Tashtego
E309736
Tashtego is a Native American harpooner from Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," serving aboard the whaling ship Pequod.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tashtego canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2903739 — 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: Tashtego Context triple: [Pequod, hasCrewMember, Tashtego]
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A.
Upangas
Upangas are a group of secondary Jain scriptures that elaborate and supplement the teachings found in the primary Agamas.
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B.
Zunheboto
Zunheboto is a town in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, known as the headquarters of the Sumi Naga community and for its hilly terrain and rich tribal culture.
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C.
Coquihani
Coquihani is a traditional Zapotec deity associated with the indigenous religious beliefs and cosmology of the Zapotec people of Oaxaca, Mexico.
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D.
Chevak
Chevak is a distinct dialect of the Central Alaskan Yup’ik language spoken primarily in the village of Chevak in western Alaska.
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E.
Tahlequah
Tahlequah is a city in eastern Oklahoma that serves as the capital of the Cherokee Nation and is known for its rich Native American history and culture.
- 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: Tashtego Target entity description: Tashtego is a Native American harpooner from Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," serving aboard the whaling ship Pequod.
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A.
Upangas
Upangas are a group of secondary Jain scriptures that elaborate and supplement the teachings found in the primary Agamas.
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B.
Zunheboto
Zunheboto is a town in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, known as the headquarters of the Sumi Naga community and for its hilly terrain and rich tribal culture.
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C.
Coquihani
Coquihani is a traditional Zapotec deity associated with the indigenous religious beliefs and cosmology of the Zapotec people of Oaxaca, Mexico.
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D.
Chevak
Chevak is a distinct dialect of the Central Alaskan Yup’ik language spoken primarily in the village of Chevak in western Alaska.
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E.
Tahlequah
Tahlequah is a city in eastern Oklahoma that serves as the capital of the Cherokee Nation and is known for its rich Native American history and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ harpooner ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Moby-Dick ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Captain Ahab
ⓘ
Pequod ⓘ
linked to:
the Pequod
Starbuck ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginInFiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Herman Melville ⓘ |
| describedAs |
bronzed
ⓘ
lean ⓘ tall ⓘ warrior-like ⓘ |
| employer | Captain Ahab ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Native American
ⓘ
linked to:
Native Americans
|
| firstPublicationAppearance |
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
ⓘ
linked to:
Moby-Dick
|
| firstPublicationYear | 1851 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| homeRegion | Martha's Vineyard ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | American novel ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| medium | prose literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | represents Native American presence in whaling ⓘ |
| nationality |
Wampanoag
ⓘ
linked to:
Wampanoag people
|
| occupation | harpooner ⓘ |
| participatesIn |
the hunt for Moby Dick
ⓘ
linked to:
Moby-Dick
|
| partOf | crew of the Pequod ⓘ |
| raceInFiction | Indigenous American ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
crew member of the Pequod
ⓘ
harpooner on Starbuck's whaleboat ⓘ |
| servesOnShip |
Pequod
ⓘ
linked to:
the Pequod
|
| skill |
harpoon throwing
ⓘ
whale hunting ⓘ |
| workSetting |
19th-century whaling industry
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tashtego Description of subject: Tashtego is a Native American harpooner from Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," serving aboard the whaling ship Pequod.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the Pequod