Wolf Larsen
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Wolf Larsen is the brutal, intellectually formidable sea captain who serves as the central antihero in Jack London’s novel "The Sea-Wolf."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wolf Larsen canonical | 15 |
| Wolf Larsen – Edward G. Robinson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4924969 — 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: Wolf Larsen Context triple: [The Sea-Wolf, mainCharacter, Wolf Larsen]
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A.
Black Larsen
Black Larsen is a villainous outlaw character in Charlie Chaplin’s silent film "The Gold Rush."
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B.
Long John Silver
Long John Silver is a cunning, one-legged pirate and master manipulator who serves as the charismatic antihero in Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure novel "Treasure Island."
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C.
Colonel Jack
"Colonel Jack" is an early 18th-century novel by Daniel Defoe that follows the morally complex life and adventures of a London pickpocket who rises through crime, transportation, and eventual reform.
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D.
Squire Trelawney
Squire Trelawney is a wealthy, somewhat naive English landowner who finances and helps organize the ill-fated treasure-hunting voyage in Robert Louis Stevenson’s "Treasure Island."
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E.
Hector Barbossa
Hector Barbossa is a cunning and morally ambiguous pirate captain from the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, known for his shifting alliances, sharp wit, and rivalry-turned-partnership with Jack Sparrow.
- 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: Wolf Larsen Target entity description: Wolf Larsen is the brutal, intellectually formidable sea captain who serves as the central antihero in Jack London’s novel "The Sea-Wolf."
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A.
Black Larsen
Black Larsen is a villainous outlaw character in Charlie Chaplin’s silent film "The Gold Rush."
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B.
Long John Silver
Long John Silver is a cunning, one-legged pirate and master manipulator who serves as the charismatic antihero in Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure novel "Treasure Island."
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C.
Colonel Jack
"Colonel Jack" is an early 18th-century novel by Daniel Defoe that follows the morally complex life and adventures of a London pickpocket who rises through crime, transportation, and eventual reform.
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D.
Squire Trelawney
Squire Trelawney is a wealthy, somewhat naive English landowner who finances and helps organize the ill-fated treasure-hunting voyage in Robert Louis Stevenson’s "Treasure Island."
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E.
Hector Barbossa
Hector Barbossa is a cunning and morally ambiguous pirate captain from the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, known for his shifting alliances, sharp wit, and rivalry-turned-partnership with Jack Sparrow.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antihero
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
film adaptations of The Sea-Wolf
ⓘ
television adaptations of The Sea-Wolf ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Sea-Wolf ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
sea story ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
authoritarian
ⓘ
brutal ⓘ charismatic ⓘ intellectually formidable ⓘ nihilistic ⓘ physically powerful ⓘ |
| commands |
the schooner Ghost
ⓘ
linked to:
Ghost (sealing schooner)
|
| conflictsWith | Humphrey Van Weyden ⓘ |
| createdBy | Jack London ⓘ |
| familyRelation | brother of Death Larsen ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Sea-Wolf (1904)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Sea-Wolf
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasDisability |
progressive paralysis
ⓘ
suffers from debilitating headaches ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Death Larsen ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | American naturalism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | iconic sea captain figure in American literature ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
sea captain
ⓘ
seal-hunting schooner captain ⓘ |
| philosophicalView |
materialism
ⓘ
social Darwinism ⓘ
linked to:
Social Darwinism
|
| relationshipToProtagonist | captor of Humphrey Van Weyden ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
antagonist in The Sea-Wolf
ⓘ
central character in The Sea-Wolf ⓘ |
| setting | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the brute force of nature
ⓘ
the struggle for survival ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wolf Larsen Description of subject: Wolf Larsen is the brutal, intellectually formidable sea captain who serves as the central antihero in Jack London’s novel "The Sea-Wolf."
Referenced by (16)
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