white whale
01KJNXMD5K85WQBCQGAD5AZXPWProperties
- _kg_layer
- 0
- color
- white
- description
- A legendary whale, whose existence and significance are unknown to Captain Derick De Deer.
- knowledge_status_by_derick
- complete ignorance
- notable_features
- head and hump, crows’ feet and wrinkles
- notoriety_level
- legendary
- significance
- Ahab's nemesis
- species
- sperm whale
Relationships
- caused_injury_toSamuel Enderby Captain
- description
- The White Whale was responsible for the Samuel Enderby Captain losing his arm.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- And he took that arm off, did
- caused_injury_toAhab
- description
- The Samuel Enderby Captain confirms that the White Whale was also the cause of Ahab's lost leg.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Aye, he was the cause of it, at least; and that leg, too?
- attacksFast-line
- description
- The White Whale aggressively attacked the fast-line that was attached to another whale, attempting to free it.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- runs all afoam into the pod, and goes to snapping furiously at my fast-line!
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:07:56.959Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- referenced_byPequod
- context
- is_hunting
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- to look out for the White Whale,
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:17.258Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- referenced_byDerick De Deer
- context
- is_ignorant_of
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- the German soon evinced his complete ignorance of the White Whale;
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:19.881Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- same_as01KJNXM6NN8GY5F9PR4BR6XKKN
- confidence
- 0.99
- detected_at
- 2026-03-02T00:10:45.286Z
- detected_by
- kg-dedupe-resolver
- reasoning
- Both entities describe the 'White Whale' as a 'sperm whale' and 'Ahab's nemesis'/'object of Ahab's quest'. The candidate's label 'moby dick' is a common alias for the source's 'white whale'.
- same_as01KJNXM593YGTRYXMPBXHM90S3
- confidence
- 0.99
- detected_at
- 2026-03-02T00:10:45.286Z
- detected_by
- kg-dedupe-resolver
- reasoning
- Both entities are identified as the 'White Whale' and the 'ultimate, obsessive object of the Pequod's entire whaling voyage' (candidate) or 'referenced by Pequod (is_hunting)' (source). The label 'moby dick' is a direct alias for the source's 'white whale'.
- same_as01KJNXM529XJRPQXV0DC58V32N
- confidence
- 0.99
- detected_at
- 2026-03-02T00:10:45.286Z
- detected_by
- kg-dedupe-resolver
- reasoning
- Both entities are described as the 'legendary white whale' and 'Ahab's nemesis'. Crucially, both explicitly state that this whale 'caused injury to Ahab' (source) or 'injured Ahab' (candidate) by causing him to lose his leg, a defining characteristic of Moby Dick.
- same_as01KJNXKYJB5WC6GW911Z4NP7CK
- confidence
- 0.95
- detected_at
- 2026-03-02T00:10:45.286Z
- detected_by
- kg-dedupe-resolver
- reasoning
- The candidate, labeled 'great whale', is described as the 'portentous and mysterious monster' that inspired Ishmael's whaling voyage, which is the role of the White Whale (Moby Dick). It also has a 'same_as' relationship to another confirmed Moby Dick entity (Candidate 2) with high confidence.
- same_as01KJNXKZ1NYK5CNFE71EKP7QT1
- confidence
- 0.99
- detected_at
- 2026-03-02T00:10:45.286Z
- detected_by
- kg-dedupe-resolver
- reasoning
- Both entities are 'sperm whale' species, 'white', and share specific physical features like 'wrinkled forehead' and 'pyramidical white hump' (consistent with source's 'head and hump, crows’ feet and wrinkles'). Most importantly, both state that this whale 'injured Captain Ahab' by 'reaping away Ahab's leg', confirming it as the same entity.