Ellen Coldfield Sutpen
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Ellen Coldfield Sutpen is a character in William Faulkner's novel "Absalom, Absalom!", known as Thomas Sutpen's socially proper but emotionally fragile wife.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ellen Coldfield Sutpen canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21435033 — 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: Ellen Coldfield Sutpen Context triple: [Judith Sutpen, hasMother, Ellen Coldfield Sutpen]
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A.
Judith Sutpen
Judith Sutpen is a central figure in William Faulkner's novel "Absalom, Absalom!", embodying the tragic complexities of Southern aristocracy, family legacy, and doomed relationships in the post–Civil War American South.
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B.
Clytie Sutpen
Clytie Sutpen is a pivotal, enigmatic mixed-race character in William Faulkner’s novel "Absalom, Absalom!" who embodies the tragic legacy and moral decay of the Sutpen family.
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C.
Thomas Sutpen
Thomas Sutpen is the ruthless, enigmatic plantation owner at the center of William Faulkner’s Southern Gothic novel, whose obsessive pursuit of a self-made dynasty drives the book’s tragic exploration of race, class, and the legacy of the American South.
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D.
Henry Sutpen
Henry Sutpen is a central character in William Faulkner’s novel "Absalom, Absalom!", known as Thomas Sutpen’s son whose conflicted loyalties and tragic choices drive much of the story’s drama.
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E.
Rosemary Sartoris
Rosemary Sartoris was a daughter of Ellen Wrenshall Grant, making her a granddaughter of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.
- 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: Ellen Coldfield Sutpen Target entity description: Ellen Coldfield Sutpen is a character in William Faulkner's novel "Absalom, Absalom!", known as Thomas Sutpen's socially proper but emotionally fragile wife.
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A.
Judith Sutpen
Judith Sutpen is a central figure in William Faulkner's novel "Absalom, Absalom!", embodying the tragic complexities of Southern aristocracy, family legacy, and doomed relationships in the post–Civil War American South.
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B.
Clytie Sutpen
Clytie Sutpen is a pivotal, enigmatic mixed-race character in William Faulkner’s novel "Absalom, Absalom!" who embodies the tragic legacy and moral decay of the Sutpen family.
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C.
Thomas Sutpen
Thomas Sutpen is the ruthless, enigmatic plantation owner at the center of William Faulkner’s Southern Gothic novel, whose obsessive pursuit of a self-made dynasty drives the book’s tragic exploration of race, class, and the legacy of the American South.
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D.
Henry Sutpen
Henry Sutpen is a central character in William Faulkner’s novel "Absalom, Absalom!", known as Thomas Sutpen’s son whose conflicted loyalties and tragic choices drive much of the story’s drama.
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E.
Rosemary Sartoris
Rosemary Sartoris was a daughter of Ellen Wrenshall Grant, making her a granddaughter of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.