La Niña (ship)
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La Niña was one of the three Spanish ships in Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage across the Atlantic, notable for its role in the first European expedition to the Americas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| La Niña (ship) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10122816 — 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: La Niña (ship) Context triple: [Niño family of shipowners, associatedWith, La Niña (ship)]
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A.
Tune ship
The Tune ship is a well-preserved Viking Age burial ship discovered in Norway, notable for its early excavation and display as a key example of Scandinavian seafaring culture.
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B.
Chilean ship Capitán Prat
The Chilean ship Capitán Prat is a naval vessel of the Chilean Navy named in honor of national hero and naval officer Arturo Prat.
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C.
Trudy Ship
Trudy Ship is a film editor best known for her work on the drama "Mr. Holland's Opus."
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D.
Welcome (ship)
Welcome (ship) was the vessel that carried William Penn and other early Quaker settlers to Pennsylvania in 1682, playing a key role in the colony’s founding.
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E.
Dutch whaling ship Beerenberg
The Dutch whaling ship Beerenberg was a historical Dutch vessel involved in Arctic whaling, likely associated with expeditions near the island of Jan Mayen and its volcano Beerenberg.
- 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: La Niña (ship) Target entity description: La Niña was one of the three Spanish ships in Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage across the Atlantic, notable for its role in the first European expedition to the Americas.
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A.
Tune ship
The Tune ship is a well-preserved Viking Age burial ship discovered in Norway, notable for its early excavation and display as a key example of Scandinavian seafaring culture.
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B.
Chilean ship Capitán Prat
The Chilean ship Capitán Prat is a naval vessel of the Chilean Navy named in honor of national hero and naval officer Arturo Prat.
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C.
Trudy Ship
Trudy Ship is a film editor best known for her work on the drama "Mr. Holland's Opus."
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D.
Welcome (ship)
Welcome (ship) was the vessel that carried William Penn and other early Quaker settlers to Pennsylvania in 1682, playing a key role in the colony’s founding.
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E.
Dutch whaling ship Beerenberg
The Dutch whaling ship Beerenberg was a historical Dutch vessel involved in Arctic whaling, likely associated with expeditions near the island of Jan Mayen and its volcano Beerenberg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
caravel
ⓘ
exploration ship ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | European discovery of the Americas ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Christopher Columbus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Juan Niño NERFINISHED ⓘ Vicente Yáñez Pinzón NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | merchant trade before conversion for exploration ⓘ |
| category |
Exploration ships of Spain
ⓘ
Individual sailing vessels ⓘ Ships of the Age of Discovery ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Vicente Yáñez Pinzón NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSizeEstimate | about 20 to 30 men ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Exploration
ⓘ
surface form:
Age of Discovery
|
| historicalPeriod | late 15th century ⓘ |
| homePort | Moguer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Spanish ⓘ |
| laterVoyagesWithColumbus | second voyage of Christopher Columbus ⓘ |
| material | wooden hull ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | "the girl" in Spanish ⓘ |
| namedAfter | the nickname of her owner Juan Niño ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the three ships of Columbus's first expedition
ⓘ
participation in the first recorded transatlantic voyage to the Caribbean by Europeans in 1492 ⓘ |
| operator | Christopher Columbus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalName | Santa Clara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Juan Niño NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
first voyage of Christopher Columbus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Christopher Columbus's first voyage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | sails ⓘ |
| returnedWithColumbus | true ⓘ |
| riggingType | lateen-rigged caravel (after modification) ⓘ |
| role | support vessel in Columbus's first expedition to the Americas ⓘ |
| sailedFrom | Palos de la Frontera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sailedUnderFlag | Castile and Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipType | caravel ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
Pinta (ship)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santa María (ship) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tonnageEstimate | about 60 tons ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Christopher Columbus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visitedRegion |
Bahamas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ Hispaniola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voyageDestinationRegion | Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voyagePurpose | westward route to Asia ⓘ |
| voyageStartYear | 1492 ⓘ |
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: La Niña (ship) Description of subject: La Niña was one of the three Spanish ships in Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage across the Atlantic, notable for its role in the first European expedition to the Americas.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Niño family of shipowners