Spirit of Vancouver Island
E705660
Spirit of Vancouver Island is a large roll-on/roll-off passenger and vehicle ferry operated by BC Ferries on routes serving Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spirit of Vancouver Island canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7873679 — 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: Spirit of Vancouver Island Context triple: [BC Ferries, hasPart, Spirit of Vancouver Island]
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A.
Spirit of British Columbia
Spirit of British Columbia is a large roll-on/roll-off passenger and vehicle ferry operating on major routes in British Columbia’s coastal ferry system.
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B.
Clayoquot Sound
Clayoquot Sound is a scenic inlet and coastal region on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, renowned for its rich marine ecosystems, old-growth temperate rainforests, and environmental conservation efforts.
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C.
Cockburn Sound
Cockburn Sound is a natural deep-water inlet on the coast of Western Australia that serves as a key naval anchorage and maritime area near Perth.
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D.
Campbell River
Campbell River is a coastal city on the east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, known for its salmon fishing and outdoor recreation.
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E.
Lax Kw’alaams
Lax Kw’alaams is a Tsimshian First Nations community and village located on the north coast of British Columbia, Canada.
- 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: Spirit of Vancouver Island Target entity description: Spirit of Vancouver Island is a large roll-on/roll-off passenger and vehicle ferry operated by BC Ferries on routes serving Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
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A.
Spirit of British Columbia
Spirit of British Columbia is a large roll-on/roll-off passenger and vehicle ferry operating on major routes in British Columbia’s coastal ferry system.
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B.
Clayoquot Sound
Clayoquot Sound is a scenic inlet and coastal region on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, renowned for its rich marine ecosystems, old-growth temperate rainforests, and environmental conservation efforts.
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C.
Cockburn Sound
Cockburn Sound is a natural deep-water inlet on the coast of Western Australia that serves as a key naval anchorage and maritime area near Perth.
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D.
Campbell River
Campbell River is a coastal city on the east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, known for its salmon fishing and outdoor recreation.
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E.
Lax Kw’alaams
Lax Kw’alaams is a Tsimshian First Nations community and village located on the north coast of British Columbia, Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | BC Ferries vessel ⓘ |
| beam | 32.9 m ⓘ |
| builder |
Integrated Ferry Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vancouver Shipyards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buildYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| callSign | CFAQ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Spirit-class ferry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| deckCount | 9 ⓘ |
| draft | 6.6 m ⓘ |
| flag | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fuelType | Marine diesel oil ⓘ |
| grossTonnage | 21000 GT ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Bow and stern loading
ⓘ
Cafeteria ⓘ Elevators ⓘ Gift shop ⓘ Multiple vehicle decks ⓘ Observation lounge ⓘ Passenger lounges ⓘ |
| homePort | Swartz Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IMONumber | 9015668 ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | 167 m ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 21 knots ⓘ |
| MMSINumber | 316001260 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | BC Ferries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | BC Ferries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | 2100 ⓘ |
| placeBuilt | North Vancouver, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerOutput | 4 × medium-speed diesel engines ⓘ |
| propulsion |
Diesel engines
ⓘ
Twin propellers ⓘ |
| refitLocation | Remontowa Shiprepair Yard, Gdańsk, Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refitPurpose |
Mechanical systems upgrade
ⓘ
Mid-life upgrade ⓘ Passenger area modernization ⓘ |
| route | Swartz Bay–Tsawwassen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves |
British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceArea | Strait of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceSpeed | 19 knots ⓘ |
| shippingCompany | British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sisterShip | Spirit of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| underwentRefit |
2018
ⓘ
2019 ⓘ |
| vehicleCapacity | 358 ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Spirit of Vancouver Island Description of subject: Spirit of Vancouver Island is a large roll-on/roll-off passenger and vehicle ferry operated by BC Ferries on routes serving Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.