Typhoon
E407831
"Typhoon" is a novella by Joseph Conrad that vividly portrays a steamship captain and his crew battling a violent storm at sea, exploring themes of duty, endurance, and human insignificance before nature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Typhoon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4035440 — 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: Typhoon Context triple: [Joseph Conrad, notableWork, Typhoon]
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A.
Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan was one of the strongest and deadliest tropical cyclones ever recorded, devastating large parts of the Philippines and surrounding regions in November 2013.
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B.
Shimotsumaki
Shimotsumaki is the third and final volume of the ancient Japanese chronicle Kojiki, focusing largely on historical-era emperors and genealogies rather than mythological narratives.
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C.
Typhoon FGR4
The Typhoon FGR4 is a multirole variant of the Eurofighter Typhoon used by the Royal Air Force for air-to-air and air-to-ground combat operations.
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D.
Cyclone
Cyclone is the nickname of early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey legend Cyclone Taylor, renowned as one of the sport’s first great rushing defensemen.
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E.
Cyclone
Cyclone is a statically typed, safe dialect of C designed to prevent common programming errors such as buffer overflows and memory leaks while retaining low-level control.
- 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: Typhoon Target entity description: "Typhoon" is a novella by Joseph Conrad that vividly portrays a steamship captain and his crew battling a violent storm at sea, exploring themes of duty, endurance, and human insignificance before nature.
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A.
Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan was one of the strongest and deadliest tropical cyclones ever recorded, devastating large parts of the Philippines and surrounding regions in November 2013.
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B.
Shimotsumaki
Shimotsumaki is the third and final volume of the ancient Japanese chronicle Kojiki, focusing largely on historical-era emperors and genealogies rather than mythological narratives.
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C.
Typhoon FGR4
The Typhoon FGR4 is a multirole variant of the Eurofighter Typhoon used by the Royal Air Force for air-to-air and air-to-ground combat operations.
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D.
Cyclone
Cyclone is the nickname of early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey legend Cyclone Taylor, renowned as one of the sport’s first great rushing defensemen.
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E.
Cyclone
Cyclone is a statically typed, safe dialect of C designed to prevent common programming errors such as buffer overflows and memory leaks while retaining low-level control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novella ⓘ |
| adaptationType |
radio drama
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television adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Joseph Conrad ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Polish-British ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
colonial-era maritime trade
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duty ⓘ endurance ⓘ human insignificance before nature ⓘ leadership under crisis ⓘ professionalism at sea ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1902 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Pall Mall Magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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nautical fiction ⓘ sea story ⓘ |
| hasSymbolism | storm as a symbol of indifferent natural forces ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Typhoon and Other Stories ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernist precursor ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 20th century literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
detailed nautical description
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psychological realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Captain MacWhirr
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Chinese coolie passengers ⓘ Jukes ⓘ Mr. Rout ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| plotElement |
a steamship sails into a powerful typhoon
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conflict over handling Chinese passengers’ money ⓘ the crew struggles to keep the ship afloat ⓘ |
| protagonistName | Captain MacWhirr ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | sea captain ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookEdition | William Heinemann ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Heart of Darkness
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Lord Jim ⓘ Nostromo ⓘ |
| setting |
South China Sea
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on board the steamship Nan-Shan ⓘ |
| shipNameInWork | Nan-Shan ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century maritime trade ⓘ |
| vesselTypeDepicted | steamship ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Typhoon Description of subject: "Typhoon" is a novella by Joseph Conrad that vividly portrays a steamship captain and his crew battling a violent storm at sea, exploring themes of duty, endurance, and human insignificance before nature.
Referenced by (1)
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