St. Peter
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St. Peter was one of the two main ships used by explorer Vitus Bering during the Great Northern Expedition to chart the waters and coasts of the North Pacific.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| St. Peter canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3490646 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Peter Context triple: [Vitus Bering, shipCommanded, St. Peter]
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A.
St. Peter of Damascus
St. Peter of Damascus was a medieval Eastern Christian ascetic and spiritual writer known for his extensive teachings on prayer and inner vigilance, preserved in the Philokalia.
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B.
Apostle Peter
Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
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C.
São Pantaleão
São Pantaleão was one of the caravels in Bartolomeu Dias’s fleet during his pioneering voyage around the Cape of Good Hope in the late 15th century.
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D.
Petrus
Petrus is the Latin form of the name Peter, historically used in religious and classical contexts and serving as the root for various European given names.
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E.
Saint Roch
Saint Roch is a Christian saint venerated as a protector against plagues and epidemics, often depicted as a pilgrim with a dog and a leg wound.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Peter Target entity description: St. Peter was one of the two main ships used by explorer Vitus Bering during the Great Northern Expedition to chart the waters and coasts of the North Pacific.
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A.
St. Peter of Damascus
St. Peter of Damascus was a medieval Eastern Christian ascetic and spiritual writer known for his extensive teachings on prayer and inner vigilance, preserved in the Philokalia.
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B.
Apostle Peter
Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
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C.
São Pantaleão
São Pantaleão was one of the caravels in Bartolomeu Dias’s fleet during his pioneering voyage around the Cape of Good Hope in the late 15th century.
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D.
Petrus
Petrus is the Latin form of the name Peter, historically used in religious and classical contexts and serving as the root for various European given names.
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E.
Saint Roch
Saint Roch is a Christian saint venerated as a protector against plagues and epidemics, often depicted as a pilgrim with a dog and a leg wound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
exploration vessel
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ship ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
discovery of Alaska by Europeans
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early Russian exploration of North Pacific ⓘ |
| constructionSite | Okhotsk ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| expeditionLeader | Vitus Bering ⓘ |
| exploredRegion |
Aleutian Islands
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coast of Alaska ⓘ coast of Kamchatka ⓘ |
| flag | Russian Navy ⓘ |
| hasCaptain | Vitus Bering ⓘ |
| hasCrewMember |
Georg Wilhelm Steller
ⓘ
Sven Waxell ⓘ |
| homePort | Okhotsk ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Apostle Peter
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Peter
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| notableEvent |
shipwreck on Bering Island
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voyage from Kamchatka toward North America in 1741 ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Bering Sea
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Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
North Pacific Ocean
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| partOf | Second Kamchatka Expedition ⓘ |
| purpose |
charting waters
ⓘ
coastal exploration ⓘ |
| sisterShip | St. Paul ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | North Pacific exploration routes ⓘ |
| type | sloop ⓘ |
| usedBy | Vitus Bering ⓘ |
| usedDuring | Great Northern Expedition ⓘ |
| yearOfMajorVoyage | 1741 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: St. Peter Description of subject: St. Peter was one of the two main ships used by explorer Vitus Bering during the Great Northern Expedition to chart the waters and coasts of the North Pacific.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.