RV Kilo Moana
E68718
RV Kilo Moana is a U.S. oceanographic research vessel designed for advanced marine science missions, including deep-sea surveying and mapping.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RV Ka‘imikai-O-Kanaloa | 1 |
| RV Kilo Moana canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T536859 — 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: RV Kilo Moana Context triple: [Challenger Deep, surveyedBy, RV Kilo Moana]
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A.
RV Calypso
RV Calypso was Jacques Cousteau’s famous oceanographic research vessel, renowned for pioneering undersea exploration and marine science.
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B.
RV Kairei
RV Kairei is a Japanese deep-sea research vessel operated by JAMSTEC, known for conducting advanced oceanographic and seafloor exploration in some of the world’s deepest waters.
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C.
RV Sonne
RV Sonne is a German deep-sea research vessel equipped for advanced oceanographic and geoscientific expeditions worldwide.
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D.
RV Falkor
RV Falkor is an oceanographic research vessel operated by the Schmidt Ocean Institute, used for advanced deep-sea exploration and scientific study.
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E.
RV Vityaz
RV Vityaz was a Soviet research vessel renowned for its deep-sea oceanographic expeditions, including pioneering surveys of the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench.
- 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: RV Kilo Moana Target entity description: RV Kilo Moana is a U.S. oceanographic research vessel designed for advanced marine science missions, including deep-sea surveying and mapping.
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A.
RV Calypso
RV Calypso was Jacques Cousteau’s famous oceanographic research vessel, renowned for pioneering undersea exploration and marine science.
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B.
RV Kairei
RV Kairei is a Japanese deep-sea research vessel operated by JAMSTEC, known for conducting advanced oceanographic and seafloor exploration in some of the world’s deepest waters.
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C.
RV Sonne
RV Sonne is a German deep-sea research vessel equipped for advanced oceanographic and geoscientific expeditions worldwide.
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D.
RV Falkor
RV Falkor is an oceanographic research vessel operated by the Schmidt Ocean Institute, used for advanced deep-sea exploration and scientific study.
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E.
RV Vityaz
RV Vityaz was a Soviet research vessel renowned for its deep-sea oceanographic expeditions, including pioneering surveys of the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SWATH vessel
ⓘ
oceanographic research vessel ⓘ ship ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SWATH ⓘ |
| affiliation | University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System ⓘ |
| beam |
27 meters
ⓘ
approximately 88.6 feet ⓘ |
| builder |
Atlantic Marine
ⓘ
Jacksonville, Florida ⓘ |
| callsign | WDA4483 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewCapacity | approximately 20 crew ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | 12 knots ⓘ |
| deckArea | approximately 400 square meters ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 2500 tons ⓘ |
| draft | 4.6 meters ⓘ |
| dynamicPositioning | yes ⓘ |
| flag | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasEquipment |
ADCP
ⓘ
CTD rosette ⓘ multibeam echosounder ⓘ sub-bottom profiler ⓘ winches and cranes for over-the-side operations ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
acoustic quieting for scientific measurements
ⓘ
high stability in rough seas ⓘ large working deck area ⓘ |
| hasLaboratory |
computer lab
ⓘ
dry lab ⓘ wet lab ⓘ |
| homePort |
Hawaiʻi
ⓘ
linked to:
Hawaii
Honolulu ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hullType | Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull ⓘ |
| IMONumber | 9273076 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall |
57 meters
ⓘ
approximately 186 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 13 knots ⓘ |
| MMSINumber | 369970000 ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Hawaiian ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Ocean Child ⓘ |
| operator |
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
ⓘ
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
deep-sea surveying
ⓘ
multidisciplinary marine science ⓘ oceanographic research ⓘ seafloor mapping ⓘ |
| propulsionType | diesel-electric ⓘ |
| researchArea |
Hawaiian waters
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| scientistBerths | approximately 28 scientists ⓘ |
| totalBerths | approximately 48 persons ⓘ |
| UNOLSStatus | UNOLS fleet vessel ⓘ |
| yearDelivered | 2002 ⓘ |
| yearLaunched | 2001 ⓘ |
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: RV Kilo Moana Description of subject: RV Kilo Moana is a U.S. oceanographic research vessel designed for advanced marine science missions, including deep-sea surveying and mapping.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: RV Kilo Moana