The Open Boat
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The Open Boat is a classic 1897 short story by Stephen Crane that portrays the harrowing struggle for survival of shipwrecked men adrift in a small dinghy, exploring themes of nature’s indifference and human solidarity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Open Boat canonical | 2 |
| The Open Boat and Other Tales of Adventure | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T838694 — 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: The Open Boat Context triple: [Stephen Crane, notableWork, The Open Boat]
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A.
Fishermen at Sea
Fishermen at Sea is an early Romantic-era oil painting by J. M. W. Turner that dramatically depicts small fishing boats battling the moonlit waves of a turbulent sea.
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B.
The Wreck of the Hesperus
The Wreck of the Hesperus is a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that tells the tragic story of a shipwreck caused by a captain’s pride and a violent storm.
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C.
At Sea
"At Sea" is a section or component of Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published novel "Islands in the Stream," focusing on the protagonist's experiences during World War II naval patrols.
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D.
Life on the Mississippi
Life on the Mississippi is a memoir and travel narrative by Mark Twain that recounts his experiences as a young steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River and his later return to the region.
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E.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
- 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: The Open Boat Target entity description: The Open Boat is a classic 1897 short story by Stephen Crane that portrays the harrowing struggle for survival of shipwrecked men adrift in a small dinghy, exploring themes of nature’s indifference and human solidarity.
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A.
Fishermen at Sea
Fishermen at Sea is an early Romantic-era oil painting by J. M. W. Turner that dramatically depicts small fishing boats battling the moonlit waves of a turbulent sea.
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B.
The Wreck of the Hesperus
The Wreck of the Hesperus is a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that tells the tragic story of a shipwreck caused by a captain’s pride and a violent storm.
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C.
At Sea
"At Sea" is a section or component of Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published novel "Islands in the Stream," focusing on the protagonist's experiences during World War II naval patrols.
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D.
The Toll of the Sea
The Toll of the Sea is a 1922 silent drama film, one of the earliest Hollywood movies shot in Technicolor, featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role.
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E.
Life on the Mississippi
Life on the Mississippi is a memoir and travel narrative by Mark Twain that recounts his experiences as a young steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River and his later return to the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Stephen Crane ⓘ |
| basedOn | Stephen Crane’s experience of the Commodore shipwreck ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely praised for its realism and psychological depth ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serialized publication ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Scribner's Magazine
ⓘ
surface form:
Scribner’s Magazine
|
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ sea story ⓘ |
| hasMottoOrQuotedLine | “If I am going to be drowned—if I am going to be drowned—if I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and trees?” ⓘ |
| influencedBy | literary naturalism ⓘ |
| inspiredByEvent | sinking of the SS Commodore ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublishedIn |
The Open Boat
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Open Boat and Other Tales of Adventure
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| literaryDevice |
naturalistic detail
ⓘ
situational irony ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Realism
ⓘ
surface form:
American realism
|
| literarySignificance |
considered one of Stephen Crane’s finest works
ⓘ
frequently anthologized in American literature collections ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
the captain
ⓘ
the cook ⓘ the correspondent ⓘ the oiler ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | third-person limited ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | impressionism ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | Billie the oiler ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1897 ⓘ |
| period | late 19th century American literature ⓘ |
| publicationType | magazine story ⓘ |
| setting |
off the coast of Florida
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the open sea ⓘ |
| studyContext | commonly studied in courses on American realism and naturalism ⓘ |
| symbol |
the boat as a symbol of human community
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the lighthouse as a symbol of distant hope ⓘ the sea as a symbol of indifferent nature ⓘ |
| theme |
brotherhood in adversity
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existential uncertainty ⓘ fate and chance ⓘ human solidarity ⓘ man versus nature ⓘ nature’s indifference to human suffering ⓘ |
| tone |
ironic
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somber ⓘ |
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Subject: The Open Boat Description of subject: The Open Boat is a classic 1897 short story by Stephen Crane that portrays the harrowing struggle for survival of shipwrecked men adrift in a small dinghy, exploring themes of nature’s indifference and human solidarity.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
The Open Boat and Other Tales of Adventure