MV Chimacum
E200523
MV Chimacum is a Washington State Ferries vessel that serves as a modern car and passenger ferry in the Puget Sound region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MV Chimacum canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1792092 — 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 Chimacum Context triple: [Washington State Ferries, notableVessel, MV Chimacum]
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A.
Nehalem Bay
Nehalem Bay is a coastal inlet on the northern Oregon coast known for its scenic beaches, estuarine wildlife, and recreational activities such as fishing, crabbing, and boating.
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B.
Bonny Water
Bonny Water is a small river in central Scotland that flows through the Falkirk area before joining the River Carron.
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C.
Seabreeze
Seabreeze was a former neighboring city to Daytona Beach, Florida, that was eventually incorporated into the larger Daytona Beach municipality.
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D.
Rainier Fog
Rainier Fog is a 2018 studio album by American rock band Alice in Chains, noted for its heavy sound, dark themes, and a return to the Seattle roots of the group.
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E.
Muir
Muir is a Scottish surname most famously associated with naturalist and conservationist John Muir.
- 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 Chimacum Target entity description: MV Chimacum is a Washington State Ferries vessel that serves as a modern car and passenger ferry in the Puget Sound region.
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A.
Nehalem Bay
Nehalem Bay is a coastal inlet on the northern Oregon coast known for its scenic beaches, estuarine wildlife, and recreational activities such as fishing, crabbing, and boating.
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B.
Bonny Water
Bonny Water is a small river in central Scotland that flows through the Falkirk area before joining the River Carron.
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C.
Seabreeze
Seabreeze was a former neighboring city to Daytona Beach, Florida, that was eventually incorporated into the larger Daytona Beach municipality.
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D.
Rainier Fog
Rainier Fog is a 2018 studio album by American rock band Alice in Chains, noted for its heavy sound, dark themes, and a return to the Seattle roots of the group.
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E.
Muir
Muir is a Scottish surname most famously associated with naturalist and conservationist John Muir.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Washington State Ferries vessel
ⓘ
ferry ⓘ motor vessel ⓘ |
| builder | Vigor Industrial ⓘ |
| category |
Ferries of Washington
ⓘ
Passenger ships of the United States ⓘ Ships of Washington State Ferries ⓘ |
| constructionSite |
Seattle, Washington, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Seattle, Washington
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deckConfiguration | multiple vehicle decks ⓘ |
| enteredService | 2017 ⓘ |
| flag |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fuelType | diesel ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
ADA-accessible facilities
ⓘ
elevators ⓘ outdoor passenger decks ⓘ passenger lounges ⓘ restrooms ⓘ snack bar ⓘ |
| homePort |
Seattle, Washington, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Seattle, Washington
|
| hullMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Chimacum, Washington
ⓘ
Chimakum people ⓘ |
| operator | Washington State Ferries ⓘ |
| owner | Washington State Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| partOfClass | Olympic-class ferry ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | approximately 1500 passengers ⓘ |
| propulsionType | diesel-electric ⓘ |
| publicTransportSystem | Washington State Ferries ⓘ |
| regionServed |
King County
ⓘ
surface form:
King County, Washington
Kitsap County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| registration | United States Coast Guard ⓘ |
| route |
Seattle–Bremerton ferry
ⓘ
surface form:
Seattle–Bremerton ferry route
|
| serviceArea |
Puget Sound
ⓘ
Washington State, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State
|
| serviceStatus | in service ⓘ |
| serviceType |
car ferry
ⓘ
passenger ferry ⓘ |
| shipyard | Vigor Shipyards ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
MV Samish
ⓘ
MV Samish ⓘ
surface form:
MV Suquamish
MV Tokitae ⓘ |
| vehicleCapacity | approximately 144 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 Chimacum Description of subject: MV Chimacum is a Washington State Ferries vessel that serves as a modern car and passenger ferry in the Puget Sound region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.