PS Waverley
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PS Waverley is a historic Scottish paddle steamer, famed as the world’s last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer and now operated mainly for heritage and excursion cruises.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| PS Waverley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9467598 — 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: PS Waverley Context triple: [National Historic Fleet, includes, PS Waverley]
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PSP
The PSP was a Dutch political party that combined socialist principles with a strong commitment to pacifism and anti-militarism.
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B.
PSP
PSP is the IATA airport code for Palm Springs International Airport, which serves the Palm Springs area in Southern California.
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PSP
PSP is an alternative name for Public School English, referring to the English language curriculum or program used in public schools.
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PlayStation Vita
PlayStation Vita is a handheld gaming console developed by Sony, known for its high-resolution OLED screen, dual analog sticks, and support for both digital and physical games.
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E.
PlayStation
PlayStation is a popular line of video game consoles and gaming platforms developed by Sony, known for its extensive library of exclusive titles and global influence on the gaming industry.
- 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: PS Waverley Target entity description: PS Waverley is a historic Scottish paddle steamer, famed as the world’s last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer and now operated mainly for heritage and excursion cruises.
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A.
PSP
PSP is an alternative name for Public School English, referring to the English language curriculum or program used in public schools.
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B.
PSP
PSP is the IATA airport code for Palm Springs International Airport, which serves the Palm Springs area in Southern California.
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C.
PSP
The PSP was a Dutch political party that combined socialist principles with a strong commitment to pacifism and anti-militarism.
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D.
PlayStation Vita
PlayStation Vita is a handheld gaming console developed by Sony, known for its high-resolution OLED screen, dual analog sticks, and support for both digital and physical games.
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E.
PlayStation
PlayStation is a popular line of video game consoles and gaming platforms developed by Sony, known for its extensive library of exclusive titles and global influence on the gaming industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heritage vessel
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paddle steamer ⓘ passenger ship ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Waverley Steam Navigation Co Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acquisitionYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| builder | A. & J. Inglis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt |
Pointhouse shipyard, Glasgow
NERFINISHED
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River Clyde, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completed | 1947 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| crewType | professional crew ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1947 ⓘ |
| flag | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSisterShip | PS Jeanie Deans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic ship ⓘ |
| historicSignificance | last seagoing passenger paddle steamer in the world ⓘ |
| homePort | Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| laterOwner | British Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launched | 1946 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | approximately 73 metres ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Battle of Waverley
NERFINISHED
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Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the world’s last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Waverley Excursions Ltd
NERFINISHED
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Waverley Steam Navigation Co Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedSeasonally | yes ⓘ |
| operatingArea |
Bristol Channel
NERFINISHED
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Firth of Clyde NERFINISHED ⓘ Thames Estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ West Coast of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalOwner | London and North Eastern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalServiceRole | Clyde passenger steamer ⓘ |
| preservation | preserved as a heritage vessel ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
excursion cruises
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heritage cruises ⓘ |
| propulsion |
paddle wheels
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steam engine ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| registration | United Kingdom ship registry ⓘ |
| safetyCertification | passenger-carrying seagoing vessel certification ⓘ |
| serviceRole | passenger excursion vessel ⓘ |
| shipType | paddle steamer ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| supportOrganization |
Waverley Excursions Ltd
NERFINISHED
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Waverley Steam Navigation Co Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
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: PS Waverley Description of subject: PS Waverley is a historic Scottish paddle steamer, famed as the world’s last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer and now operated mainly for heritage and excursion cruises.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.