revenge ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | post–American Civil War era ⓘ |
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Subject: “An Odor of Verbena” Description of subject: “An Odor of Verbena” is a concluding short story by William Faulkner that explores themes of honor, memory, and the lingering legacy of the American South.
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