Redburn
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Redburn is a semi-autobiographical novel by Herman Melville that follows a young man's coming-of-age voyage as a sailor on a transatlantic ship.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Redburn canonical | 4 |
| Redburn: His First Voyage | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1268950 — 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: Redburn Context triple: [Herman Melville, notableWork, Redburn]
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A.
The Ship
The Ship is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time-traveling spacecraft and time machine in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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B.
The Sea Lady
The Sea Lady is a 1902 fantasy novel by H. G. Wells that satirically explores Edwardian society through the disruptive arrival of a mysterious mermaid.
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C.
The Sea-Wolf
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by Jack London that explores brutality, individualism, and moral conflict through the clash between an intellectual castaway and a ruthless sea captain.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Redburn Target entity description: Redburn is a semi-autobiographical novel by Herman Melville that follows a young man's coming-of-age voyage as a sailor on a transatlantic ship.
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A.
The Ship
The Ship is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time-traveling spacecraft and time machine in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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B.
The Sea Lady
The Sea Lady is a 1902 fantasy novel by H. G. Wells that satirically explores Edwardian society through the disruptive arrival of a mysterious mermaid.
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C.
The Sea-Wolf
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by Jack London that explores brutality, individualism, and moral conflict through the clash between an intellectual castaway and a ruthless sea captain.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ |
| author | Herman Melville ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | White-Jacket ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age novel
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nautical fiction ⓘ sea story ⓘ semi-autobiographical fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Captain Riga
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Harry Bolton ⓘ Jackson ⓘ Wellingborough Redburn ⓘ |
| hasEdition | first edition 1849 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Redburn’s experiences in Liverpool
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return voyage to America ⓘ voyage from New York to Liverpool ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
immigration and travel
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merchant shipping ⓘ seafaring life ⓘ urban poverty ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Herman Melville’s own early voyage to Liverpool ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | American Renaissance ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Wellingborough Redburn ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Herman Melville’s sea novels ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mardi ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1849 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Brothers ⓘ |
| setting |
Liverpool
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New York City ⓘ transatlantic voyage ⓘ |
| theme |
class and social inequality
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coming of age ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ innocence and experience ⓘ labor and exploitation at sea ⓘ |
| title |
Redburn
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Redburn: His First Voyage
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Redburn Description of subject: Redburn is a semi-autobiographical novel by Herman Melville that follows a young man's coming-of-age voyage as a sailor on a transatlantic ship.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Redburn: His First Voyage