cable ferry
C12611
concept
A cable ferry is a watercraft that transports passengers, vehicles, or goods across a body of water by being guided and often propelled along fixed cables anchored on either shore.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| cable ferry canonical | 5 |
| chain ferry | 5 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: cable ferry
Generated description
A cable ferry is a watercraft that transports passengers, vehicles, or goods across a body of water by being guided and often propelled along fixed cables anchored on either shore.
Instances (10)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
|
EAST COWES
surface form:
Cowes Floating Bridge
|
chain ferry |
| Cowes Floating Bridge | chain ferry |
|
Tred Avon River
surface form:
Oxford–Bellevue Ferry
|
— |
| Torpoint Ferry | chain ferry |
| Canby Ferry | — |
| Dartmouth Bridge (Higher Ferry floating bridge) | chain ferry |
| Reedham Ferry | chain ferry |
|
Speewa
surface form:
Speewa Ferry
|
— |
| Daintree River ferry crossing | — |
|
Bellevue, Maryland
surface form:
Oxford–Bellevue Ferry
|
— |