Cape Horn rounding
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Cape Horn rounding is a dramatic nautical event in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey–Maturin novels, depicting the perilous passage of ships around the storm-torn southern tip of South America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cape Horn rounding canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1207923 — 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: Cape Horn rounding Context triple: [Captain Jack Aubrey, notableScene, Cape Horn rounding]
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A.
Cape Horn sea route
The Cape Horn sea route was the long, perilous maritime passage around the southern tip of South America that ships commonly used to reach California during the Gold Rush era.
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B.
Skeleton Coast
The Skeleton Coast is a remote, foggy stretch of Namibia’s Atlantic shoreline famed for its shipwrecks, stark dunes, and rich but harsh wildlife habitat.
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C.
Port of Coronel
The Port of Coronel is a major Chilean seaport on the Pacific coast that serves as a key hub for regional trade and forestry exports.
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D.
Saldanha Bay
Saldanha Bay is a natural deep-water harbor and coastal town on South Africa’s west coast, known for its fishing industry, port facilities, and maritime activities.
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E.
Strait of Magellan
The Strait of Magellan is a historically significant natural sea passage at the southern tip of South America, separating mainland Chile from Tierra del Fuego and providing a navigable route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
- 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: Cape Horn rounding Target entity description: Cape Horn rounding is a dramatic nautical event in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey–Maturin novels, depicting the perilous passage of ships around the storm-torn southern tip of South America.
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A.
Cape Horn sea route
The Cape Horn sea route was the long, perilous maritime passage around the southern tip of South America that ships commonly used to reach California during the Gold Rush era.
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B.
Skeleton Coast
The Skeleton Coast is a remote, foggy stretch of Namibia’s Atlantic shoreline famed for its shipwrecks, stark dunes, and rich but harsh wildlife habitat.
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C.
Port of Coronel
The Port of Coronel is a major Chilean seaport on the Pacific coast that serves as a key hub for regional trade and forestry exports.
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D.
Saldanha Bay
Saldanha Bay is a natural deep-water harbor and coastal town on South Africa’s west coast, known for its fishing industry, port facilities, and maritime activities.
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E.
Strait of Magellan
The Strait of Magellan is a historically significant natural sea passage at the southern tip of South America, separating mainland Chile from Tierra del Fuego and providing a navigable route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional event
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nautical event in fiction ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Aubrey–Maturin series
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Aubrey–Maturin series ⓘ
surface form:
Master and Commander (novel series)
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| associatedWith |
the Furious Fifties
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surface form:
Furious Fifties
Roaring Forties ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Patrick O'Brian
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surface form:
Patrick O’Brian
|
| depicts |
Age of Sail naval warfare context
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extreme weather ⓘ hazardous navigation ⓘ sailing ships ⓘ storm-torn seas ⓘ |
| hasReputation | dramatic nautical episode in literature ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Cape Horn
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southern tip of South America ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
human endurance
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man versus nature ⓘ maritime danger ⓘ naval adventure ⓘ perilous sea voyage ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | real-world Cape Horn passages ⓘ |
| involves |
Royal Navy
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surface form:
Royal Navy vessels
square-rigged warships ⓘ |
| involvesCharacter |
Jack Aubrey
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Stephen Maturin ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
heightened drama
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realistic nautical detail ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | historical naval fiction ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
climactic ordeal
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test of leadership ⓘ test of seamanship ⓘ |
| partOf | narrative arc of Aubrey–Maturin novels ⓘ |
| portrays |
command responsibility
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crew hardship ⓘ navigational skill ⓘ ship damage risk ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Age of Sail literature
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Cape Horn in popular culture ⓘ |
| riskLevel | life-threatening ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
Napoleonic Wars
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early 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cape Horn rounding Description of subject: Cape Horn rounding is a dramatic nautical event in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey–Maturin novels, depicting the perilous passage of ships around the storm-torn southern tip of South America.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Captain Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
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notableScene
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Cape Horn rounding
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subject surface form:
Captain Jack Aubrey