Miss Quentin Compson
E400011
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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miss Quentin Compson canonical | 3 |
| Quentin Compson III | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3632584 — 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: Miss Quentin Compson Context triple: [Jason Compson IV, stealsFrom, Miss Quentin Compson]
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A.
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.
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B.
Caroline Compson
Caroline Compson is the self-pitying, hypochondriacal matriarch of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s novel *The Sound and the Fury*, whose emotional fragility and narcissism contribute to her family’s decline.
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C.
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.
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D.
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."
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E.
Mr. Jason Compson III
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.
- 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: Miss Quentin Compson Target entity description: 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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A.
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.
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B.
Caroline Compson
Caroline Compson is the self-pitying, hypochondriacal matriarch of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s novel *The Sound and the Fury*, whose emotional fragility and narcissism contribute to her family’s decline.
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C.
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.
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D.
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."
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E.
Mr. Jason Compson III
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ novel character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Sound and the Fury
ⓘ
The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
surface form:
The Sound and the Fury (1929 novel)
|
| associatedWithTheme |
decay of the Old South
ⓘ
female autonomy ⓘ oppression and resistance ⓘ |
| centralThemeIn | The Sound and the Fury ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
defiant
ⓘ
independent ⓘ rebellious ⓘ resentful ⓘ troubled ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Jason Compson IV ⓘ |
| createdBy | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| familyName | Compson ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ |
| finalFate | escapes Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYearOfWork | 1929 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Quentin ⓘ |
| grandfather | Jason Compson III ⓘ |
| grandmother |
Caroline Compson
ⓘ
surface form:
Caroline Bascomb Compson
|
| isPartOf | Compson family ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Southern Renaissance ⓘ |
| majorAppearanceSection |
The Sound and the Fury
ⓘ
surface form:
Dilsey section of The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
surface form:
Jason section of The Sound and the Fury
|
| mother |
Caddy Compson
ⓘ
surface form:
Candace "Caddy" Compson
|
| narrativeFunction | embodies the decline of the Compson family ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| oppressedBy | Jason Compson IV ⓘ |
| performsAction |
escapes with a man from a traveling show
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runs away from home ⓘ steals money from Jason Compson IV ⓘ |
| publisherOfWork | Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith ⓘ |
| raisedBy | Jason Compson IV ⓘ |
| setIn | Jefferson, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
family conflict
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generational conflict ⓘ sexual morality judgments ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
breakdown of Southern aristocratic values
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rebellion against patriarchal authority ⓘ |
| uncle |
Benjy Compson
ⓘ
surface form:
Benjamin "Benjy" Compson
Jason Compson IV ⓘ Quentin Compson ⓘ
surface form:
Quentin Compson III
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Miss Quentin Compson Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Quentin Compson III