United States Lines
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United States Lines was a major American transatlantic shipping company best known for operating iconic ocean liners such as the SS United States during the 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States Lines canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17110978 — 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: United States Lines Context triple: [International Mercantile Marine Company, successor, United States Lines]
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A.
Red Star Line
Red Star Line was a prominent Belgian-American shipping company that operated transatlantic passenger and freight services between Europe and North America from the late 19th to early 20th century.
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B.
White Star Line
White Star Line was a prominent British shipping company best known for operating the RMS Titanic and other famous ocean liners during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Hamburg America Line
Hamburg America Line was a major German transatlantic shipping company that operated prominent passenger and cargo services between Europe and the Americas from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.
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D.
New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co.
New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. was a shipping company that operated steamship services between New York and Puerto Rico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
The American-Hawaiian Steamship Company was a prominent U.S. shipping firm that operated cargo services between the American mainland and Hawaii, particularly active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: United States Lines Target entity description: United States Lines was a major American transatlantic shipping company best known for operating iconic ocean liners such as the SS United States during the 20th century.
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A.
Red Star Line
Red Star Line was a prominent Belgian-American shipping company that operated transatlantic passenger and freight services between Europe and North America from the late 19th to early 20th century.
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B.
White Star Line
White Star Line was a prominent British shipping company best known for operating the RMS Titanic and other famous ocean liners during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Hamburg America Line
Hamburg America Line was a major German transatlantic shipping company that operated prominent passenger and cargo services between Europe and the Americas from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.
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D.
New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co.
New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. was a shipping company that operated steamship services between New York and Puerto Rico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
The American-Hawaiian Steamship Company was a prominent U.S. shipping firm that operated cargo services between the American mainland and Hawaii, particularly active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.