NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow
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NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow is an American fisheries survey and oceanographic research vessel operated by NOAA to study marine ecosystems and support sustainable fisheries management in the Atlantic Ocean.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1137069 — 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: NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow Context triple: [NOAA fleet, hasComponent, NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow]
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A.
NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown
NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown is a large, state-of-the-art oceanographic and atmospheric research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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B.
NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson
NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson is a modern fisheries and oceanographic research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study marine ecosystems, fish stocks, and ocean conditions, primarily in Alaskan waters.
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C.
NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada
NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada is a modern fisheries and oceanographic research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to study marine ecosystems and support sustainable fisheries management, primarily along the U.S. West Coast.
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D.
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel dedicated to systematic ocean exploration and deep-sea mapping using advanced telepresence technology.
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E.
M/V Chenega
M/V Chenega is a high-speed passenger and vehicle ferry that operated as part of Alaska’s state-run Alaska Marine Highway System, serving coastal communities in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska.
- 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: NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow Target entity description: NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow is an American fisheries survey and oceanographic research vessel operated by NOAA to study marine ecosystems and support sustainable fisheries management in the Atlantic Ocean.
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A.
NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown
NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown is a large, state-of-the-art oceanographic and atmospheric research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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B.
NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson
NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson is a modern fisheries and oceanographic research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study marine ecosystems, fish stocks, and ocean conditions, primarily in Alaskan waters.
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C.
NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada
NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada is a modern fisheries and oceanographic research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to study marine ecosystems and support sustainable fisheries management, primarily along the U.S. West Coast.
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D.
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel dedicated to systematic ocean exploration and deep-sea mapping using advanced telepresence technology.
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E.
M/V Chenega
M/V Chenega is a high-speed passenger and vehicle ferry that operated as part of Alaska’s state-run Alaska Marine Highway System, serving coastal communities in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NOAA research vessel
ⓘ
fisheries survey vessel ⓘ oceanographic research vessel ⓘ |
| beam |
14 metres
ⓘ
46 feet ⓘ |
| builder | VT Halter Marine ⓘ |
| builtAt |
Moss Point, Mississippi
ⓘ
linked to:
Moss Point, Mississippi, United States
|
| callsign | WTEO ⓘ |
| commissioned | 2007 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewComplement | about 24 ship crew ⓘ |
| cruisingSpeed | about 10 knots ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 2,500 tons ⓘ |
| draft |
20 feet
ⓘ
6.1 metres ⓘ |
| endurance | about 30 days ⓘ |
| equipment |
CTD rosette system
ⓘ
hull-mounted fisheries sonars ⓘ multibeam echosounder ⓘ stern trawl winches ⓘ wet and dry laboratories ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
dynamic positioning system
ⓘ
low-noise hull design ⓘ |
| homeport | Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ |
| hullNumber | R 225 ⓘ |
| IMONumber | 8983466 ⓘ |
| keelLaid | 2003 ⓘ |
| launched | 2005 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall |
208 feet
ⓘ
63.4 metres ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 12 knots ⓘ |
| MMSINumber | 369900000 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Henry Bryant Bigelow
ⓘ
linked to:
Henry B. Bigelow
|
| namesakeOccupation | marine biologist ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
ⓘ
linked to:
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
|
| operatingArea |
Northeast U.S. continental shelf
ⓘ
linked to:
Mid-Atlantic Bight of the Atlantic Ocean
Northwest Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| operator | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
ecosystem monitoring
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fisheries surveys ⓘ oceanographic research ⓘ |
| propulsionType | diesel-electric ⓘ |
| registryPort | Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ |
| scientificBerths | about 15 scientists ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
acoustic fisheries surveys
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bottom trawl surveys ⓘ hydrographic surveys ⓘ pelagic trawl surveys ⓘ plankton sampling ⓘ |
| supportsProgram |
NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center
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linked to:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
|
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: NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow Description of subject: NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow is an American fisheries survey and oceanographic research vessel operated by NOAA to study marine ecosystems and support sustainable fisheries management in the Atlantic Ocean.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.