Northern Expedition
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Northern Expedition is a large roll-on/roll-off passenger and vehicle ferry operated by BC Ferries on routes along the British Columbia coast.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northern Expedition canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7873686 — 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: Northern Expedition Context triple: [BC Ferries, hasPart, Northern Expedition]
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A.
Northern Expedition
The Northern Expedition was a 1926–1928 military campaign led by Chiang Kai-shek to unify China under the Nationalist government by defeating regional warlords.
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B.
Great Northern Expedition
The Great Northern Expedition was a massive 18th-century Russian exploration program, led in part by Vitus Bering, that charted much of the Arctic and North Pacific coasts and confirmed the separation of Asia and North America.
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C.
Pioneer Column expedition
The Pioneer Column expedition was an 1890 British colonial venture that led a force of settlers and police north from South Africa to occupy and establish white rule over what became Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
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D.
The Third Expedition
"The Third Expedition" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury, featured in *The Martian Chronicles*, that depicts a doomed human mission to Mars ensnared by Martian telepathic illusions.
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E.
Granma expedition
The Granma expedition was the 1956 seaborne journey in which Fidel Castro and his followers sailed from Mexico to Cuba to launch the guerrilla war that ignited the Cuban Revolution.
- 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: Northern Expedition Target entity description: Northern Expedition is a large roll-on/roll-off passenger and vehicle ferry operated by BC Ferries on routes along the British Columbia coast.
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A.
Northern Expedition
The Northern Expedition was a 1926–1928 military campaign led by Chiang Kai-shek to unify China under the Nationalist government by defeating regional warlords.
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B.
Great Northern Expedition
The Great Northern Expedition was a massive 18th-century Russian exploration program, led in part by Vitus Bering, that charted much of the Arctic and North Pacific coasts and confirmed the separation of Asia and North America.
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C.
Pioneer Column expedition
The Pioneer Column expedition was an 1890 British colonial venture that led a force of settlers and police north from South Africa to occupy and establish white rule over what became Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
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D.
The Third Expedition
"The Third Expedition" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury, featured in *The Martian Chronicles*, that depicts a doomed human mission to Mars ensnared by Martian telepathic illusions.
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E.
Granma expedition
The Granma expedition was the 1956 seaborne journey in which Fidel Castro and his followers sailed from Mexico to Cuba to launch the guerrilla war that ignited the Cuban Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | roll-on/roll-off passenger and vehicle ferry ⓘ |
| beam | 23.5 m ⓘ |
| builder | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtIn | Flensburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtInCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callSign | CYAQ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationSociety | Lloyd’s Register NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionNumber | FSG yard number 752 ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deckConfiguration | multiple vehicle decks ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 8,000 t ⓘ |
| draught | 6.5 m ⓘ |
| engineType | medium-speed diesel engines ⓘ |
| enteredService | 2009 ⓘ |
| flag | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fleet | BC Ferries fleet ⓘ |
| grossTonnage | approximately 17,800 GT ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
cabins
ⓘ
cafeteria ⓘ gift shop ⓘ lounge ⓘ observation lounge ⓘ restaurant ⓘ vehicle decks ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bow loading ramp
ⓘ
stern loading ramp ⓘ |
| IMONumber | 9433379 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2008 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | 150 m ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 22 knots ⓘ |
| MMSINumber | 316012930 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 4 ⓘ |
| operatesOn | British Columbia coast ⓘ |
| operator | BC Ferries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatorType | provincial ferry corporation ⓘ |
| ownedBy | British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | approximately 600 passengers ⓘ |
| portOfRegistry | Victoria, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsionType | diesel-mechanical ⓘ |
| replaced | Queen of the North on Inside Passage service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| route |
Port Hardy–Prince Rupert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prince Rupert–Skidegate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Inside Passage
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Coast of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceSpeed | approximately 20 knots ⓘ |
| sisterShip | Northern Adventure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vehicleCapacity | approximately 130 vehicles ⓘ |
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: Northern Expedition Description of subject: Northern Expedition is a large roll-on/roll-off passenger and vehicle ferry operated by BC Ferries on routes along the British Columbia coast.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.