Spirit of Tasmania
E1028371
Spirit of Tasmania is a passenger and vehicle ferry service operating across Bass Strait between mainland Australia and Tasmania.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spirit of Tasmania canonical | 7 |
| Spirit of Tasmania I | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13217257 — 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 Tasmania Context triple: [Spirit of Tasmania terminal, associatedWithBrand, Spirit of Tasmania]
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A.
Illawarra
Illawarra is a coastal region in New South Wales, Australia, known for its escarpment-backed beaches, heavy industry, and the city of Wollongong.
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B.
Flinders
Flinders is a coastal town on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula known for its scenic beaches, golf course, and views over Western Port and Bass Strait.
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C.
Flinders
Flinders is an Australian federal electoral division in Victoria, historically represented by several prominent politicians including former Prime Minister Stanley Bruce.
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D.
Flinders
Flinders is a surname most notably associated with British navigator and cartographer Matthew Flinders, who led early explorations and mapping of the Australian coastline.
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E.
Stradbroke
Stradbroke is a rural village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, known for its historic church and traditional English countryside setting.
- 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 Tasmania Target entity description: Spirit of Tasmania is a passenger and vehicle ferry service operating across Bass Strait between mainland Australia and Tasmania.
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A.
Illawarra
Illawarra is a coastal region in New South Wales, Australia, known for its escarpment-backed beaches, heavy industry, and the city of Wollongong.
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B.
Flinders
Flinders is a coastal town on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula known for its scenic beaches, golf course, and views over Western Port and Bass Strait.
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C.
Flinders
Flinders is an Australian federal electoral division in Victoria, historically represented by several prominent politicians including former Prime Minister Stanley Bruce.
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D.
Flinders
Flinders is a surname most notably associated with British navigator and cartographer Matthew Flinders, who led early explorations and mapping of the Australian coastline.
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E.
Stradbroke
Stradbroke is a rural village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, known for its historic church and traditional English countryside setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ferry service
ⓘ
passenger and vehicle ferry service ⓘ |
| allows |
caravans
ⓘ
cars ⓘ foot passengers ⓘ freight vehicles ⓘ motorcycles ⓘ |
| bodyOfWater | Bass Strait ⓘ |
| connects |
Australian mainland road network
ⓘ
Tasmanian road network ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| hasVessel |
Spirit of Tasmania I
ⓘ
linked to:
Spirit of Tasmania ferry
Spirit of Tasmania II ⓘ
linked to:
Spirit of Tasmania ferry
Spirit of Tasmania IV ⓘ
linked to:
Spirit of Tasmania ferry
Spirit of Tasmania V ⓘ
linked to:
Spirit of Tasmania ferry
|
| languageOfService | English ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport | sea transport ⓘ |
| notableFor | Bass Strait crossing ⓘ |
| operatesAcross | Bass Strait ⓘ |
| operatesBetween |
Tasmania
ⓘ
mainland Australia ⓘ |
| operator | TT-Line Company ⓘ |
| operatorHeadquarters | Devonport ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of Tasmania ⓘ |
| previousRouteTerminus | Melbourne ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Tasmania
ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ mainland Australia ⓘ |
| routeTerminus |
Devonport
ⓘ
Geelong ⓘ |
| serviceClass |
cabin
ⓘ
economy ⓘ |
| serviceFrequency | daily ⓘ |
| serviceType |
passenger transport
ⓘ
vehicle transport ⓘ |
| ticketingMethod |
online booking
ⓘ
phone booking ⓘ terminal booking ⓘ |
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 Tasmania Description of subject: Spirit of Tasmania is a passenger and vehicle ferry service operating across Bass Strait between mainland Australia and Tasmania.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Spirit of Tasmania