The Man Who Ploughed the Sea
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"The Man Who Ploughed the Sea" is a humorous science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, told as one of the tall tales in his barroom-story collection *Tales from the White Hart*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Man Who Ploughed the Sea canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4805529 — 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: The Man Who Ploughed the Sea Context triple: [Tales from the White Hart, containsStory, The Man Who Ploughed the Sea]
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A.
The Narrow Sea
The Narrow Sea is the body of water in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire"/"Game of Thrones" that separates the continent of Westeros from Essos and serves as a crucial route for trade, travel, and invasion.
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B.
To the Sea
To the Sea is a mellow, introspective 2010 studio album by Hawaiian singer-songwriter Jack Johnson that blends acoustic surf rock with themes of family, memory, and the ocean.
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C.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
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D.
The Toll of the Sea
The Toll of the Sea is a 1922 silent drama film, one of the earliest Hollywood movies shot in Technicolor, featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role.
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E.
By the Sea
By the Sea is a 2015 romantic drama film starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt as a troubled couple on a seaside vacation in 1970s France.
- 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 Man Who Ploughed the Sea Target entity description: "The Man Who Ploughed the Sea" is a humorous science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, told as one of the tall tales in his barroom-story collection *Tales from the White Hart*.
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A.
The Narrow Sea
The Narrow Sea is the body of water in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire"/"Game of Thrones" that separates the continent of Westeros from Essos and serves as a crucial route for trade, travel, and invasion.
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B.
To the Sea
To the Sea is a mellow, introspective 2010 studio album by Hawaiian singer-songwriter Jack Johnson that blends acoustic surf rock with themes of family, memory, and the ocean.
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C.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
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D.
The Toll of the Sea
The Toll of the Sea is a 1922 silent drama film, one of the earliest Hollywood movies shot in Technicolor, featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role.
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E.
By the Sea
By the Sea is a 2015 romantic drama film starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt as a troubled couple on a seaside vacation in 1970s France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
humorous short story
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science fiction short story ⓘ tall tale ⓘ |
| author | Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ |
| collectionPublication | Tales from the White Hart ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Tales from the White Hart universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Tales from the White Hart
|
| genre |
humor
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science fiction ⓘ tall tale ⓘ |
| hasFictionalNarrator | Harry Purvis ⓘ |
| hasForm | short fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
comic exaggeration
ⓘ
eccentric inventors ⓘ science and technology ⓘ tall storytelling ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Man Who Ploughed the Sea ⓘ |
| includedInCollectionBy | Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | comic science fiction ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFrame | barroom story ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person frame narrative ⓘ |
| partOf | Tales from the White Hart ⓘ |
| publicationType | short story ⓘ |
| series | Tales from the White Hart ⓘ |
| setting |
White Hart pub
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linked to:
The White Hart pub
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| workOfAuthor | Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Man Who Ploughed the Sea Description of subject: "The Man Who Ploughed the Sea" is a humorous science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, told as one of the tall tales in his barroom-story collection *Tales from the White Hart*.
Referenced by (2)
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