sinking of the whaleship Essex

Target entity: sinking of the whaleship Essex
Context triple: [In the Heart of the Sea, narrativeFocus, sinking of the whaleship Essex]

• A. General Slocum steamship disaster
  The General Slocum steamship disaster was a 1904 New York City ferry fire and sinking that killed over a thousand people, becoming one of the deadliest maritime tragedies in U.S. history.
• B. shipwreck of the Tsimtsum
  The shipwreck of the Tsimtsum is the catastrophic maritime disaster in "Life of Pi" that strands the protagonist at sea and sets the novel’s survival story in motion.
• C. Maheno shipwreck
  The Maheno shipwreck is the rusting remains of a former luxury ocean liner and World War I hospital ship that now serves as a prominent historic landmark and tourist attraction on the shores of Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia.
• D. Franklin expedition
  The Franklin expedition was a 19th-century British Arctic voyage led by Sir John Franklin that tragically disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage.
• E. Sea Venture shipwreck
  The Sea Venture shipwreck was a 1609 English flagship wrecked on the reefs of Bermuda, whose survivors’ settlement led to the island’s permanent colonization and inspired elements of Shakespeare’s "The Tempest."
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: sinking of the whaleship Essex
Target entity description: The sinking of the whaleship Essex was an 1820 maritime disaster in which a Nantucket whaling ship was rammed by a sperm whale in the Pacific Ocean, inspiring Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."

• A. General Slocum steamship disaster
  The General Slocum steamship disaster was a 1904 New York City ferry fire and sinking that killed over a thousand people, becoming one of the deadliest maritime tragedies in U.S. history.
• B. shipwreck of the Tsimtsum
  The shipwreck of the Tsimtsum is the catastrophic maritime disaster in "Life of Pi" that strands the protagonist at sea and sets the novel’s survival story in motion.
• C. Maheno shipwreck
  The Maheno shipwreck is the rusting remains of a former luxury ocean liner and World War I hospital ship that now serves as a prominent historic landmark and tourist attraction on the shores of Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia.
• D. Franklin expedition
  The Franklin expedition was a 19th-century British Arctic voyage led by Sir John Franklin that tragically disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage.
• E. Sea Venture shipwreck
  The Sea Venture shipwreck was a 1609 English flagship wrecked on the reefs of Bermuda, whose survivors’ settlement led to the island’s permanent colonization and inspired elements of Shakespeare’s "The Tempest."
• F. None of above. chosen