Go Down, Moses
E145074
"Go Down, Moses" is a 1942 collection of interrelated short stories by William Faulkner that explores themes of race, family, and the legacy of the American South through the history of the McCaslin plantation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Go Down, Moses canonical | 17 |
| Go Down, Moses (short story "Go Down, Moses") | 1 |
| Go Down, Moses (short story) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1269207 — 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: Go Down, Moses Context triple: [William Faulkner, notableWork, Go Down, Moses]
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A.
Intruder in the Dust
Intruder in the Dust is a 1949 film adaptation of William Faulkner’s novel, notable as a socially conscious crime drama addressing racism in the American South.
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B.
Tombstone Blues
"Tombstone Blues" is a fast-paced, surreal, electric blues-rock song by Bob Dylan, known for its dense, visionary lyrics and prominent placement on his landmark 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited.
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C.
Tar Baby
"Tar Baby" is a 1981 novel by Toni Morrison that explores race, class, identity, and desire through the complex relationships between a Black fashion model and a mysterious drifter on a Caribbean island.
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D.
Outlaw Blues
"Outlaw Blues" is a blues-rock song by Bob Dylan, featured on his influential 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home.
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E.
Dirt Road Blues
"Dirt Road Blues" is a gritty, up-tempo blues track by Bob Dylan from his acclaimed late-career comeback album *Time Out of Mind*.
- 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: Go Down, Moses Target entity description: "Go Down, Moses" is a 1942 collection of interrelated short stories by William Faulkner that explores themes of race, family, and the legacy of the American South through the history of the McCaslin plantation.
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A.
Intruder in the Dust
Intruder in the Dust is a 1949 film adaptation of William Faulkner’s novel, notable as a socially conscious crime drama addressing racism in the American South.
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B.
Tombstone Blues
"Tombstone Blues" is a fast-paced, surreal, electric blues-rock song by Bob Dylan, known for its dense, visionary lyrics and prominent placement on his landmark 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited.
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C.
Tar Baby
"Tar Baby" is a 1981 novel by Toni Morrison that explores race, class, identity, and desire through the complex relationships between a Black fashion model and a mysterious drifter on a Caribbean island.
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D.
Outlaw Blues
"Outlaw Blues" is a blues-rock song by Bob Dylan, featured on his influential 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home.
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E.
Dirt Road Blues
"Dirt Road Blues" is a gritty, up-tempo blues track by Bob Dylan from his acclaimed late-career comeback album *Time Out of Mind*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Yoknapatawpha saga
ⓘ
surface form:
Yoknapatawpha County saga
|
| author | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
environment and wilderness
ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ interracial relationships ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Isaac McCaslin
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surface form:
Carothers McCaslin
Isaac McCaslin ⓘ Lucas Beauchamp ⓘ |
| featuresFamily | McCaslin family ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | Intruder in the Dust ⓘ |
| follows | The Hamlet ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern Gothic
ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| hasBiblicalAllusion | spiritual Go Down, Moses ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Delta Autumn
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Go Down, Moses self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Go Down, Moses (short story)
Pantaloon in Black ⓘ The Bear ⓘ The Fire and the Hearth ⓘ The Old People ⓘ Was ⓘ |
| hasSettingElement | McCaslin plantation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
African American experience
ⓘ
family ⓘ guilt and responsibility ⓘ land ownership ⓘ legacy of the American South ⓘ race ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | interrelated short stories ⓘ |
| notableStory |
Delta Autumn
ⓘ
Pantaloon in Black ⓘ The Bear ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1942 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| setIn |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Go Down, Moses Description of subject: "Go Down, Moses" is a 1942 collection of interrelated short stories by William Faulkner that explores themes of race, family, and the legacy of the American South through the history of the McCaslin plantation.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Go Down, Moses (short story)
subject surface form:
Yocona River
subject surface form:
Yoknapatawpha River
this entity surface form:
Go Down, Moses (short story "Go Down, Moses")