Yojo
E309732
Yojo is the small wooden idol and personal god of the harpooner Queequeg in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yojo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2903548 — 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: Yojo Context triple: [Queequeg, worships, Yojo]
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A.
Joyo
Joyo is a small city in Japan known for its location in Kyoto Prefecture and its blend of residential areas, light industry, and historical sites.
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B.
Yotayota
Yotayota is an alternative name for the Yorta Yorta, an Aboriginal Australian people traditionally from the Murray–Goulburn region of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales.
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C.
Hiyo
Hiyo was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during World War II.
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D.
Marichi
Marichi is a revered Vedic sage (one of the Saptarishi) regarded as a mind-born son of Brahma and an important progenitor in Hindu cosmology.
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E.
Yodo-dono
Yodo-dono was a prominent Japanese noblewoman and political figure of the late Sengoku period, best known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s consort and the mother of his heir, Toyotomi Hideyori.
- 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: Yojo Target entity description: Yojo is the small wooden idol and personal god of the harpooner Queequeg in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."
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A.
Joyo
Joyo is a small city in Japan known for its location in Kyoto Prefecture and its blend of residential areas, light industry, and historical sites.
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B.
Yotayota
Yotayota is an alternative name for the Yorta Yorta, an Aboriginal Australian people traditionally from the Murray–Goulburn region of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales.
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C.
Hiyo
Hiyo was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during World War II.
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D.
Marichi
Marichi is a revered Vedic sage (one of the Saptarishi) regarded as a mind-born son of Brahma and an important progenitor in Hindu cosmology.
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E.
Yodo-dono
Yodo-dono was a prominent Japanese noblewoman and political figure of the late Sengoku period, best known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s consort and the mother of his heir, Toyotomi Hideyori.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional deity
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idol ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Moby-Dick ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Queequeg ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
cultural relativism
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faith ⓘ paganism ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| centuryOfCreation | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginInFiction | Rokovoko ⓘ |
| describedAs | small wooden idol ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Moby-Dick universe
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linked to:
Moby-Dick
|
| firstAppearance |
Moby-Dick, Chapter 10 "A Bosom Friend"
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linked to:
Moby-Dick
|
| genreOfWork | American novel ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Herman Melville ⓘ |
| hasType |
household god
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tutelary deity ⓘ |
| isPersonalGodOf | Queequeg ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| material | wood ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
adds ethnographic detail to Queequeg’s background
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illustrates Ishmael’s tolerance of other religions ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
contrast to Christian worship
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symbol of Queequeg’s indigenous beliefs ⓘ |
| worshippedBy | Queequeg ⓘ |
| worshipPractice |
consulted by Queequeg for decisions
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receives Queequeg’s prayers ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkPublication | 1851 ⓘ |
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: Yojo Description of subject: Yojo is the small wooden idol and personal god of the harpooner Queequeg in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.