Flying Dutchman (legendary ghost ship)

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legendary ghost ship maritime legend nautical folklore motif

The Flying Dutchman is a legendary ghost ship from maritime folklore, said to be doomed to sail the oceans forever and serve as an omen of misfortune to those who see it.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Flying Dutchman (legendary ghost ship) canonical	2
The Flying Dutchman (ghost ship)	1
crew of the Flying Dutchman	1
the Flying Dutchman	1
the Flying Dutchman (as legendary figure)	1
the Flying Dutchman legend	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12869291 — 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: Flying Dutchman (legendary ghost ship)
Context triple: [Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean), basedOn, Flying Dutchman (legendary ghost ship)]

A. Adnams Ghost Ship
Adnams Ghost Ship is a popular citrusy pale ale from the English brewery Adnams, known for its refreshing hop character and modern craft-beer style.
B. One-Eyed Willy's pirate ship
One-Eyed Willy's pirate ship is the legendary hidden vessel filled with booby-trapped treasure that the kids in the film "The Goonies" search for on their adventure.
C. The Black Rock
The Black Rock is a significant poetic work by American Imagist poet John Gould Fletcher, reflecting his innovative free-verse style and vivid, impressionistic imagery.
D. The Flying Dutchman
The Flying Dutchman was the famous nickname of Honus Wagner, one of baseball’s greatest early 20th-century shortstops renowned for his speed and all-around skill.
E. Queen Anne's Revenge
Queen Anne's Revenge is the fearsome pirate ship featured in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, notably captained by Hector Barbossa and previously associated with the legendary pirate Blackbeard.
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: Flying Dutchman (legendary ghost ship)
Target entity description: The Flying Dutchman is a legendary ghost ship from maritime folklore, said to be doomed to sail the oceans forever and serve as an omen of misfortune to those who see it.

A. Adnams Ghost Ship
Adnams Ghost Ship is a popular citrusy pale ale from the English brewery Adnams, known for its refreshing hop character and modern craft-beer style.
B. One-Eyed Willy's pirate ship
One-Eyed Willy's pirate ship is the legendary hidden vessel filled with booby-trapped treasure that the kids in the film "The Goonies" search for on their adventure.
C. The Black Rock
The Black Rock is a significant poetic work by American Imagist poet John Gould Fletcher, reflecting his innovative free-verse style and vivid, impressionistic imagery.
D. The Flying Dutchman
The Flying Dutchman was the famous nickname of Honus Wagner, one of baseball’s greatest early 20th-century shortstops renowned for his speed and all-around skill.
E. Queen Anne's Revenge
Queen Anne's Revenge is the fearsome pirate ship featured in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, notably captained by Hector Barbossa and previously associated with the legendary pirate Blackbeard.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legendary ghost ship ⓘ maritime legend ⓘ nautical folklore motif ⓘ
associatedCaptainName	Van der Decken ⓘ Vanderdecken ⓘ
associatedCaptainNationality	Dutch ⓘ
associatedWith	maritime folklore ⓘ sailor superstition ⓘ the Cape of Good Hope ⓘ linked to: Cape of Good Hope
culturalMeaning	symbol of cursed fate ⓘ symbol of endless wandering ⓘ symbol of maritime superstition ⓘ
featuredIn	Richard Wagner's opera Der fliegende Holländer ⓘ linked to: Der fliegende Holländer modern popular culture about pirates ⓘ numerous films and television series ⓘ various sea stories and ballads ⓘ
firstAttestedCentury	18th century ⓘ
hasCurse	doomed to sail the oceans forever ⓘ
hasLanguageOfEarliestAccounts	Dutch ⓘ
hasLanguageOfEarlyAccounts	English ⓘ
hasLegendOrigin	European seafaring traditions ⓘ
hasMotive	cannot make port ⓘ condemned to sail until Judgment Day ⓘ
hasNature	ghost ship ⓘ
hasRole	omen of misfortune ⓘ portent of disaster ⓘ
hasTheme	blasphemy and curse ⓘ eternal punishment ⓘ fate and doom ⓘ supernatural at sea ⓘ
influencedBy	sailors' tales of phantom ships ⓘ
influencedWork	The Flying Dutchman (opera) ⓘ linked to: Der fliegende Holländer
mentionedIn	Samuel Taylor Coleridge's era of Romantic literature ⓘ
perceivedBy	naval officers in reported sightings ⓘ sailors ⓘ
popularizedInCentury	19th century ⓘ
relatedConcept	ghost ship ⓘ phantom vessel ⓘ sea omen ⓘ
reportedSightingsRegion	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ waters near the Cape of Good Hope ⓘ
seenAs	bad omen for sailors ⓘ harbinger of storms ⓘ sign of impending shipwreck ⓘ
typicalAppearance	glowing ship ⓘ sailing against the wind ⓘ seen in the distance or in fog ⓘ
typicalSetting	around the Cape of Good Hope ⓘ stormy seas ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean) → basedOn → Flying Dutchman (legendary ghost ship) ⓘ

subject linked to: Flying Dutchman

Pandora Reynolds → associatedWith → the Flying Dutchman legend ⓘ