SHINE
E133807
SHINE is a fixed-target experiment at CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron that studies hadron production in proton–proton, proton–nucleus, and nucleus–nucleus collisions to investigate strong interaction physics and provide reference data for cosmic-ray and neutrino experiments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SHINE canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1160849 — 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: SHINE Context triple: [NA61/SHINE, abbreviation, SHINE]
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A.
Shine
Shine is a studio album by British R&B singer Estelle that showcases her blend of soul, hip hop, and pop influences.
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B.
Shine
Shine is a critically acclaimed 1996 biographical drama film in which Geoffrey Rush delivers an Oscar-winning performance as pianist David Helfgott.
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C.
Sparkle
Sparkle is a Georgia-Pacific paper towel brand known for its affordable, everyday household cleaning products.
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D.
Limelight
Limelight is a 1952 drama film written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, in which he portrays a faded music-hall comedian who befriends and mentors a young ballerina.
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E.
Shinsekai
Shinsekai is a retro entertainment district in Osaka, Japan, known for its nostalgic Showa-era atmosphere, street food, and neon-lit nightlife.
- 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: SHINE Target entity description: SHINE is a fixed-target experiment at CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron that studies hadron production in proton–proton, proton–nucleus, and nucleus–nucleus collisions to investigate strong interaction physics and provide reference data for cosmic-ray and neutrino experiments.
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A.
Shine
Shine is a critically acclaimed 1996 biographical drama film in which Geoffrey Rush delivers an Oscar-winning performance as pianist David Helfgott.
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B.
Shine
Shine is a studio album by British R&B singer Estelle that showcases her blend of soul, hip hop, and pop influences.
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C.
Sparkle
Sparkle is a Georgia-Pacific paper towel brand known for its affordable, everyday household cleaning products.
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D.
Limelight
Limelight is a 1952 drama film written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, in which he portrays a faded music-hall comedian who befriends and mentors a young ballerina.
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E.
Shinsekai
Shinsekai is a retro entertainment district in Osaka, Japan, known for its nostalgic Showa-era atmosphere, street food, and neon-lit nightlife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fixed-target experiment
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particle physics experiment ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
constrain models of hadron production
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improve understanding of strong interactions ⓘ |
| collisionSystem |
nucleus–nucleus
ⓘ
proton–nucleus ⓘ proton–proton ⓘ |
| dataUsedFor |
cosmic-ray air-shower modeling
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neutrino flux predictions ⓘ tuning hadronic interaction models ⓘ |
| employs | fixed-target technique ⓘ |
| hostedBy |
Super Proton Synchrotron
ⓘ
surface form:
CERN Super Proton Synchrotron complex
|
| locatedIn | CERN ⓘ |
| partOf |
CERN Experimental Areas group
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surface form:
CERN experimental program
|
| providesReferenceDataFor |
cosmic-ray experiments
ⓘ
neutrino experiments ⓘ |
| researchField |
hadron production measurements
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high-energy nuclear physics ⓘ strong interaction physics ⓘ |
| studies |
hadron production
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hadron yields ⓘ multiplicity distributions ⓘ nuclear effects in hadron production ⓘ nucleus–nucleus collisions ⓘ particle spectra ⓘ proton–nucleus collisions ⓘ proton–proton collisions ⓘ |
| usesAccelerator | Super Proton Synchrotron ⓘ |
| usesBeamType |
ion beams
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proton beams ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: SHINE Description of subject: SHINE is a fixed-target experiment at CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron that studies hadron production in proton–proton, proton–nucleus, and nucleus–nucleus collisions to investigate strong interaction physics and provide reference data for cosmic-ray and neutrino experiments.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.