right whale
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- _kg_layer
- 0
- characteristic_expression
- Stoic
- classification
- Leviathan
- comparison_point
- used to contrast with Sperm Whale spout
- description
- A species of whale, similar to the Greenland Whale, that whalemen are willing to pursue, unlike the more feared Sperm Whale.
- distinguishing_feature
- head lacks mathematical symmetry
- hunting_difficulty
- moderate
- hunting_status
- regularly hunted
- killers
- Stubb, Flask
- physical_trait
- amazing lower lip pressed against vessel's side
- pursuit_feasibility
- hopefully pursued
- spout_characteristic
- straight perpendicular twin-jets, dividing at top
- status_in_narrative
- captured
- status_in_story
- killed
Relationships
- is_compared_toStoic
- description
- The expression of the Right Whale's head is likened to that of a Stoic, reflecting a resolute nature in the face of death.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- This Right Whale I take to have been a Stoic; the Sperm Whale, a Platonian, who might have taken up Spinoza in his latter years.
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:02:04.025Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- is_contrasted_withSperm Whale
- description
- The Right Whale is presented in contrast to the Sperm Whale, particularly concerning their head structures and overall dignity.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- you are struck by the general contrast between these heads. Both are massive enough in all conscience; but there is a certain mathematical symmetry in the Sperm Whale’s which the Right Whale’s sadly lacks.
- is_a_type_offolio leviathans
- description
- The Right Whale is identified as one of the two most noteworthy species within the grand order of 'folio leviathans'.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy.
- has_partCrown-piece
- description
- The Right Whale's head includes a 'crown-piece' to which the black bone is attached.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- black bone attached to what is called the crown-piece.
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:02:27.131Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- same_as01KJNXM7FZ6H17MVAFPB5H1GPY
- confidence
- 0.9
- detected_at
- 2026-03-02T00:04:07.041Z
- detected_by
- kg-dedupe-resolver
- reasoning
- Both the source and candidate are explicitly labeled as 'right whale'. The types 'whale_species' and 'marine_mammal' are consistent and refer to the same real-world biological classification. There are no conflicting properties or relationships.
- referenced_byStubb
- context
- kills
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Stubb answered Flask with lance for lance; and thus round and round the Pequod the battle went,
- referenced_byFlask
- context
- kills
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Stubb answered Flask with lance for lance; and thus round and round the Pequod the battle went,
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:04:43.846Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- has_spout_typestraight_perpendicular_twin_jets
- description
- The Right Whale's spout is characterized by straight perpendicular twin-jets that divide at the top.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Unlike the straight perpendicular twin-jets of the Right Whale, which, dividing at top, fall over in two branches
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:08.564Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- referenced_byPequod
- context
- drifted into sea with
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- the Pequod had gradually drifted into a sea, which, by its occasional patches of yellow brit, gave unusual tokens of the vicinity of Right Whales
- referenced_byStubb's boat
- context
- pursues
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- two boats, Stubb’s and Flask’s, were detached in pursuit.
- referenced_byFlask's boat
- context
- pursues
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- two boats, Stubb’s and Flask’s, were detached in pursuit.
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:13.227Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- referenced_byHunters
- context
- offer_battle_to
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- offering battle to the Greenland or Right whale,
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:18.269Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk