compasses
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- 0
- behavior_in_storm
- whirling velocity
- description
- Instruments on the Pequod used for determining direction, which are mysteriously inverted after a thunder storm, pointing East when the ship is sailing West.
- function
- determine direction
- location
- binnacle
- location_on_ship
- binnacle
- state
- inverted
Relationships
- located_onPequod
- description
- The compasses are essential navigational instruments found on board the Pequod.
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:07:57.613Z
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- are_onPequod
- description
- The compasses, vital for navigation, are located on the Pequod and observed to spin erratically during the storm.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- It was thus with the Pequod’s
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:09.685Z
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- indicate_false_direction_forPequod
- description
- The compasses on the Pequod inexplicably point East, while the ship is actually moving West.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- the two compasses pointed East, and the Pequod was as infallibly going West.
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:17.082Z
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- Sourcetext_chunk