Washington State Ferries Super-class
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Washington State Ferries Super-class is a group of large, steel-hulled car and passenger ferries operated by Washington State Ferries, known for serving major routes across Puget Sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Washington State Ferries Super-class canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8481144 — 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: Washington State Ferries Super-class Context triple: [MV Hyak, partOf, Washington State Ferries Super-class]
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A.
Issaquah-class ferry
The Issaquah-class ferry is a series of medium-sized, double-ended car and passenger ferries operated by Washington State Ferries on various routes in Puget Sound.
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B.
Evergreen State-class ferry (retired)
The Evergreen State-class ferry (retired) is a former class of Washington State Ferries vessels that once served as part of the Puget Sound ferry fleet in Washington State.
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C.
MV Puyallup
MV Puyallup is a large Jumbo Mark II-class passenger and vehicle ferry operating in the Washington State Ferries system, primarily serving busy routes in the Puget Sound region.
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D.
Jumbo Mark II-class ferry
The Jumbo Mark II-class ferry is a large, high-capacity class of passenger and vehicle ferries operated in Washington State, designed to serve some of the system’s busiest routes.
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E.
Washington State Ferries
Washington State Ferries is the largest ferry system in the United States, operating a network of passenger and vehicle routes across the waterways of Washington State.
- 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: Washington State Ferries Super-class Target entity description: Washington State Ferries Super-class is a group of large, steel-hulled car and passenger ferries operated by Washington State Ferries, known for serving major routes across Puget Sound.
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A.
Issaquah-class ferry
The Issaquah-class ferry is a series of medium-sized, double-ended car and passenger ferries operated by Washington State Ferries on various routes in Puget Sound.
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B.
Evergreen State-class ferry (retired)
The Evergreen State-class ferry (retired) is a former class of Washington State Ferries vessels that once served as part of the Puget Sound ferry fleet in Washington State.
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C.
MV Puyallup
MV Puyallup is a large Jumbo Mark II-class passenger and vehicle ferry operating in the Washington State Ferries system, primarily serving busy routes in the Puget Sound region.
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D.
Jumbo Mark II-class ferry
The Jumbo Mark II-class ferry is a large, high-capacity class of passenger and vehicle ferries operated in Washington State, designed to serve some of the system’s busiest routes.
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E.
Washington State Ferries
Washington State Ferries is the largest ferry system in the United States, operating a network of passenger and vehicle routes across the waterways of Washington State.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ferry class
ⓘ
ship class ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedFor |
passenger transport
ⓘ
vehicle transport ⓘ |
| fleetRole | major route service ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| hullType | displacement hull ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
large capacity ferries
ⓘ
steel-hulled construction ⓘ used on high-demand routes ⓘ |
| operatedAs | part of Washington State Ferries fleet ⓘ |
| operatedByAgency | Washington State Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Washington State Ferries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | State of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsionType | diesel-powered ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Island County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kitsap County NERFINISHED ⓘ Seattle metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| safetyRegulation | U.S. Coast Guard regulations ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Puget Sound
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salish Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceStatus | in service (as a class) ⓘ |
| serviceType |
commuter ferry service
ⓘ
public transport ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| transportMode | maritime transport ⓘ |
| vesselType |
car ferry
ⓘ
passenger ferry ⓘ |
| waterway | Puget Sound waterways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Washington State Ferries Super-class Description of subject: Washington State Ferries Super-class is a group of large, steel-hulled car and passenger ferries operated by Washington State Ferries, known for serving major routes across Puget Sound.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
MV Hyak