Taurus
E12444
Taurus is the second sign of the zodiac, symbolized by the Bull and associated with traits like determination, sensuality, and practicality.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taurus canonical | 39 |
| Taurus constellation | 5 |
| Taurus (constellation) | 3 |
| constellation Taurus | 3 |
| De Stier | 1 |
| Taurus (possibly, uncertain) | 1 |
| zodiacal constellation Taurus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T98037 — 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: Taurus Context triple: [Rudolph Valentino, starSign, Taurus]
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A.
Aquila
Aquila is a genus of large, powerful birds of prey that includes several species of true eagles found across much of the world.
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B.
Pleiades
The Pleiades are a famous open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, often known as the Seven Sisters in Greek mythology.
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C.
Alcyone
Alcyone is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and often associated with the star cluster of the same name.
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D.
Hermes
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
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E.
Colinus
Colinus is a genus of New World quails best known for species like the Northern bobwhite, small ground-dwelling game birds found in the Americas.
- 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: Taurus Target entity description: Taurus is the second sign of the zodiac, symbolized by the Bull and associated with traits like determination, sensuality, and practicality.
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A.
Aquila
Aquila is a genus of large, powerful birds of prey that includes several species of true eagles found across much of the world.
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B.
Pleiades
The Pleiades are a famous open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, often known as the Seven Sisters in Greek mythology.
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C.
Alcyone
Alcyone is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and often associated with the star cluster of the same name.
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D.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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E.
Hermes
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astrological sign
ⓘ
zodiac sign ⓘ |
| associatedBodyPart |
neck
ⓘ
throat ⓘ vocal cords ⓘ |
| associatedColor |
green
ⓘ
pink ⓘ |
| associatedConstellation |
Taurus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Taurus (constellation)
|
| associatedDay | Friday ⓘ |
| associatedGemstone |
emerald
ⓘ
rose quartz ⓘ |
| associatedHouse | Second house ⓘ |
| associatedMetal | copper ⓘ |
| associatedMythologicalFigure |
Zeus
ⓘ
surface form:
Zeus as a bull
|
| associatedMythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| associatedQuality |
comfort-seeking
ⓘ
determination ⓘ loyalty ⓘ materialism ⓘ patience ⓘ persistence ⓘ practicality ⓘ sensuality ⓘ stability ⓘ stubbornness ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
finances
ⓘ
possessions ⓘ security ⓘ sensory pleasure ⓘ values ⓘ |
| belongsToElementGroup | Earth signs ⓘ |
| compatibleSign |
Cancer
ⓘ
Capricorn ⓘ Pisces ⓘ Virgo ⓘ |
| element | Earth ⓘ |
| endDateSidereal | approximately June 19 ⓘ |
| endDateTropical | May 20 ⓘ |
| modality | Fixed ⓘ |
| oppositeSign | Scorpio ⓘ |
| polarity | Feminine ⓘ |
| positionInZodiac | second sign ⓘ |
| rulingPlanet | Venus ⓘ |
| startDateSidereal | approximately May 14 ⓘ |
| startDateTropical | April 20 ⓘ |
| symbol | Bull ⓘ |
| usedIn |
horoscopes
ⓘ
natal astrology ⓘ sun sign astrology ⓘ |
| zodiacSystem | Western astrology ⓘ |
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: Taurus Description of subject: Taurus is the second sign of the zodiac, symbolized by the Bull and associated with traits like determination, sensuality, and practicality.
Referenced by (53)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.