Clytie Sutpen
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clytemnestra Sutpen | 1 |
| Clytie Sutpen canonical | 1 |
| Ellen Coldfield Sutpen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5587345 — 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: Clytie Sutpen Context triple: [Absalom, Absalom!, featuresCharacter, Clytie 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.
Miss Quentin Compson
Miss Quentin Compson is a rebellious and troubled young woman from William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," whose defiance against her oppressive family environment culminates in her dramatic escape.
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C.
Vivian Harmon
Vivian Harmon is a main character on the 1970s American sitcom "Maude," known as Maude Findlay’s close friend and neighbor who often provides a contrasting perspective to Maude’s outspoken personality.
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D.
Miss Watson
Miss Watson is a strict, religious woman who serves as Huck Finn’s guardian and represents conventional society’s moral values in Mark Twain’s novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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E.
Caddy Compson
Caddy Compson is a central, elusive figure in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," whose troubled life and moral transgressions profoundly shape the fate and inner turmoil of the Compson family.
- 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: Clytie Sutpen Target entity description: 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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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.
Miss Quentin Compson
Miss Quentin Compson is a rebellious and troubled young woman from William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," whose defiance against her oppressive family environment culminates in her dramatic escape.
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C.
Vivian Harmon
Vivian Harmon is a main character on the 1970s American sitcom "Maude," known as Maude Findlay’s close friend and neighbor who often provides a contrasting perspective to Maude’s outspoken personality.
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D.
Miss Watson
Miss Watson is a strict, religious woman who serves as Huck Finn’s guardian and represents conventional society’s moral values in Mark Twain’s novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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E.
Caddy Compson
Caddy Compson is a central, elusive figure in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," whose troubled life and moral transgressions profoundly shape the fate and inner turmoil of the Compson family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ mixed-race character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Absalom, Absalom!
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Yoknapatawpha County stories ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Sutpen’s Hundred
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Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ |
| createdBy | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| ethnicity | mixed race ⓘ |
| familyName |
Sutpen
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linked to:
Sutpen family
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasFather | Thomas Sutpen ⓘ |
| hasMother | enslaved woman ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
embodiment of Sutpen family legacy
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figure of racial ambiguity ⓘ symbol of moral decay of Sutpen dynasty ⓘ |
| narrativeTrait |
enigmatic
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loyal to Sutpen family ⓘ secretive ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| notableAction |
protects family secrets
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remains at Sutpen’s Hundred after family decline ⓘ |
| publisherOfWork | Random House ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Charles Bon
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Henry Sutpen ⓘ Judith Sutpen ⓘ Quentin Compson ⓘ Rosa Coldfield ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
caretaker of Sutpen’s Hundred
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pivotal character ⓘ servant in Sutpen household ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
family degeneration
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guilt and complicity ⓘ race in the American South ⓘ slavery and its legacy ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction |
American Civil War era
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linked to:
American Civil War
Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| workGenre |
Southern Gothic
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modernist novel ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clytie Sutpen Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Clytie Sutpen
linked to: Clytie Sutpen