Spirit of British Columbia
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Spirit of British Columbia is a large roll-on/roll-off passenger and vehicle ferry operating on major routes in British Columbia’s coastal ferry system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spirit of British Columbia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7873678 — 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 British Columbia Context triple: [BC Ferries, hasPart, Spirit of British Columbia]
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A.
Chinook Wawa
Chinook Wawa is a historical pidgin trade language of the Pacific Northwest that blended Indigenous, English, and French elements to facilitate communication among diverse communities.
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B.
Esquimalt Nation
Esquimalt Nation is a Coast Salish First Nation community on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, with deep historical, cultural, and territorial roots in the region.
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C.
The Voyageurs
The Voyageurs are a Canadian soccer supporters group known for passionately backing the national teams and helping establish the Voyageurs Cup for domestic club competition.
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D.
Voyage of the Winnipeg
Voyage of the Winnipeg was a 1939 refugee ship journey that transported Spanish Civil War exiles to Chile, later serving as a central historical backdrop in Isabel Allende’s novel "A Long Petal of the Sea."
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E.
Lax Kw’alaams
Lax Kw’alaams is a Tsimshian First Nations community and village located on the north coast of British Columbia, Canada.
- 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 British Columbia Target entity description: Spirit of British Columbia is a large roll-on/roll-off passenger and vehicle ferry operating on major routes in British Columbia’s coastal ferry system.
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A.
Chinook Wawa
Chinook Wawa is a historical pidgin trade language of the Pacific Northwest that blended Indigenous, English, and French elements to facilitate communication among diverse communities.
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B.
Esquimalt Nation
Esquimalt Nation is a Coast Salish First Nation community on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, with deep historical, cultural, and territorial roots in the region.
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C.
The Voyageurs
The Voyageurs are a Canadian soccer supporters group known for passionately backing the national teams and helping establish the Voyageurs Cup for domestic club competition.
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D.
Voyage of the Winnipeg
Voyage of the Winnipeg was a 1939 refugee ship journey that transported Spanish Civil War exiles to Chile, later serving as a central historical backdrop in Isabel Allende’s novel "A Long Petal of the Sea."
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E.
Lax Kw’alaams
Lax Kw’alaams is a Tsimshian First Nations community and village located on the north coast of British Columbia, Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ro-ro passenger ferry
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Spirit-class ferry ⓘ Vehicle ferry ⓘ |
| beam | about 32 m ⓘ |
| builder | Integrated Ferry Company ⓘ |
| builtAt | North Vancouver, British Columbia ⓘ |
| callSign | CFAQ ⓘ |
| class | Spirit class ⓘ |
| completedDate | 1994-03-01 ⓘ |
| conversion | mid-life upgrade and LNG conversion in Europe ⓘ |
| conversionPeriod | 2017–2018 ⓘ |
| conversionYard | Remontowa Shiprepair Yard, Gdańsk, Poland ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| deckConfiguration | multiple vehicle decks ⓘ |
| draft | about 6.5 m ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1994-03-12 ⓘ |
| flag | Canada ⓘ |
| fuelType | liquefied natural gas (LNG) and marine diesel (after conversion) ⓘ |
| grossTonnage | 21000+ GT ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cafeteria
ⓘ
elevators ⓘ gift shop ⓘ outdoor passenger decks ⓘ passenger lounges ⓘ |
| homePort |
Swartz Bay, British Columbia
ⓘ
Tsawwassen, British Columbia ⓘ
linked to:
Tsawwassen
|
| IMONumber | 9015668 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1993-10-01 ⓘ |
| length | about 167 m ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | about 19 knots ⓘ |
| MMSINumber | 316001260 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Province of British Columbia
ⓘ
linked to:
British Columbia
|
| operatingCompanyType | provincial ferry corporation ⓘ |
| operator | BC Ferries ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
BC Ferries
|
| passengerCapacity | 2000+ passengers ⓘ |
| primaryUse | transport of passengers and vehicles ⓘ |
| propulsionType |
diesel (original)
ⓘ
diesel-electric (after conversion) ⓘ |
| registrationPort | Victoria, British Columbia ⓘ |
| route | Tsawwassen–Swartz Bay ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
British Columbia coast
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Strait of Georgia ⓘ
linked to:
Georgia Strait
|
| serviceSpeed | about 18 knots ⓘ |
| sisterShip | Spirit of Vancouver Island ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| vehicleCapacity | 350+ 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
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Input
Subject: Spirit of British Columbia Description of subject: Spirit of British Columbia is a large roll-on/roll-off passenger and vehicle ferry operating on major routes in British Columbia’s coastal ferry system.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.