STIS
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STIS is a versatile instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope that provides high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy across a wide range of wavelengths.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STIS canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2139308 — 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: STIS Context triple: [Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, abbreviation, STIS]
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A.
STRI
STRI is the acronym for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, a leading center for tropical biology and conservation research based in Panama.
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B.
STGE
STGE is the station code for St. George, a major interchange station on Toronto's subway system.
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C.
SIS
SIS is the commonly used abbreviation for the United Kingdom’s Secret Intelligence Service, the foreign intelligence agency often referred to as MI6.
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D.
LIDS
LIDS is a research laboratory at MIT focused on advancing the theory and application of information and decision systems, including areas like control, communications, and machine learning.
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E.
ChST
ChST is the time zone used in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, which is 10 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+10).
- 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: STIS Target entity description: STIS is a versatile instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope that provides high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy across a wide range of wavelengths.
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A.
STRI
STRI is the acronym for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, a leading center for tropical biology and conservation research based in Panama.
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B.
CIN
CIN is the common abbreviation used for the former NBA franchise known as the Cincinnati Royals.
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C.
STGE
STGE is the station code for St. George, a major interchange station on Toronto's subway system.
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D.
SIS
SIS is the commonly used abbreviation for the United Kingdom’s Secret Intelligence Service, the foreign intelligence agency often referred to as MI6.
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E.
LIDS
LIDS is a research laboratory at MIT focused on advancing the theory and application of information and decision systems, including areas like control, communications, and machine learning.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
imaging instrument
ⓘ
space telescope instrument ⓘ spectrograph ⓘ |
| agencyProgram |
Hubble Space Telescope
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surface form:
Hubble Space Telescope program
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| capability |
coronagraphy
ⓘ
echelle spectroscopy ⓘ high-resolution spectroscopy ⓘ imaging ⓘ long-slit spectroscopy ⓘ |
| designedFor |
multiwavelength spectroscopy
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precision photometry ⓘ |
| enables |
time-resolved spectroscopy
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two-dimensional spectroscopy ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | small field imaging ⓘ |
| fullName | Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph ⓘ |
| hasDetector |
CCD detector
ⓘ
MAMA detector ⓘ |
| hasMode |
imaging mode
ⓘ
spectroscopic mode ⓘ |
| installationMission | Hubble Servicing Mission 2 ⓘ |
| installationShuttleMission | STS-82 ⓘ |
| installationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| installedBy | Space Shuttle crew ⓘ |
| locatedAt | Hubble Space Telescope focal plane ⓘ |
| MAMAType |
far-ultraviolet MAMA
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near-ultraviolet MAMA ⓘ |
| observatory | Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ |
| operatesOn | Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ |
| operator |
European Space Agency
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NASA ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hubble Space Telescope science instruments
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surface form:
Hubble Space Telescope science payload
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| replacedInstrument |
Faint Object Spectrograph
ⓘ
Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph ⓘ |
| resolution | high spectral resolution ⓘ |
| scienceUse |
active galactic nuclei studies
ⓘ
exoplanet atmosphere studies ⓘ interstellar medium studies ⓘ quasar absorption line studies ⓘ solar system object observations ⓘ stellar spectroscopy ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| telescope | Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ |
| uses |
gratings
ⓘ
prisms ⓘ slits ⓘ |
| wavelengthCoverage |
near-infrared
ⓘ
ultraviolet ⓘ visible ⓘ |
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: STIS Description of subject: STIS is a versatile instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope that provides high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy across a wide range of wavelengths.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.