Lucas Beauchamp
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Lucas Beauchamp is a proud, defiant Black farmer and central character in William Faulkner’s fiction, most notably in the novel "Go Down, Moses."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lucas Beauchamp canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3697116 — 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: Lucas Beauchamp Context triple: [Jefferson, Mississippi, associatedWithCharacter, Lucas Beauchamp]
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A.
Lucas Barclay
Lucas Barclay is one of the children of acclaimed American television and film director Paris Barclay.
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B.
Lucas Sinclair
Lucas Sinclair is a brave and resourceful member of the core friend group in the sci-fi horror series "Stranger Things," known for his skepticism, loyalty, and slingshot-wielding courage.
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C.
Lucas North
Lucas North is a central MI5 officer character in the British television spy drama "Spooks" (also known as "MI-5").
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D.
Tim DuBois
Tim DuBois is an American music executive and songwriter best known for his influential role in shaping modern country music and developing major artists in Nashville.
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E.
Elias Pearce
Elias Pearce was the mountaineer credited with making the first recorded ascent of Mount Shasta in California.
- 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: Lucas Beauchamp Target entity description: Lucas Beauchamp is a proud, defiant Black farmer and central character in William Faulkner’s fiction, most notably in the novel "Go Down, Moses."
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A.
Lucas Barclay
Lucas Barclay is one of the children of acclaimed American television and film director Paris Barclay.
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B.
Lucas Sinclair
Lucas Sinclair is a brave and resourceful member of the core friend group in the sci-fi horror series "Stranger Things," known for his skepticism, loyalty, and slingshot-wielding courage.
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C.
Lucas North
Lucas North is a central MI5 officer character in the British television spy drama "Spooks" (also known as "MI-5").
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D.
Tim DuBois
Tim DuBois is an American music executive and songwriter best known for his influential role in shaping modern country music and developing major artists in Nashville.
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E.
Elias Pearce
Elias Pearce was the mountaineer credited with making the first recorded ascent of Mount Shasta in California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American farmer
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Go Down, Moses
ⓘ
Go Down, Moses (short story "Go Down, Moses") ⓘ
linked to:
Go Down, Moses
Intruder in the Dust ⓘ The Fire and the Hearth ⓘ Was ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium |
novel
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | Yoknapatawpha County stories ⓘ |
| associatedWithFamily | McCaslin family ⓘ |
| centralCharacterIn |
Go Down, Moses
ⓘ
Intruder in the Dust ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
defiant
ⓘ
independent ⓘ proud ⓘ self‑reliant ⓘ stubborn ⓘ |
| conflictsWith | white power structure of Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ |
| createdBy | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| createdByCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdInYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| firstAppearsIn | Go Down, Moses ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAncestry | mixed Black and white ancestry ⓘ |
| hasChild | Nat Beauchamp ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity |
African American
ⓘ
Black ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Carothers McCaslin
ⓘ
linked to:
Isaac McCaslin
|
| hasResidenceType | cabin on plantation land ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Molly Beauchamp ⓘ |
| language | English (dialogue) ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th‑century American literature ⓘ |
| livesIn | Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
moral center in parts of Go Down, Moses
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| occupation | farmer ⓘ |
| relatedWorkAuthor | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
Jim Crow American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Jim Crow laws
|
| symbolizes |
Black resistance
ⓘ
persistence of family history ⓘ |
| themeEmbodies |
Black autonomy
ⓘ
racial injustice in the American South ⓘ resistance to white supremacy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lucas Beauchamp Description of subject: Lucas Beauchamp is a proud, defiant Black farmer and central character in William Faulkner’s fiction, most notably in the novel "Go Down, Moses."
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.