“The Stone Fleet”
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“The Stone Fleet” is a Civil War–themed poem by Herman Melville, included in his collection *Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War*, that reflects on the Union’s deliberate sinking of old ships to blockade Confederate ports.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| “The Stone Fleet” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5531408 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Stone Fleet” Context triple: [Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War, hasPart, “The Stone Fleet”]
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A.
The Fleet
"The Fleet" is a prominent maritime painting by American artist Armin Hansen, known for its dynamic depiction of fishing vessels and the rugged life of seafarers.
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B.
“Forged by the Sea”
“Forged by the Sea” is the official motto of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command, reflecting the rigorous maritime training and sea-based origins of its elite forces.
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C.
The Time Ships
The Time Ships is a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that serves as an authorized sequel to H. G. Wells's The Time Machine, expanding its time-travel concepts with hard-science speculation and complex alternate timelines.
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D.
Las Naves
Las Naves is a small town located in Bolívar Province in central Ecuador.
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E.
The Seafarers
The Seafarers is a 1953 short documentary film and one of Stanley Kubrick’s early non-fiction works, focusing on the lives and organization of merchant seamen.
- 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 Stone Fleet” Target entity description: “The Stone Fleet” is a Civil War–themed poem by Herman Melville, included in his collection *Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War*, that reflects on the Union’s deliberate sinking of old ships to blockade Confederate ports.
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A.
The Fleet
"The Fleet" is a prominent maritime painting by American artist Armin Hansen, known for its dynamic depiction of fishing vessels and the rugged life of seafarers.
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B.
“Forged by the Sea”
“Forged by the Sea” is the official motto of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command, reflecting the rigorous maritime training and sea-based origins of its elite forces.
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C.
The Time Ships
The Time Ships is a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that serves as an authorized sequel to H. G. Wells's The Time Machine, expanding its time-travel concepts with hard-science speculation and complex alternate timelines.
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D.
Las Naves
Las Naves is a small town located in Bolívar Province in central Ecuador.
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E.
The Seafarers
The Seafarers is a 1953 short documentary film and one of Stanley Kubrick’s early non-fiction works, focusing on the lives and organization of merchant seamen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Herman Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPublication | Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1866 ⓘ |
| genre |
Civil War poetry
ⓘ
war poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialContext | Melville’s postwar reflections on the Civil War ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
discussed in Melville scholarship on Battle-Pieces
ⓘ
noted for its ironic treatment of military policy ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEventDepicted | Union stone fleet operation ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | standard editions of Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCollection | Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American Romanticism
ⓘ
American realism (transitional) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | irregular ⓘ |
| partOf | Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Shiloh: A Requiem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The March into Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ The Portent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| setDuring | Union blockade of Charleston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
American Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charleston Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ New England whaling ships ⓘ Union Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Union blockade of Confederate ports NERFINISHED ⓘ blockade strategy ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ sinking of obsolete ships ⓘ |
| theme |
decay and obsolescence
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futility of war measures ⓘ impermanence of power ⓘ memory and historical judgment ⓘ moral ambiguity of war ⓘ |
| tone |
reflective
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somber ⓘ |
| usesImageryOf |
harbor obstructions
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stone-laden hulks ⓘ sunken ships ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: “The Stone Fleet” Description of subject: “The Stone Fleet” is a Civil War–themed poem by Herman Melville, included in his collection *Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War*, that reflects on the Union’s deliberate sinking of old ships to blockade Confederate ports.
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