captain bildad
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- 0
- action_observed
- palavering
- description
- A captain involved in the whaling business, known for his tendency to 'palaver' and needing to be hurried onto a boat.
- occupation
- retired whaleman
- personality_trait
- immutableness
- rank
- Captain
- religious_affiliation
- Quaker
- role_on_Pequod
- part owner and agent
Relationships
- co-ownsPequod
- description
- Captain Bildad, along with Captain Peleg, is one of the largest owners of the Pequod, responsible for its outfitting.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- It belongs to me and Captain Bildad to see the Pequod fitted out for the voyage, and supplied with all her needs, including crew. We are part owners and agents.
- is_fromNantucket
- description
- Captain Bildad, like Peleg, is described as a Nantucketer, reflecting the island's strong Quaker influence.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Bildad, like Peleg, and indeed many other Nantucketers,
- pursued_career_inWhaling
- description
- Despite his conscientious scruples, Captain Bildad, as a retired whaleman, engaged in extensive whaling, metaphorically 'invading' the oceans.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- yet himself had illimitably invaded the Atlantic and Pacific; and though a sworn foe to human bloodshed, yet had he in his straight-bodied coat, spilled tuns upon tuns of leviathan gore.
- traveledAtlantic Ocean
- description
- Captain Bildad's career as a whaleman involved extensive voyages, metaphorically 'invading' the Atlantic Ocean.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- yet himself had illimitably invaded the Atlantic and Pacific;
- traveledPacific Ocean
- description
- Captain Bildad's career as a whaleman involved extensive voyages, metaphorically 'invading' the Pacific Ocean.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- yet himself had illimitably invaded the Atlantic and Pacific;
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:03:38.406Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- same_as01KJNXM0KAVM1XQ5P2RXRFTSHJ
- confidence
- 1
- detected_at
- 2026-03-02T00:07:59.570Z
- detected_by
- kg-dedupe-resolver
- reasoning
- Candidate 1, 'bildad', is clearly the same entity as the source 'captain bildad'. Both are identified as a 'person', 'Quaker', and 'ship owner' of the 'Pequod'. The descriptions and relationships are highly consistent, with Candidate 1 providing complementary details (e.g., 'pious, frugal' character traits, 'argumentative' relationship with Peleg) that align with the source's 'strict Quaker' and 'immutableness' traits. The slight difference in label (dropping 'captain') is a common variation for the same entity.
- referenced_byPeleg
- context
- hurries
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Peleg hurried him over the side, and both dropt into the boat.
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:19.686Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk