UGC 12082
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UGC 12082 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UGC 12082 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4531694 — 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: UGC 12082 Context triple: [M81 Group, containsGalaxy, UGC 12082]
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A.
Collinder 228
Collinder 228 is an open star cluster embedded in the Carina Nebula, notable for its young, massive stars that help illuminate and shape the surrounding gas and dust.
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B.
ESO 029- G 011
ESO 029- G 011 is a catalog designation for the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf irregular galaxy and one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors.
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C.
PGC 3085
PGC 3085 is a dwarf irregular galaxy better known as the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby satellite of the Milky Way visible from the Southern Hemisphere.
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D.
Paisley Galaxy
Paisley Galaxy is a popular Cantopop song by Hong Kong singer Kelly Chan.
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E.
NGC 7318B
NGC 7318B is a galaxy in the compact group Stephan's Quintet, notable for its high-speed collision with neighboring galaxies that triggers intense shock waves and star formation.
- 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: UGC 12082 Target entity description: UGC 12082 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major.
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A.
Collinder 228
Collinder 228 is an open star cluster embedded in the Carina Nebula, notable for its young, massive stars that help illuminate and shape the surrounding gas and dust.
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B.
ESO 029- G 011
ESO 029- G 011 is a catalog designation for the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf irregular galaxy and one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors.
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C.
PGC 3085
PGC 3085 is a dwarf irregular galaxy better known as the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby satellite of the Milky Way visible from the Southern Hemisphere.
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D.
Paisley Galaxy
Paisley Galaxy is a popular Cantopop song by Hong Kong singer Kelly Chan.
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E.
NGC 7318B
NGC 7318B is a galaxy in the compact group Stephan's Quintet, notable for its high-speed collision with neighboring galaxies that triggers intense shock waves and star formation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dwarf galaxy
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galaxy ⓘ |
| catalog | UGC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | 12082 ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | dwarf galaxy ⓘ |
| isGravitationallyBoundTo | M81 Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNearby | M81 Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Ursa Major NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | M81 Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | local universe ⓘ |
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: UGC 12082 Description of subject: UGC 12082 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.