Mr. Jason Compson III

E79272

fictional character literary character

Mr. Jason Compson III is a bitter, cynical, and financially obsessed member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," embodying the decay and moral corruption of the Southern aristocracy.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Mr. Compson	4
Quentin Compson III	4
Jason Compson III (descendant, fictional)	1
Mr. Jason Compson III canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T614545 — 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: Mr. Jason Compson III
Context triple: [The Sound and the Fury, hasCharacter, Mr. Jason Compson III]

A. Quentin Compson
Quentin Compson is a tormented, introspective member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known for his obsessive concern with time, honor, and his sister Caddy.
B. Benjy Compson
Benjy Compson is a cognitively disabled, emotionally sensitive member of the Compson family whose fragmented, non-linear perspective opens William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury."
C. 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.
D. Jason Compson IV
Jason Compson IV is a bitter, cruel, and materialistic member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s fiction, embodying the moral and emotional decay of the Southern aristocracy.
E. Sartoris
Sartoris is William Faulkner’s first published novel, introducing the fictional Yoknapatawpha County and the Sartoris family that recur throughout his later works.
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: Mr. Jason Compson III
Target entity description: Mr. Jason Compson III is a bitter, cynical, and financially obsessed member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," embodying the decay and moral corruption of the Southern aristocracy.

A. Quentin Compson
Quentin Compson is a tormented, introspective member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known for his obsessive concern with time, honor, and his sister Caddy.
B. Benjy Compson
Benjy Compson is a cognitively disabled, emotionally sensitive member of the Compson family whose fragmented, non-linear perspective opens William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury."
C. 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.
D. Jason Compson IV
Jason Compson IV is a bitter, cruel, and materialistic member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s fiction, embodying the moral and emotional decay of the Southern aristocracy.
E. Sartoris
Sartoris is William Faulkner’s first published novel, introducing the fictional Yoknapatawpha County and the Sartoris family that recur throughout his later works.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ
appearsIn	The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
behaviorTowardOthers	abusive ⓘ exploitative ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
createdBy	William Faulkner ⓘ
familyName	Compson ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Compson family saga ⓘ linked to: The Unvanquished
firstPublicationOfWork	1929 ⓘ
fullName	Jason Compson III ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Jason ⓘ
hasFather	Jason Compson II ⓘ
hasMother	Caroline Compson ⓘ
hasSibling	Benjy Compson ⓘ Caddy Compson ⓘ Quentin Compson III ⓘ linked to: Quentin Compson
ideology	racist ⓘ sexist ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	Southern Gothic ⓘ modernist literature ⓘ
medium	novel ⓘ
memberOf	Compson family ⓘ
narrativeRole	antagonist ⓘ viewpoint character ⓘ
notableAction	controls and withholds family finances ⓘ embezzles money from Caddy intended for Miss Quentin ⓘ
numeration	III ⓘ
occupation	farm supply store employee ⓘ store clerk ⓘ
personalityTrait	bitter ⓘ cruel ⓘ cynical ⓘ financially obsessed ⓘ greedy ⓘ manipulative ⓘ sadistic ⓘ
relationship	uncle of Miss Quentin ⓘ
residence	Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
settingOfActivity	American South ⓘ linked to: Southern United States
symbolizes	decay of Southern aristocracy ⓘ materialism ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
treatsCharacter	Dilsey ⓘ linked to: Dilsey Gibson Miss Quentin ⓘ

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