The Wordy Shipmates
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The Wordy Shipmates is a nonfiction book by Sarah Vowell that offers a witty, historically grounded exploration of the Puritans and their influence on American identity.
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| The Wordy Shipmates canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9753809 — 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 Wordy Shipmates Context triple: [Sarah Vowell, notableWork, The Wordy Shipmates]
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A.
The Seafarers
The Seafarers is a 1953 short documentary film and one of Stanley Kubrick’s early non-fiction works, focusing on the lives and organization of merchant seamen.
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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.
Sound Out the Galleon
"Sound Out the Galleon" is a track from Jon Anderson’s 1976 progressive rock concept album *Olias of Sunhillow*, contributing to the record’s mystical, narrative-driven soundscape.
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D.
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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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.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wordy Shipmates Target entity description: The Wordy Shipmates is a nonfiction book by Sarah Vowell that offers a witty, historically grounded exploration of the Puritans and their influence on American identity.
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A.
The Seafarers
The Seafarers is a 1953 short documentary film and one of Stanley Kubrick’s early non-fiction works, focusing on the lives and organization of merchant seamen.
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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.
Sound Out the Galleon
"Sound Out the Galleon" is a track from Jon Anderson’s 1976 progressive rock concept album *Olias of Sunhillow*, contributing to the record’s mystical, narrative-driven soundscape.
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D.
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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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 (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| audiobookNarrator | Sarah Vowell ⓘ |
| author | Sarah Vowell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| explores |
biblical rhetoric in American public life
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influence of Puritan thought on American political culture ⓘ religious freedom and intolerance ⓘ |
| followedBy | Unfamiliar Fishes ⓘ |
| genre |
essay collection
ⓘ
history ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | popular history ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
foundations of American exceptionalism
ⓘ
mythmaking in American history ⓘ tension between religious ideals and political power ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general readers ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 1594484001 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9781594484001 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | F67 .V69 2008 ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | first-person ⓘ |
| notableConcept | "city upon a hill" sermon ⓘ |
| pageCount | approx. 256 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| precededBy | Assassination Vacation ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2008 ⓘ |
| publisher | Riverhead Books ⓘ |
| publisherImprint | Riverhead Hardcover ⓘ |
| settingTime | 17th century ⓘ |
| subject |
American identity
ⓘ
Anne Hutchinson ⓘ John Winthrop ⓘ Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ New England colonial history ⓘ Puritans ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge Puritans
Roger Williams ⓘ religion in early America ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | 1630s New England ⓘ |
| tone |
historically grounded
ⓘ
humorous ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| workSeries | Sarah Vowell historical nonfiction works ⓘ |
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