Ghost
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Ghost is the sealing schooner commanded by the brutal Captain Wolf Larsen in Jack London’s novel "The Sea-Wolf."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ghost canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4924985 — 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: Ghost Context triple: [The Sea-Wolf, shipName, Ghost]
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A.
Ghost
Ghost is a 1990 romantic fantasy thriller film best known for its blend of supernatural drama and romance, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg in an Oscar-winning role.
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B.
Ghost
Ghost is a Marvel Comics supervillain-turned-antihero known for their high-tech suit that grants intangibility and invisibility, appearing as a key adversary in the film "Ant-Man and the Wasp."
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C.
Ghost
Ghost is a seminal 1990 plaster cast sculpture by British artist Rachel Whiteread that captures the negative space of a Victorian living room, exploring memory, absence, and the traces of domestic life.
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D.
Ghost
"Ghost" is a 2021 pop ballad by Justin Bieber that reflects on loss and longing, blending emotional lyrics with an upbeat, radio-friendly production.
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E.
GHOST!
GHOST! is a track by Kid Cudi from his album "Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager," known for its introspective lyrics and atmospheric production.
- 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: Ghost Target entity description: Ghost is the sealing schooner commanded by the brutal Captain Wolf Larsen in Jack London’s novel "The Sea-Wolf."
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A.
Ghost
Ghost is a 1990 romantic fantasy thriller film best known for its blend of supernatural drama and romance, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg in an Oscar-winning role.
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B.
Ghost
Ghost is a Marvel Comics supervillain-turned-antihero known for their high-tech suit that grants intangibility and invisibility, appearing as a key adversary in the film "Ant-Man and the Wasp."
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C.
Ghost
"Ghost" is a 2021 pop ballad by Justin Bieber that reflects on loss and longing, blending emotional lyrics with an upbeat, radio-friendly production.
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D.
Ghost
Ghost is a seminal 1990 plaster cast sculpture by British artist Rachel Whiteread that captures the negative space of a Victorian living room, exploring memory, absence, and the traces of domestic life.
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E.
GHOST!
GHOST! is a track by Kid Cudi from his album "Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager," known for its introspective lyrics and atmospheric production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional ship
ⓘ
sealing schooner ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Sea-Wolf ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
brutality
ⓘ
philosophical conflict ⓘ |
| authorNationalityContext | American literature ⓘ |
| cargo | seal pelts ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Wolf Larsen ⓘ |
| condition | seaworthy but harshly maintained ⓘ |
| createdBy | Jack London ⓘ |
| crewIncludes |
Death Larsen’s men (later in the story)
ⓘ
Humphrey Van Weyden ⓘ Maud Brewster ⓘ Thomas Mugridge ⓘ |
| crewTreatmentOnboard | brutal ⓘ |
| disciplineOnboard | violent ⓘ |
| fateInStory | eventually disabled and abandoned (in the novel’s plot) ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | world of The Sea-Wolf ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
The Sea-Wolf (1904 novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Sea-Wolf
|
| hasCaptain | Wolf Larsen ⓘ |
| hasThemeContext |
conflict between intellect and brute force
ⓘ
social Darwinism at sea ⓘ |
| homeWork | seal-hunting grounds in the North Pacific ⓘ |
| influences | maritime adventure tropes involving brutal captains ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenreContext | adventure fiction ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narratedBy |
Humphrey Van Weyden (as character-narrator)
ⓘ
linked to:
Humphrey Van Weyden
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| narrativeArc | site of Humphrey Van Weyden’s transformation ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | primary setting for much of The Sea-Wolf ⓘ |
| nationality | unspecified in the novel ⓘ |
| notableFor |
harsh conditions aboard
ⓘ
symbolizing Wolf Larsen’s dominance ⓘ |
| operates | illegally ⓘ |
| operatesAs | sealing vessel ⓘ |
| ownership | Wolf Larsen ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| registryStatus | unregistered ⓘ |
| relatedWork | adaptations of The Sea-Wolf in film and television ⓘ |
| sailsIn | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| settingOf | events in The Sea-Wolf ⓘ |
| shipType | schooner ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
brutal individualism
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struggle for survival ⓘ |
| temporalSetting | late 19th century or early 20th century maritime era ⓘ |
| usedFor | seal hunting ⓘ |
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: Ghost Description of subject: Ghost is the sealing schooner commanded by the brutal Captain Wolf Larsen in Jack London’s novel "The Sea-Wolf."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.