NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson
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NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hydrographic survey vessel primarily used to map and chart U.S. coastal waters for safe navigation and marine research.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson canonical | 5 |
| NOAAS Thomas Jefferson (S 222) | 2 |
| NOAA hydrographic survey vessel Thomas Jefferson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1137074 — 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 Thomas Jefferson Context triple: [NOAA fleet, hasComponent, NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson]
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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 Gordon Gunter
NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter is an oceanographic and fisheries research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study marine ecosystems and support resource management in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
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C.
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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D.
NOAA Ship Fairweather
NOAA Ship Fairweather is an oceanographic and hydrographic survey vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to map and study coastal and marine environments.
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E.
NOAA Ship Pisces
NOAA Ship Pisces is an advanced fisheries and oceanographic research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study marine ecosystems and support resource management.
- 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 Thomas Jefferson Target entity description: NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hydrographic survey vessel primarily used to map and chart U.S. coastal waters for safe navigation and marine research.
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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 Gordon Gunter
NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter is an oceanographic and fisheries research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study marine ecosystems and support resource management in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
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C.
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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D.
NOAA Ship Fairweather
NOAA Ship Fairweather is an oceanographic and hydrographic survey vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to map and study coastal and marine environments.
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E.
NOAA Ship Pisces
NOAA Ship Pisces is an advanced fisheries and oceanographic research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study marine ecosystems and support resource management.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NOAA ship
ⓘ
hydrographic survey vessel ⓘ |
| acquiredByNOAA | 2003 ⓘ |
| additionalBerths | for about 20 scientists and technicians ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 45 feet ⓘ |
| builder | Avondale Industries ⓘ |
| builtAs | USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52) ⓘ |
| callSign | WTEA ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1992 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewComplement | approximately 30 NOAA Corps officers and crew ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 1,600 tons ⓘ |
| draft | approximately 14 feet ⓘ |
| equipment |
CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) instruments
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differential GPS navigation systems ⓘ hydrographic survey launches ⓘ multibeam echo sounders ⓘ oceanographic sampling gear ⓘ side-scan sonar systems ⓘ single-beam echo sounders ⓘ small boats for near-shore surveys ⓘ sub-bottom profilers ⓘ |
| flag | United States of America ⓘ |
| homeport | Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ |
| hullNumber | S 222 ⓘ |
| IMONumber | 8833877 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1988 ⓘ |
| launched | 1989 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 208 feet ⓘ |
| missionArea |
Gulf of Mexico
ⓘ
U.S. East Coast ⓘ
linked to:
East Coast of the United States
U.S. coastal waters ⓘ |
| missionSupport |
obstruction detection for navigation safety
ⓘ
port and harbor approaches ⓘ post-storm damage assessment surveys ⓘ shipping lanes ⓘ |
| MMSINumber | 369932000 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thomas Jefferson ⓘ |
| operator |
NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
ⓘ
linked to:
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ |
| partOf |
NOAA hydrographic survey fleet
ⓘ
linked to:
NOAA Ship Rainier
|
| propulsion | diesel-electric engines ⓘ |
| recommissionedAs | NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson ⓘ |
| shipyard | Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ |
| use |
coastal mapping
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hydrographic surveying ⓘ marine research ⓘ nautical charting ⓘ seafloor mapping ⓘ support of safe navigation ⓘ updating U.S. nautical charts ⓘ |
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 Thomas Jefferson Description of subject: NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hydrographic survey vessel primarily used to map and chart U.S. coastal waters for safe navigation and marine research.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson
linked to: NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson