Desolation Island
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Desolation Island is a historical naval adventure novel by Patrick O’Brian, following Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin on a perilous voyage during the Napoleonic Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Desolation Island canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6189564 — 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: Desolation Island Context triple: [Aubrey–Maturin series, hasBook, Desolation Island]
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Lincoln Island
Lincoln Island is one of the small land features within the disputed Paracel Islands archipelago in the South China Sea.
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B.
Landfall Island
Landfall Island is the northernmost inhabited island of India’s Andaman archipelago, known for its remote location, coral reefs, and indigenous communities.
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C.
Rainsford Island
Rainsford Island is a small island in Boston Harbor known historically for its use as a quarantine, hospital, and almshouse site.
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D.
Desolation Islands
The Desolation Islands, formally known as the Kerguelen Islands, are a remote, windswept subantarctic archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean administered by France and noted for their harsh climate and scientific research stations.
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E.
Deceit Island
Deceit Island is a remote, uninhabited island in southern Chile, located near Cape Horn in the stormy waters of the Drake Passage.
- 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: Desolation Island Target entity description: Desolation Island is a historical naval adventure novel by Patrick O’Brian, following Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin on a perilous voyage during the Napoleonic Wars.
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A.
Lincoln Island
Lincoln Island is one of the small land features within the disputed Paracel Islands archipelago in the South China Sea.
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B.
Landfall Island
Landfall Island is the northernmost inhabited island of India’s Andaman archipelago, known for its remote location, coral reefs, and indigenous communities.
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C.
Rainsford Island
Rainsford Island is a small island in Boston Harbor known historically for its use as a quarantine, hospital, and almshouse site.
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D.
Desolation Islands
The Desolation Islands, formally known as the Kerguelen Islands, are a remote, windswept subantarctic archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean administered by France and noted for their harsh climate and scientific research stations.
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E.
Deceit Island
Deceit Island is a remote, uninhabited island in southern Chile, located near Cape Horn in the stormy waters of the Drake Passage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nautical novel
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novel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Desolation Island: A Novel ⓘ |
| author | Patrick O’Brian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Geoff Hunt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Jack Aubrey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stephen Maturin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Fortune of War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Mauritius Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
naval fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole |
Jack Aubrey – Royal Navy post-captain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stephen Maturin – ship’s surgeon and intelligence agent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
natural history and science
ⓘ
naval combat ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ |
| hasSettingLocation |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kerguelen Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasShip | HMS Leopard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
duty and honor
ⓘ
espionage ⓘ friendship ⓘ survival at sea ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCycle | Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jack Aubrey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stephen Maturin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableElement |
long sea voyage
ⓘ
pursuit by enemy warship ⓘ shipwreck and survival ⓘ |
| originalMediaType | print ⓘ |
| partOf | Napoleonic naval literature ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Captain Jack Aubrey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stephen Maturin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | Royal Navy captain ⓘ |
| publisher | Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Aubrey–Maturin series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 5 ⓘ |
| setting | Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Desolation Island Description of subject: Desolation Island is a historical naval adventure novel by Patrick O’Brian, following Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin on a perilous voyage during the Napoleonic Wars.
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