The Hamlet: A Novel of the Snopes Family
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The Hamlet: A Novel of the Snopes Family is William Faulkner’s 1940 novel that inaugurates his Snopes trilogy, depicting the rise of the unscrupulous Snopes clan in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Hamlet: A Novel of the Snopes Family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5532278 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hamlet: A Novel of the Snopes Family Context triple: [The Hamlet, hasAlternativeTitle, The Hamlet: A Novel of the Snopes Family]
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A.
A Letter from the South
"A Letter from the South" is an essay by James Baldwin that reflects on race, history, and the Black experience in the American South.
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B.
Suttree
Suttree is a darkly comic, richly detailed novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows the drifting life of Cornelius Suttree along the Tennessee River in 1950s Knoxville.
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C.
Milkman Dead
Milkman Dead is the introspective African American protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," whose journey of self-discovery explores themes of identity, heritage, and personal freedom.
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D.
Salt Peanuts
"Salt Peanuts" is a classic bebop jazz composition, co-written and popularized by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, known for its fast tempo, complex harmonies, and catchy vocal refrain.
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E.
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.
- 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: The Hamlet: A Novel of the Snopes Family Target entity description: The Hamlet: A Novel of the Snopes Family is William Faulkner’s 1940 novel that inaugurates his Snopes trilogy, depicting the rise of the unscrupulous Snopes clan in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
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A.
A Letter from the South
"A Letter from the South" is an essay by James Baldwin that reflects on race, history, and the Black experience in the American South.
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B.
Suttree
Suttree is a darkly comic, richly detailed novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows the drifting life of Cornelius Suttree along the Tennessee River in 1950s Knoxville.
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C.
Milkman Dead
Milkman Dead is the introspective African American protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," whose journey of self-discovery explores themes of identity, heritage, and personal freedom.
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D.
Salt Peanuts
"Salt Peanuts" is a classic bebop jazz composition, co-written and popularized by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, known for its fast tempo, complex harmonies, and catchy vocal refrain.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
changing social order in the South
ⓘ
economic exploitation ⓘ rural Southern community ⓘ |
| focusesOn | rise of the Snopes family ⓘ |
| followedBy |
The Mansion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | none (first in series) ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern Gothic
ⓘ
modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasCharacterGroup |
Snopes family
ⓘ
Varner family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalLocation | Frenchman’s Bend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 400 ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
The Mansion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
family dynamics
ⓘ
power and manipulation ⓘ rural capitalism ⓘ |
| literaryCanonStatus | major work of William Faulkner ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ab Snopes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eula Varner NERFINISHED ⓘ Flem Snopes NERFINISHED ⓘ Will Varner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | multi-perspective narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Snopes trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | first novel in the Snopes trilogy ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 19th century American South ⓘ |
| setting |
Yoknapatawpha County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fictional Mississippi county ⓘ |
| theme |
class conflict in the American South
ⓘ
corruption ⓘ greed ⓘ social ambition ⓘ |
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Subject: The Hamlet: A Novel of the Snopes Family Description of subject: The Hamlet: A Novel of the Snopes Family is William Faulkner’s 1940 novel that inaugurates his Snopes trilogy, depicting the rise of the unscrupulous Snopes clan in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
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