Steersman
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Steersman is a minor but notable crew member aboard Daland’s ship in Richard Wagner’s opera "Der fliegende Holländer," known for his drowsy watch and brief solo scene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steersman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10126481 — 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: Steersman Context triple: [Der fliegende Holländer, character, Steersman]
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A.
Deemster
A Deemster is a senior judge in the Isle of Man’s legal system, serving on its higher courts and helping oversee the island’s judiciary.
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B.
Seafar
Seafar is a residential district within the new town of Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
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C.
O' Sailor
"O' Sailor" is a melancholic, piano-driven song by Fiona Apple from her critically acclaimed album "Extraordinary Machine."
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D.
Captain Riga
Captain Riga is a fictional sea captain who appears as a character in Herman Melville’s novel "Redburn: His First Voyage."
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E.
Roughlee
Roughlee is a small rural village in Lancashire, England, known for its scenic countryside setting within the Borough of Pendle and its associations with the Pendle witch trials.
- 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: Steersman Target entity description: Steersman is a minor but notable crew member aboard Daland’s ship in Richard Wagner’s opera "Der fliegende Holländer," known for his drowsy watch and brief solo scene.
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A.
Deemster
A Deemster is a senior judge in the Isle of Man’s legal system, serving on its higher courts and helping oversee the island’s judiciary.
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B.
Seafar
Seafar is a residential district within the new town of Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
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C.
O' Sailor
"O' Sailor" is a melancholic, piano-driven song by Fiona Apple from her critically acclaimed album "Extraordinary Machine."
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D.
Captain Riga
Captain Riga is a fictional sea captain who appears as a character in Herman Melville’s novel "Redburn: His First Voyage."
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E.
Roughlee
Roughlee is a small rural village in Lancashire, England, known for its scenic countryside setting within the Borough of Pendle and its associations with the Pendle witch trials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
male character ⓘ opera character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Der fliegende Holländer ⓘ |
| appearsInAct | Act I ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Daland ⓘ |
| createdBy | Richard Wagner ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
introduces nautical setting and mood
ⓘ
provides atmospheric opening to the opera ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlaceOfWork | Dresden ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceWork | 1843 ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | Romantic opera ⓘ |
| hasScene | brief solo scene ⓘ |
| hasVocalType | tenor ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | German ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory |
Norwegian
ⓘ
linked to:
Norwegian language
|
| notableFor |
drowsy watch on deck
ⓘ
falling asleep while on watch ⓘ |
| occupation |
sailor
ⓘ
steersman ⓘ |
| partOfEnsemble | crew of Daland’s ship ⓘ |
| relatedToTheme |
maritime life
ⓘ
sea ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | minor crew member aboard Daland’s ship ⓘ |
| servesOn | Daland’s ship ⓘ |
| settingOfWork |
Norwegian coast
ⓘ
linked to:
Norwegian coastline
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| singsAria | “Mit Gewitter und Sturm aus fernem Meer” ⓘ |
| workComposer | Richard Wagner ⓘ |
| workLibrettist | Richard Wagner ⓘ |
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: Steersman Description of subject: Steersman is a minor but notable crew member aboard Daland’s ship in Richard Wagner’s opera "Der fliegende Holländer," known for his drowsy watch and brief solo scene.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.