Mrs. McEachern
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Mrs. McEachern is the stern, deeply religious adoptive mother of Joe Christmas in William Faulkner’s novel "Light in August."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mrs. McEachern canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15700462 — 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: Mrs. McEachern Context triple: [Joe Christmas, adoptiveMother, Mrs. McEachern]
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A.
Edith McGuire
Edith McGuire is an American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist who rose to prominence in the 1960s as one of the world’s leading female track athletes.
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B.
Mrs. Haggett
Mrs. Haggett is a central, socially ambitious matriarch in Sidney Howard’s play "The Late Christopher Bean," whose reactions to an unexpected artistic legacy drive much of the story’s comedy and conflict.
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C.
Mrs. Beakley
Mrs. Beakley is a central character in the 2017 DuckTales reboot, portrayed as Scrooge McDuck’s highly capable housekeeper, Webby Vanderquack’s grandmother, and a former spy with formidable combat and intelligence skills.
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D.
Mrs. Newsome
Mrs. Newsome is the mother of Chad Newsome, a character referenced in literary contexts where family relationships are central to the narrative.
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E.
Mrs. Newsome
Mrs. Newsome is a wealthy, strong-willed New England matron in Henry James’s novel "The Ambassadors," who sends her fiancé Lambert Strether to Europe to retrieve her son from its perceived moral dangers.
- 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: Mrs. McEachern Target entity description: Mrs. McEachern is the stern, deeply religious adoptive mother of Joe Christmas in William Faulkner’s novel "Light in August."
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A.
Edith McGuire
Edith McGuire is an American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist who rose to prominence in the 1960s as one of the world’s leading female track athletes.
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B.
Mrs. Haggett
Mrs. Haggett is a central, socially ambitious matriarch in Sidney Howard’s play "The Late Christopher Bean," whose reactions to an unexpected artistic legacy drive much of the story’s comedy and conflict.
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C.
Mrs. Beakley
Mrs. Beakley is a central character in the 2017 DuckTales reboot, portrayed as Scrooge McDuck’s highly capable housekeeper, Webby Vanderquack’s grandmother, and a former spy with formidable combat and intelligence skills.
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D.
Mrs. Newsome
Mrs. Newsome is the mother of Chad Newsome, a character referenced in literary contexts where family relationships are central to the narrative.
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E.
Mrs. Newsome
Mrs. Newsome is a wealthy, strong-willed New England matron in Henry James’s novel "The Ambassadors," who sends her fiancé Lambert Strether to Europe to retrieve her son from its perceived moral dangers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.