MV Hyak (retired)
E200520
MV Hyak (retired) was a long-serving Super-class ferry that operated for Washington State Ferries, primarily on routes across Puget Sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MV Hyak (retired) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1792089 — 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: MV Hyak (retired) Context triple: [Washington State Ferries, notableVessel, MV Hyak (retired)]
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A.
RV Yokosuka
RV Yokosuka is a Japanese research vessel operated by JAMSTEC, best known for supporting deep-sea exploration missions, including dives to the Challenger Deep with the submersible Shinkai 6500.
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B.
Zuihō
Zuihō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in several Pacific War operations before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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C.
Izumo-class helicopter destroyer
The Izumo-class helicopter destroyer is a class of large Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force warships designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare and helicopter operations, and later adapted to operate fixed-wing STOVL aircraft.
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D.
M/V Tustumena
M/V Tustumena is a rugged Alaska Marine Highway ferry known for serving remote coastal communities and challenging open-ocean routes in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands.
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E.
Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō
The Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō was the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier to enter service, playing a pioneering role in the development of naval aviation for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
- 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: MV Hyak (retired) Target entity description: MV Hyak (retired) was a long-serving Super-class ferry that operated for Washington State Ferries, primarily on routes across Puget Sound.
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A.
RV Yokosuka
RV Yokosuka is a Japanese research vessel operated by JAMSTEC, best known for supporting deep-sea exploration missions, including dives to the Challenger Deep with the submersible Shinkai 6500.
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B.
Zuihō
Zuihō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in several Pacific War operations before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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C.
Izumo-class helicopter destroyer
The Izumo-class helicopter destroyer is a class of large Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force warships designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare and helicopter operations, and later adapted to operate fixed-wing STOVL aircraft.
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D.
M/V Tustumena
M/V Tustumena is a rugged Alaska Marine Highway ferry known for serving remote coastal communities and challenging open-ocean routes in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands.
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E.
Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō
The Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō was the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier to enter service, playing a pioneering role in the development of naval aviation for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Super-class ferry
ⓘ
ferry ⓘ motor vessel ⓘ |
| class | Super-class ferry ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fleet |
Washington State Ferries
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State Ferries fleet
|
| notableFor | long service life in Washington State Ferries system ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Washington State Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| operatedOn |
Anacortes–San Juan Islands ferry routes
ⓘ
surface form:
Anacortes–San Juan Islands routes
Puget Sound routes ⓘ Seattle–Bremerton route ⓘ other cross-Sound routes ⓘ |
| operator | Washington State Ferries ⓘ |
| owner |
Washington State, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Washington
|
| partOf | Washington State Ferries Super-class ⓘ |
| propulsion | diesel-powered ⓘ |
| service | intra-state ferry service ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Puget Sound
ⓘ
Salish Sea ⓘ |
| serviceType |
passenger ferry
ⓘ
vehicle ferry ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
MV Elwha (retired)
ⓘ
surface form:
MV Elwha
MV Kaleetan ⓘ MV Wenatchee ⓘ
surface form:
MV Yakima
|
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| usedFor |
transporting passengers
ⓘ
transporting vehicles ⓘ |
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: MV Hyak (retired) Description of subject: MV Hyak (retired) was a long-serving Super-class ferry that operated for Washington State Ferries, primarily on routes across Puget Sound.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.