Moby-Dick
E10500
Moby-Dick is Herman Melville’s 1851 epic novel about Captain Ahab’s obsessive quest to hunt the white whale, widely regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T110794 — 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: Moby-Dick Context triple: [American literature, hasNotableWork, Moby-Dick]
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A.
The Pearl of Orr's Island
The Pearl of Orr's Island is a 19th-century novel set in coastal Maine that explores themes of morality, community, and Christian faith through the lives of its seafaring characters.
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B.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island is an artificial island in San Francisco Bay, originally built for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition and later used for military and residential purposes.
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C.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea is Ernest Hemingway’s classic novella about an aging Cuban fisherman’s epic struggle with a giant marlin, widely regarded as one of his greatest works and a cornerstone of 20th-century literature.
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D.
The Chambered Nautilus
"The Chambered Nautilus" is a reflective 1858 poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. that uses the spiraled shell of a nautilus as an extended metaphor for spiritual growth and the soul’s continual ascent.
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E.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is Henry David Thoreau’s reflective travel narrative that blends natural observation, philosophy, and personal memoir based on a boating trip he took with his brother.
- 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: Moby-Dick Target entity description: Moby-Dick is Herman Melville’s 1851 epic novel about Captain Ahab’s obsessive quest to hunt the white whale, widely regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
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A.
The Pearl of Orr's Island
The Pearl of Orr's Island is a 19th-century novel set in coastal Maine that explores themes of morality, community, and Christian faith through the lives of its seafaring characters.
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B.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island is an artificial island in San Francisco Bay, originally built for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition and later used for military and residential purposes.
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C.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea is Ernest Hemingway’s classic novella about an aging Cuban fisherman’s epic struggle with a giant marlin, widely regarded as one of his greatest works and a cornerstone of 20th-century literature.
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D.
The Chambered Nautilus
"The Chambered Nautilus" is a reflective 1858 poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. that uses the spiraled shell of a nautilus as an extended metaphor for spiritual growth and the soul’s continual ascent.
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E.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is Henry David Thoreau’s reflective travel narrative that blends natural observation, philosophy, and personal memoir based on a boating trip he took with his brother.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American novel
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
film
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opera ⓘ radio drama ⓘ stage play ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| author | Herman Melville ⓘ |
| centralConflict | Captain Ahab’s pursuit of the white whale ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstEditionFormat |
single-volume edition (New York)
ⓘ
three-volume edition (London) ⓘ |
| firstPublished | 1851 ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
epic ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ sea story ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| hasAlternateTitle |
Moby-Dick
ⓘ
surface form:
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Moby-Dick ⓘ
surface form:
The Whale
|
| hasCharacter |
Captain Ahab
ⓘ
Fedallah ⓘ Flask ⓘ Ishmael ⓘ Moby-Dick self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Moby Dick
Pip ⓘ Queequeg ⓘ Starbuck ⓘ Stubb ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century American fiction
ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryStatus |
classic novel
ⓘ
masterpiece of American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Captain Ahab
ⓘ
Ishmael ⓘ Moby-Dick self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Moby Dick
Queequeg ⓘ Starbuck ⓘ |
| narrator | Ishmael ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extensive cetology chapters
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mix of narrative and essayistic digressions ⓘ |
| openingLine | Call me Ishmael. ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalPublisher |
Harper & Brothers
ⓘ
Richard Bentley ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| publicationYear | 1851 ⓘ |
| setting |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Nantucket ⓘ New Bedford, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form:
New Bedford
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| shipName |
the Pequod
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surface form:
Pequod
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| subject |
fate
ⓘ
good and evil ⓘ humanity and nature ⓘ obsession ⓘ revenge ⓘ the sea ⓘ whaling ⓘ |
| symbol |
the Pequod
ⓘ
the white whale ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Moby-Dick Description of subject: Moby-Dick is Herman Melville’s 1851 epic novel about Captain Ahab’s obsessive quest to hunt the white whale, widely regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Moby Dick
this entity surface form:
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
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The Whale
this entity surface form:
Moby Dick
this entity surface form:
Moby Dick
this entity surface form:
Moby Dick
subject surface form:
Starbuck
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Starbuck
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Moby-Dick, or, The Whale (1851)
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Moby Dick
this entity surface form:
Moby Dick
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Moby-Dick, Chapter 48 "The First Lowering"
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Moby-Dick universe
this entity surface form:
Moby Dick
this entity surface form:
Moby Dick
this entity surface form:
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
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the voyage of the Pequod
this entity surface form:
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
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Moby-Dick chapter 26 "Knights and Squires"
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Moby-Dick, "The Quarter-Deck"
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Moby-Dick, "Stubb Kills a Whale"
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Moby-Dick, "Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale"
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Moby-Dick, "The Pipe"
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Moby-Dick, "Stubb’s Supper"
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Moby-Dick universe
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Pequod
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Pequod
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Herman Melville
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Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)