Serenity (ship)
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Serenity (ship) is the iconic Firefly-class transport spaceship from the science fiction TV series "Firefly" and its film sequel "Serenity," serving as the home and vessel for Captain Malcolm Reynolds and his crew.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Serenity (ship) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13174759 — 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: Serenity (ship) Context triple: [Serenity, spacecraft, Serenity (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.
Trudy Ship
Trudy Ship is a film editor best known for her work on the drama "Mr. Holland's Opus."
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C.
Mona’s Queen (steamship)
Mona’s Queen was a passenger steamship that served as one of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company’s main ferries, notably operating between the Isle of Man and the British mainland in the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
King Orry (steamship)
King Orry was a passenger steamship operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, best known for serving routes between the Isle of Man and the British mainland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Queen Mary (ship)
Queen Mary is a retired British ocean liner, now permanently moored in Long Beach, California, where it serves as a floating hotel, museum, and tourist attraction.
- 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: Serenity (ship) Target entity description: Serenity (ship) is the iconic Firefly-class transport spaceship from the science fiction TV series "Firefly" and its film sequel "Serenity," serving as the home and vessel for Captain Malcolm Reynolds and his crew.
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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.
Trudy Ship
Trudy Ship is a film editor best known for her work on the drama "Mr. Holland's Opus."
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C.
Mona’s Queen (steamship)
Mona’s Queen was a passenger steamship that served as one of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company’s main ferries, notably operating between the Isle of Man and the British mainland in the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
King Orry (steamship)
King Orry was a passenger steamship operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, best known for serving routes between the Isle of Man and the British mainland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Queen Mary (ship)
Queen Mary is a retired British ocean liner, now permanently moored in Long Beach, California, where it serves as a floating hotel, museum, and tourist attraction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional spacecraft
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spaceship ⓘ television object ⓘ |
| affiliation | independent crew ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Firefly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Firefly comics NERFINISHED ⓘ Serenity (2005 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| captain | Malcolm Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Firefly-class transport ship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdFor | Joss Whedon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewMember |
Hoban Washburne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Inara Serra NERFINISHED ⓘ Jayne Cobb NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaylee Frye NERFINISHED ⓘ Malcolm Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ River Tam NERFINISHED ⓘ Shepherd Derrial Book NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Tam NERFINISHED ⓘ Zoe Washburne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedBy | Geoffrey Mandel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Firefly franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Firefly episode The Train Job NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstOfficer | Zoe Washburne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Firefly-like glowing engine tail
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bridge ⓘ cargo bay with loading ramp ⓘ crew quarters ⓘ engine room ⓘ galley ⓘ infirmary ⓘ shuttlecraft docking bays ⓘ two rotating engine pods ⓘ |
| mechanic | Kaylee Frye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
comic books
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film ⓘ television ⓘ |
| model | Firefly-class Series 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Serenity Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedIn | The Verse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Malcolm Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passenger |
Inara Serra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jayne Cobb NERFINISHED ⓘ River Tam NERFINISHED ⓘ Shepherd Derrial Book NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Tam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilot | Hoban Washburne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | cargo transport ⓘ |
| propulsionType |
gravitic drive
ⓘ
reaction drive ⓘ |
| purchasedBy | Malcolm Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| registryNumber | 03-K64 ⓘ |
| role |
smuggling vessel
ⓘ
transport ship ⓘ |
| secondaryFunction | passenger transport ⓘ |
| settingType | spaceship home for crew ⓘ |
| statusInCanon | operational at end of film Serenity ⓘ |
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: Serenity (ship) Description of subject: Serenity (ship) is the iconic Firefly-class transport spaceship from the science fiction TV series "Firefly" and its film sequel "Serenity," serving as the home and vessel for Captain Malcolm Reynolds and his crew.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.