Orion
E24193
asterism
blue supergiant star
constellation
dark nebula
emission nebula
red supergiant star
star-forming region
Orion is a prominent constellation in the night sky, easily recognized by its three-star belt and associated in many cultures with the figure of a hunter.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Orion canonical | 45 |
| Orion constellation | 2 |
| L’Orione | 1 |
| Orion (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Orion (mythological hunter) | 1 |
| Orion family of constellations | 1 |
| Orion in mythology | 1 |
| Orion the Hunter | 1 |
| Orion's Belt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156756 — 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: Orion Context triple: [Pleiades, risesBefore, Orion]
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A.
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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B.
Perseus Arm
The Perseus Arm is one of the major spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy, rich in gas, dust, and star-forming regions.
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C.
Helios
Helios is the personification of the sun in ancient Greek mythology, often depicted driving a chariot across the sky each day.
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D.
Bardeen
Bardeen is a surname most notably associated with John Bardeen, the American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice for his work on the transistor and superconductivity.
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E.
Aquila
Aquila is a genus of large, powerful birds of prey that includes several species of true eagles found across much of the world.
- 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: Orion Target entity description: Orion is a prominent constellation in the night sky, easily recognized by its three-star belt and associated in many cultures with the figure of a hunter.
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A.
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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B.
Perseus Arm
The Perseus Arm is one of the major spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy, rich in gas, dust, and star-forming regions.
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C.
Helios
Helios is the personification of the sun in ancient Greek mythology, often depicted driving a chariot across the sky each day.
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D.
Bardeen
Bardeen is a surname most notably associated with John Bardeen, the American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice for his work on the transistor and superconductivity.
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E.
Aquila
Aquila is a genus of large, powerful birds of prey that includes several species of true eagles found across much of the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
asterism
ⓘ
asterism ⓘ blue supergiant star ⓘ constellation ⓘ dark nebula ⓘ emission nebula ⓘ emission nebula ⓘ red supergiant star ⓘ star-forming region ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Orion
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Orion family of constellations
|
| bestVisibleIn |
summer in the Southern Hemisphere
ⓘ
winter in the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Cetus
ⓘ
Eridanus ⓘ Gemini ⓘ Lepus ⓘ Monoceros ⓘ Taurus ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Almagest
ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemy's list of 48 constellations
|
| hasAsterism |
Orion
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Orion's Belt
|
| hasBrightStar |
Bellatrix
ⓘ
Betelgeuse ⓘ Rigel ⓘ Saiph ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Greek mythology
ⓘ
hunter ⓘ |
| hasDeclination | approximately 5 degrees ⓘ |
| hasDeepSkyObject |
Barnard's Loop
ⓘ
Horsehead Nebula ⓘ Orion Nebula ⓘ |
| hasGenitiveForm | Orionis ⓘ |
| hasIAUAbbreviation | Ori ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| hasRightAscension | approximately 5 hours ⓘ |
| hasStar |
Alnilam
ⓘ
Alnitak ⓘ Mintaka ⓘ |
| includedIn | IAU 88 modern constellations list ⓘ |
| locatedIn | celestial equator region ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Orion
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Orion the Hunter
|
| partOf |
Orion
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ Orion self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | both Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| visibleIn | night sky ⓘ |
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: Orion Description of subject: Orion is a prominent constellation in the night sky, easily recognized by its three-star belt and associated in many cultures with the figure of a hunter.
Referenced by (54)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Orion (in some traditions)