SS Vienna wreck
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The SS Vienna wreck is the remains of a 19th-century wooden steamship that sank in Lake Superior and is now a notable Great Lakes shipwreck and diving site.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SS Vienna wreck canonical | 1 |
| SS Vienna wreck (Lake Superior) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13410383 — 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: SS Vienna wreck Context triple: [Great Lakes shipwrecks, hasPart, SS Vienna wreck]
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A.
Nortraship
Nortraship was the Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission, which managed Norway’s merchant fleet abroad during World War II to support the Allied war effort.
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B.
MSC Meraviglia
MSC Meraviglia is a large, modern cruise ship operated by MSC Cruises, known for its extensive onboard entertainment, dining options, and innovative design features.
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C.
SS Mont-Blanc
SS Mont-Blanc was a French cargo ship laden with explosives whose detonation in 1917 caused the catastrophic Halifax Explosion, one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history.
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D.
SS Donau
SS Donau was a German transport ship used by the Nazis during World War II to deport Norwegian Jews to concentration and extermination camps.
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E.
SS Cap Arcona
SS Cap Arcona was a German luxury ocean liner later used by the Nazis as a transport ship during World War II, most infamously when it was sunk in 1945 with thousands of concentration camp prisoners aboard.
- 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: SS Vienna wreck Target entity description: The SS Vienna wreck is the remains of a 19th-century wooden steamship that sank in Lake Superior and is now a notable Great Lakes shipwreck and diving site.
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A.
Nortraship
Nortraship was the Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission, which managed Norway’s merchant fleet abroad during World War II to support the Allied war effort.
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B.
MSC Meraviglia
MSC Meraviglia is a large, modern cruise ship operated by MSC Cruises, known for its extensive onboard entertainment, dining options, and innovative design features.
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C.
SS Mont-Blanc
SS Mont-Blanc was a French cargo ship laden with explosives whose detonation in 1917 caused the catastrophic Halifax Explosion, one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history.
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D.
SS Donau
SS Donau was a German transport ship used by the Nazis during World War II to deport Norwegian Jews to concentration and extermination camps.
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E.
SS Cap Arcona
SS Cap Arcona was a German luxury ocean liner later used by the Nazis as a transport ship during World War II, most infamously when it was sunk in 1945 with thousands of concentration camp prisoners aboard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Great Lakes shipwreck
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shipwreck ⓘ underwater archaeological site ⓘ |
| access | boat dive only ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Great Lakes shipping history
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hazards of Great Lakes navigation ⓘ maritime trade on Lake Superior ⓘ |
| condition |
broken but recognizable hull
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partially intact structure ⓘ |
| coordinateRegion | off the coast of Michigan ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| depthBelowSurface | underwater ⓘ |
| hasPart |
boilers
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bow section ⓘ cargo hold structure remains ⓘ deck structure remains ⓘ engine components ⓘ propeller components ⓘ remains of SS Vienna ⓘ scattered timbers ⓘ steam machinery remains ⓘ stern section ⓘ wooden hull remains ⓘ |
| hasResearchActivity |
archaeological documentation
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historical study ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places listing
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linked to:
National Register of Historic Places
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| isPartOf |
Great Lakes shipwreck heritage
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linked to:
Great Lakes shipwrecks
maritime heritage of Lake Superior ⓘ |
| legalStatus | protected shipwreck site ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Lake Superior ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Lake Superior ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Great Lakes ⓘ |
| material | wood ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accessibility to recreational divers
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representative example of 19th-century Great Lakes freighter ⓘ well-preserved wooden steamship remains ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | underwater cultural resource ⓘ |
| sankIn | Lake Superior ⓘ |
| sankInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| sankInEra | age of wooden steamships ⓘ |
| significantEvent | sinking of SS Vienna ⓘ |
| significantPlace | Whitefish Bay ⓘ |
| submerged | true ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | diving site ⓘ |
| usedFor |
maritime history education
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recreational diving ⓘ underwater archaeology ⓘ |
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: SS Vienna wreck Description of subject: The SS Vienna wreck is the remains of a 19th-century wooden steamship that sank in Lake Superior and is now a notable Great Lakes shipwreck and diving site.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: SS Vienna wreck