The Storm-Ship
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The Storm-Ship is a short tale by Washington Irving, included among the sketches of Bracebridge Hall, that blends folklore and maritime superstition in a narrative about a mysterious, ghostly vessel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Storm-Ship canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4190761 — 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 Storm-Ship Context triple: [Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists, hasPart, The Storm-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 Shipwreck
The Shipwreck is a dramatic 18th-century maritime painting by French artist Joseph Vernet, renowned for its vivid depiction of storm-tossed seas and human struggle against nature.
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C.
The Slave Ship
The Slave Ship is a powerful 1840 Romantic-era painting by J. M. W. Turner that depicts a slave ship sailing into a storm as enslaved people are thrown overboard, serving as a searing indictment of the transatlantic slave trade.
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D.
Stormy Sea with Ships
"Stormy Sea with Ships" is a marine painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Jan Porcellis, depicting ships battling turbulent seas and dramatic weather.
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E.
Sloop John B
"Sloop John B" is a popular folk song famously adapted and recorded by the Beach Boys on their landmark 1966 album "Pet Sounds."
- 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 Storm-Ship Target entity description: The Storm-Ship is a short tale by Washington Irving, included among the sketches of Bracebridge Hall, that blends folklore and maritime superstition in a narrative about a mysterious, ghostly vessel.
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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 Shipwreck
The Shipwreck is a dramatic 18th-century maritime painting by French artist Joseph Vernet, renowned for its vivid depiction of storm-tossed seas and human struggle against nature.
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C.
The Slave Ship
The Slave Ship is a powerful 1840 Romantic-era painting by J. M. W. Turner that depicts a slave ship sailing into a storm as enslaved people are thrown overboard, serving as a searing indictment of the transatlantic slave trade.
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D.
Stormy Sea with Ships
"Stormy Sea with Ships" is a marine painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Jan Porcellis, depicting ships battling turbulent seas and dramatic weather.
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E.
Sloop John B
"Sloop John B" is a popular folk song famously adapted and recorded by the Beach Boys on their landmark 1966 album "Pet Sounds."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
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tale ⓘ |
| author | Washington Irving ⓘ |
| basedOn |
folklore traditions
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sailors' superstitions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| creator | Washington Irving ⓘ |
| features | ghostly vessel ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Bracebridge Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
ghost story
ⓘ
gothic fiction ⓘ maritime fiction ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
apparitional ship
ⓘ
stormy seas ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
folklore
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maritime superstition ⓘ mysterious ships ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ |
| hasTone |
atmospheric
ⓘ
mysterious ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | sketch ⓘ |
| includedIn | Bracebridge Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists
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surface form:
Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists, A Medley
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| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th century American literature ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
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surface form:
The Sketch Book and Bracebridge cycle of Irving tales
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| setting |
at sea
ⓘ
maritime environment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Storm-Ship Description of subject: The Storm-Ship is a short tale by Washington Irving, included among the sketches of Bracebridge Hall, that blends folklore and maritime superstition in a narrative about a mysterious, ghostly vessel.
Referenced by (1)
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