Ship Fever
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Ship Fever is a National Book Award–winning collection of historical and scientific-themed short stories and a novella by American author Andrea Barrett.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ship Fever canonical | 4 |
| Ship Fever (novella) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5487810 — 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: Ship Fever Context triple: [Andrea Barrett, notableWork, Ship Fever]
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A.
The Ship
The Ship is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time-traveling spacecraft and time machine in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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B.
The Shipwreck
The Shipwreck is a dramatic 18th-century maritime painting by French artist Joseph Vernet, renowned for its vivid depiction of storm-tossed seas and human struggle against nature.
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C.
Hunger at Sea
"Hunger at Sea" is an episode of the television series "The Hunt," likely focusing on the struggles of predators and prey to find food in harsh marine environments.
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D.
The Steerage
The Steerage is a landmark 1907 photograph by Alfred Stieglitz, celebrated as an early masterpiece of modernist photography and social documentary.
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E.
Jewel of the Port
Jewel of the Port is a picturesque historic lighthouse on Lake Erie in Lorain, Ohio, renowned as a local maritime landmark and symbol of the city’s waterfront.
- 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: Ship Fever Target entity description: Ship Fever is a National Book Award–winning collection of historical and scientific-themed short stories and a novella by American author Andrea Barrett.
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A.
The Ship
The Ship is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time-traveling spacecraft and time machine in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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B.
The Shipwreck
The Shipwreck is a dramatic 18th-century maritime painting by French artist Joseph Vernet, renowned for its vivid depiction of storm-tossed seas and human struggle against nature.
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C.
Hunger at Sea
"Hunger at Sea" is an episode of the television series "The Hunt," likely focusing on the struggles of predators and prey to find food in harsh marine environments.
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D.
The Steerage
The Steerage is a landmark 1907 photograph by Alfred Stieglitz, celebrated as an early masterpiece of modernist photography and social documentary.
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E.
Jewel of the Port
Jewel of the Port is a picturesque historic lighthouse on Lake Erie in Lorain, Ohio, renowned as a local maritime landmark and symbol of the city’s waterfront.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Andrea Barrett ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Book Award
ⓘ
linked to:
National Book Awards
National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ |
| containsWorkType |
novella
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist |
W. W. Norton design department
ⓘ
linked to:
W. W. Norton & Company design department
|
| hasPart |
Birds with No Feet
ⓘ
Rare Bird ⓘ Ship Fever (novella) ⓘ
linked to:
Ship Fever
Soroche ⓘ The Behavior of the Hawkweeds ⓘ The Cure ⓘ The English Pupil ⓘ The Littoral Zone ⓘ The Marburg Sisters ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
biology
ⓘ
epidemics ⓘ evolution ⓘ immigration ⓘ maritime travel ⓘ natural history ⓘ scientists ⓘ |
| hasTitleStory |
Ship Fever (novella)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ship Fever
|
| isPartOfSeries | Andrea Barrett’s science-themed fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryAwardYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
ethics in science
ⓘ
history of science ⓘ impact of disease ⓘ relationships between scientists ⓘ scientific discovery ⓘ |
| nationalityOfAuthor | American ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Carl Linnaeus (fictionalized)
ⓘ
linked to:
Carl Linnaeus
Gregor Mendel (referenced) ⓘ
linked to:
Gregor Mendel
|
| notableFor | integration of scientific history into fiction ⓘ |
| originalMediaType | print ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| publisher | W. W. Norton & Company ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
19th century science ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ship Fever Description of subject: Ship Fever is a National Book Award–winning collection of historical and scientific-themed short stories and a novella by American author Andrea Barrett.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ship Fever
linked to: Ship Fever