Shadrack
E106962
Shadrack is a traumatized World War I veteran in Toni Morrison’s novel *Sula* who founds the ritual of National Suicide Day and embodies the community’s fears and marginalization.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shadrack canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T901442 — 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: Shadrack Context triple: [Sula, hasCharacter, Shadrack]
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A.
Shadrach Bond
Shadrach Bond was an American politician who became the first governor of the state of Illinois after it was admitted to the Union.
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B.
Degory Priest
Degory Priest was an English Pilgrim and early settler of Plymouth Colony who traveled on the Mayflower and participated in the founding governance of the colony.
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C.
Moses the Black
Moses the Black was a 4th-century Ethiopian desert monk and former bandit who became a renowned Christian ascetic and saint among the Desert Fathers.
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D.
Hamutal
Hamutal was a queen of Judah, known as the mother of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, during the final years before the Babylonian exile.
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E.
Tamyen
Tamyen is an extinct Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American language once spoken in the Santa Clara Valley region of 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: Shadrack Target entity description: Shadrack is a traumatized World War I veteran in Toni Morrison’s novel *Sula* who founds the ritual of National Suicide Day and embodies the community’s fears and marginalization.
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A.
Shadrach Bond
Shadrach Bond was an American politician who became the first governor of the state of Illinois after it was admitted to the Union.
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B.
Degory Priest
Degory Priest was an English Pilgrim and early settler of Plymouth Colony who traveled on the Mayflower and participated in the founding governance of the colony.
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C.
Moses the Black
Moses the Black was a 4th-century Ethiopian desert monk and former bandit who became a renowned Christian ascetic and saint among the Desert Fathers.
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D.
Hamutal
Hamutal was a queen of Judah, known as the mother of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, during the final years before the Babylonian exile.
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E.
Tamyen
Tamyen is an extinct Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American language once spoken in the Santa Clara Valley region of California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Sula ⓘ |
| associatedWith | National Suicide Day ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
community
ⓘ
death ⓘ madness ⓘ marginalization ⓘ ritual ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War I ⓘ |
| createdBy | Toni Morrison ⓘ |
| experiences |
disorientation
ⓘ
hallucinations ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Sula
ⓘ
surface form:
the Bottom community in "Sula"
|
| firstAppearance |
Sula
ⓘ
surface form:
novel "Sula"
|
| founderOf | National Suicide Day ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasCondition |
post-traumatic stress
ⓘ
war trauma ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipTo |
Sula
ⓘ
surface form:
Sula Peace
|
| initiates | National Suicide Day ritual ⓘ |
| introducedAs | shell-shocked veteran ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
catalyst for communal events
ⓘ
framing figure for the novel ⓘ |
| nationality |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
eccentric
ⓘ
mentally unstable ⓘ reclusive ⓘ |
| residence | the Bottom ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
embodiment of community fears
ⓘ
social outcast ⓘ symbol of marginalization ⓘ |
| seeks | order through ritual ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
community anxiety about death
ⓘ
psychological damage of war ⓘ social alienation ⓘ |
| veteranOf | World War I ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1973 (via "Sula") ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shadrack Description of subject: Shadrack is a traumatized World War I veteran in Toni Morrison’s novel *Sula* who founds the ritual of National Suicide Day and embodies the community’s fears and marginalization.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.