Typee
E145043
Typee is Herman Melville’s semi-autobiographical 1846 debut novel recounting his experiences among Polynesians in the Marquesas Islands, blending adventure, ethnography, and critique of Western colonialism.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Typee canonical | 15 |
| Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life | 4 |
| Typee valley | 3 |
| Typee (1846) | 1 |
| Typee (film) | 1 |
| Typee Valley | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1268947 — 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: Typee Context triple: [Herman Melville, notableWork, Typee]
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A.
Raggeds Wilderness
Raggeds Wilderness is a rugged, high-elevation protected area in the Rocky Mountains of western Colorado known for its steep peaks, dense forests, and remote backcountry recreation opportunities.
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B.
The Pearl of Orr's Island
The Pearl of Orr's Island is a 19th-century novel set in coastal Maine that explores themes of morality, community, and Christian faith through the lives of its seafaring characters.
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C.
The Sea-Wolf
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by Jack London that explores brutality, individualism, and moral conflict through the clash between an intellectual castaway and a ruthless sea captain.
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D.
Forest of the Pygmies
Forest of the Pygmies is a young adult adventure novel by Isabel Allende that follows journalist Kate Cold and her companions on a perilous journey into an African jungle to confront slavery and corruption.
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E.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is Henry David Thoreau’s reflective travel narrative that blends natural observation, philosophy, and personal memoir based on a boating trip he took with his brother.
- 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: Typee Target entity description: Typee is Herman Melville’s semi-autobiographical 1846 debut novel recounting his experiences among Polynesians in the Marquesas Islands, blending adventure, ethnography, and critique of Western colonialism.
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A.
Raggeds Wilderness
Raggeds Wilderness is a rugged, high-elevation protected area in the Rocky Mountains of western Colorado known for its steep peaks, dense forests, and remote backcountry recreation opportunities.
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B.
The Pearl of Orr's Island
The Pearl of Orr's Island is a 19th-century novel set in coastal Maine that explores themes of morality, community, and Christian faith through the lives of its seafaring characters.
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C.
The Sea-Wolf
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by Jack London that explores brutality, individualism, and moral conflict through the clash between an intellectual castaway and a ruthless sea captain.
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D.
Forest of the Pygmies
Forest of the Pygmies is a young adult adventure novel by Isabel Allende that follows journalist Kate Cold and her companions on a perilous journey into an African jungle to confront slavery and corruption.
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E.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is Henry David Thoreau’s reflective travel narrative that blends natural observation, philosophy, and personal memoir based on a boating trip he took with his brother.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
debut novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ |
| author | Herman Melville ⓘ |
| basedOn | Herman Melville’s experiences in the Marquesas Islands ⓘ |
| containsElement |
adventure narrative
ⓘ
ethnographic description ⓘ social critique ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticizes |
Christian missionary efforts in Polynesia
ⓘ
European colonial practices in the Pacific ⓘ |
| firstPublicationPlace |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| firstPublisher | John Murray ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
ethnographic fiction ⓘ sea story ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Typee (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Typee
|
| hasCharacter |
Fayaway
ⓘ
Kory-Kory ⓘ Mehevi ⓘ |
| hasIllustratedEditions | yes ⓘ |
| hasPublicDomainStatus | public domain in many countries ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Omoo ⓘ |
| influenced | reputation of Herman Melville as a travel and adventure writer ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | Herman Melville’s first published book ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Toby
ⓘ
Tommo ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfWriting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| portrays |
Marquesan tribal customs
ⓘ
Polynesian daily life ⓘ Typee valley ⓘ
linked to:
Typee
|
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1846 ⓘ |
| setting |
Marquesas Islands
ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ |
| subtitle | A Peep at Polynesian Life ⓘ |
| themes |
Western colonialism
ⓘ
civilization versus savagery ⓘ cultural encounter ⓘ freedom and captivity ⓘ missionary activity ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 19th century ⓘ |
| workType | fictionalized memoir ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Typee Description of subject: Typee is Herman Melville’s semi-autobiographical 1846 debut novel recounting his experiences among Polynesians in the Marquesas Islands, blending adventure, ethnography, and critique of Western colonialism.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Melville
linked to: Typee
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