The Red Sea Sharks
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The Red Sea Sharks is a Tintin comic adventure by Hergé that follows Tintin and Captain Haddock as they uncover an arms-smuggling and modern-day slave-trading operation in the Middle East.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Red Sea Sharks canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7697044 — 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 Red Sea Sharks Context triple: [Professor Cuthbert Calculus, appearsIn, The Red Sea Sharks]
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A.
The Shark
"The Shark" is a poem by Greek national poet Dionysios Solomos, reflecting his Romantic style and thematic focus on nature and the human condition.
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B.
Die Haie
Die Haie is the popular nickname of the Kölner Haie, a professional ice hockey team based in Cologne, Germany.
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C.
The Great Shark Hunt
The Great Shark Hunt is a collection of Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo journalism and essays spanning his career, showcasing his signature wild, satirical, and politically charged style.
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D.
Ripjaws
Ripjaws is an aquatic alien from the Ben 10 franchise known for his powerful jaws, underwater abilities, and fish-like appearance.
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E.
Shark Alley
Shark Alley is a popular National Aquarium exhibit featuring a large collection of sharks and other marine predators in an immersive, walk-through viewing environment.
- 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 Red Sea Sharks Target entity description: The Red Sea Sharks is a Tintin comic adventure by Hergé that follows Tintin and Captain Haddock as they uncover an arms-smuggling and modern-day slave-trading operation in the Middle East.
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A.
The Shark
"The Shark" is a poem by Greek national poet Dionysios Solomos, reflecting his Romantic style and thematic focus on nature and the human condition.
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B.
Die Haie
Die Haie is the popular nickname of the Kölner Haie, a professional ice hockey team based in Cologne, Germany.
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C.
The Great Shark Hunt
The Great Shark Hunt is a collection of Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo journalism and essays spanning his career, showcasing his signature wild, satirical, and politically charged style.
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D.
Ripjaws
Ripjaws is an aquatic alien from the Ben 10 franchise known for his powerful jaws, underwater abilities, and fish-like appearance.
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E.
Shark Alley
Shark Alley is a popular National Aquarium exhibit featuring a large collection of sharks and other marine predators in an immersive, walk-through viewing environment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Belgian comic
ⓘ
Tintin adventure ⓘ comic album ⓘ |
| antagonist |
Allan Thompson
ⓘ
Dawson ⓘ Dr. Müller ⓘ |
| artStyle | ligne claire ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Belgium ⓘ |
| creator |
Hergé
ⓘ
linked to:
Georges Prosper Remi
|
| feature |
arms-smuggling ring plotline
ⓘ
return of earlier villains ⓘ satire of international arms trade ⓘ slave-trading operation plotline ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | Tintin magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure comic
ⓘ
humour comic ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Jolyon Wagg
ⓘ
Piotr Skut ⓘ |
| hasParodyElement | parody of commercial aviation through Jolyon Wagg ⓘ |
| hasVehicle |
Sheikh’s private jet
ⓘ
ship Ramona ⓘ ship Scheherazade ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Abdullah
ⓘ
Captain Haddock ⓘ Emir Ben Kalish Ezab ⓘ Snowy ⓘ Thomson and Thompson ⓘ Tintin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of refugee exploitation
ⓘ
reappearance of multiple recurring characters ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Coke en stock ⓘ |
| partOf | canonical Tintin series ⓘ |
| protagonistGoal |
to expose a slave-trading network
ⓘ
to stop an arms-smuggling operation ⓘ |
| publicationFormat | album ⓘ |
| publisher | Casterman ⓘ |
| series | The Adventures of Tintin ⓘ |
| setting |
Middle East
ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ |
| theme |
Middle East politics
ⓘ
arms trafficking ⓘ human trafficking ⓘ modern slavery ⓘ |
| workInSeriesOrder | later Tintin adventure ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Red Sea Sharks Description of subject: The Red Sea Sharks is a Tintin comic adventure by Hergé that follows Tintin and Captain Haddock as they uncover an arms-smuggling and modern-day slave-trading operation in the Middle East.
Referenced by (9)
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