"The Whale" (TV film)
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"The Whale" is a British television drama film that recounts the true story of the 1820 sinking of the whaling ship Essex, which inspired Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "The Whale" (TV film) canonical | 1 |
| The Whale (2013 TV film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5549630 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "The Whale" (TV film) Context triple: [Jonas Armstrong, notableWork, "The Whale" (TV film)]
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A.
The Whale
The Whale is the nickname of the Curtiss C-46 Commando, a large World War II-era American military transport aircraft known for its bulky fuselage and heavy-lift capability.
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B.
The Whale
The Whale is the distinctive, swooping-roof ice hockey arena at Yale University designed by architect Eero Saarinen.
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C.
The Whale
The Whale is a 2022 psychological drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky, adapted from Samuel D. Hunter’s play, about a reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher seeking redemption and reconnection with his estranged daughter.
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D.
Fin the Whale
Fin the Whale is the playful, anthropomorphic orca mascot of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, known for entertaining fans at games and community events.
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E.
Moby Dick (1956 film)
Moby Dick (1956 film) is a 1956 adventure drama directed by John Huston, adapting Herman Melville’s novel about Captain Ahab’s obsessive hunt for the white whale and starring Gregory Peck as Ahab.
- 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 Whale" (TV film) Target entity description: "The Whale" is a British television drama film that recounts the true story of the 1820 sinking of the whaling ship Essex, which inspired Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick."
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A.
The Whale
The Whale is the distinctive, swooping-roof ice hockey arena at Yale University designed by architect Eero Saarinen.
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B.
The Whale
The Whale is the nickname of the Curtiss C-46 Commando, a large World War II-era American military transport aircraft known for its bulky fuselage and heavy-lift capability.
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C.
The Whale
The Whale is a 2022 psychological drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky, adapted from Samuel D. Hunter’s play, about a reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher seeking redemption and reconnection with his estranged daughter.
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D.
Fin the Whale
Fin the Whale is the playful, anthropomorphic orca mascot of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, known for entertaining fans at games and community events.
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E.
Moby Dick (1956 film)
Moby Dick (1956 film) is a 1956 adventure drama directed by John Huston, adapting Herman Melville’s novel about Captain Ahab’s obsessive hunt for the white whale and starring Gregory Peck as Ahab.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical drama
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television film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
sinking of the whaling ship Essex
NERFINISHED
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true story ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Alrick Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Simon Wheeler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | live action ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastOnChannel | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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historical drama ⓘ |
| hasFormat | TV film ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
cannibalism
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shipwreck ⓘ survival at sea ⓘ whaling ⓘ |
| inspired | Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick (indirectly, via the Essex story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | sinking of the whaling ship Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
George Pollard Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Owen Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Nickerson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
Animal Planet
NERFINISHED
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BBC One ⓘ |
| partOf | BBC drama programming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
attack on the Essex by a sperm whale
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ordeal of the Essex crew in lifeboats ⓘ voyage of the whaling ship Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Mike Dormer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Animal Planet
NERFINISHED
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BBC ⓘ BBC Factual NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Pacific Ocean
NERFINISHED
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at sea ⓘ |
| setInYear | 1820 ⓘ |
| stars |
Adam Rayner
NERFINISHED
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John Boyega NERFINISHED ⓘ Jolyon Coy NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonas Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Compston NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Terry Cafolla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: "The Whale" (TV film) Description of subject: "The Whale" is a British television drama film that recounts the true story of the 1820 sinking of the whaling ship Essex, which inspired Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Whale (2013 TV film)