Captain Obed Marsh
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Captain Obed Marsh is a sinister sea captain and cult leader in H. P. Lovecraft’s mythos, known for brokering a blasphemous pact with the Deep Ones that dooms the town of Innsmouth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Captain Obed Marsh canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8388329 — 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: Captain Obed Marsh Context triple: [The Shadow over Innsmouth, hasCharacter, Captain Obed Marsh]
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A.
Captain Benjamin Tyreen
Captain Benjamin Tyreen is a proud, hot-tempered Irish-born Confederate cavalry officer who becomes Major Dundee’s bitter rival and uneasy ally in the 1965 Western film "Major Dundee."
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B.
Captain B. McCrea
Captain B. McCrea is the human commander of the spaceship Axiom in Pixar's animated film "WALL-E," who evolves from a complacent caretaker into an active leader determined to restore life on Earth.
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C.
Captain Benjamin L. Willard
Captain Benjamin L. Willard is the introspective and morally conflicted U.S. Army officer sent on a covert mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz in the Vietnam War film "Apocalypse Now."
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D.
Captain Davenport
Captain Davenport is a principled Black Army officer in the film "A Soldier's Story" who investigates the murder of a fellow soldier amid racial tensions on a segregated World War II-era base.
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E.
Captain Hiram Combs
Captain Hiram Combs was a local figure of historical significance in Arkansas, honored as the namesake of the community of Combs.
- 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: Captain Obed Marsh Target entity description: Captain Obed Marsh is a sinister sea captain and cult leader in H. P. Lovecraft’s mythos, known for brokering a blasphemous pact with the Deep Ones that dooms the town of Innsmouth.
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A.
Captain Benjamin Tyreen
Captain Benjamin Tyreen is a proud, hot-tempered Irish-born Confederate cavalry officer who becomes Major Dundee’s bitter rival and uneasy ally in the 1965 Western film "Major Dundee."
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B.
Captain B. McCrea
Captain B. McCrea is the human commander of the spaceship Axiom in Pixar's animated film "WALL-E," who evolves from a complacent caretaker into an active leader determined to restore life on Earth.
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C.
Captain Benjamin L. Willard
Captain Benjamin L. Willard is the introspective and morally conflicted U.S. Army officer sent on a covert mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz in the Vietnam War film "Apocalypse Now."
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D.
Captain Davenport
Captain Davenport is a principled Black Army officer in the film "A Soldier's Story" who investigates the murder of a fellow soldier amid racial tensions on a segregated World War II-era base.
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E.
Captain Hiram Combs
Captain Hiram Combs was a local figure of historical significance in Arkansas, honored as the namesake of the community of Combs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cult leader
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ sea captain ⓘ |
| activity |
organizing human sacrifices to the Deep Ones
ⓘ
smuggling gold and jewelry from the Deep Ones ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Shadow over Innsmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInUniverse | Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Deep Ones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Devil Reef NERFINISHED ⓘ Esoteric Order of Dagon NERFINISHED ⓘ Innsmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfInnsmouthTransformation | pact with the Deep Ones ⓘ |
| commands | trading ship ⓘ |
| consequenceOfActions |
degeneration of Innsmouth population
ⓘ
spread of Deep One hybrid bloodline ⓘ |
| creator | H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Marsh family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalCenturyOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| firstPublicationAppearance | Weird Tales, April 1936 (The Shadow over Innsmouth) ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Barnabas Marsh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other Marsh family members of Innsmouth ⓘ |
| homeTown | Innsmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| implements | Deep One worship in Innsmouth ⓘ |
| introducesPractice | interbreeding between humans and Deep Ones ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| learnsAbout | Deep One worship from Pacific islanders ⓘ |
| legacy |
dominance of Marsh family in Innsmouth
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permanent alliance between Innsmouth and Deep Ones ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | cosmic horror ⓘ |
| makesPactWith | Deep Ones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | sinister ⓘ |
| motive |
access to Deep One gold
ⓘ
economic gain for Innsmouth ⓘ protection of Innsmouth from poverty ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | catalyst of Innsmouth’s doom ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
sea captain
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trader ⓘ |
| orders | raids and killings of non‑cultist townspeople ⓘ |
| partOf | Lovecraftian mythos of Innsmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Esoteric Order of Dagon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
founder of the Esoteric Order of Dagon
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leader of a cult devoted to the Deep Ones ⓘ |
| secret | keeps existence of Deep Ones hidden from most of Innsmouth ⓘ |
| statusInStory | deceased before main events of The Shadow over Innsmouth ⓘ |
| tradesWith | South Sea islanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Captain Obed Marsh Description of subject: Captain Obed Marsh is a sinister sea captain and cult leader in H. P. Lovecraft’s mythos, known for brokering a blasphemous pact with the Deep Ones that dooms the town of Innsmouth.
Referenced by (1)
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