sharks
01KJNXNFN09RCYVQRKRKP9VMN5Properties
- _kg_layer
- 0
- behavior
- maliciously snapped at oars, followed boats
- description
- Predatory marine animals that appear around the whale-boats, maliciously snapping at the oars and accompanying the boats during the chase, seen as an omen.
- significance
- first observed since White Whale descried, omen
- threat_to_humans
- dangerous to harpooneers
Relationships
- attracted_toWhale
- description
- Sharks are drawn to the whale carcass by the scent of pent blood, swarming around it 'like bees in a beehive'.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- the sharks now freshly and more keenly allured by the before pent blood which began to flow from the carcass—the rabid creatures swarmed round it like bees in a beehive.
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:04:43.846Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- attackWhale-boats
- description
- Numbers of sharks rise from the water and maliciously snap at the oars of the whale-boats, accompanying them with bites.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- numbers of sharks, seemingly rising from out the dark waters beneath the hull, maliciously snapped at the blades of the oars, every time they dipped in the water; and in this way accompanied the boat with their bites.
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:17.757Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- same_as01KJNXM6DDPC7XZZSJCWT9FH9G
- confidence
- 0.9
- detected_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:29.971Z
- detected_by
- kg-dedupe-resolver
- reasoning
- The candidate 'shark' (singular) refers to the same type of predatory marine creature as the source 'sharks' (plural). Both descriptions highlight their dangerous nature, with the source mentioning danger to harpooneers and the candidate describing an incident where a shark nearly severed Queequeg's hand. The types 'animal' and 'creature' are consistent.
- same_as01KJNXNFH2S6EPWRT59CXNGF47
- confidence
- 0.95
- detected_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:29.971Z
- detected_by
- kg-dedupe-resolver
- reasoning
- The candidate has an exact label match ('sharks') and a consistent type ('marine_animal' vs 'animal'). Although it has fewer properties, there is no conflicting information, indicating it refers to the same general concept of sharks.