Integral Shaped Filament
E459028
The Integral Shaped Filament is a prominent, elongated star-forming structure of dense gas and dust within the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, notable for hosting active regions of massive and low-mass star formation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Integral Shaped Filament canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4617574 — 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: Integral Shaped Filament Context triple: [Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, contains, Integral Shaped Filament]
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Multi-Fibre Arrangement
The Multi-Fibre Arrangement was an international trade framework that regulated and restricted textile and clothing exports from developing to developed countries through a system of quotas from the 1970s until its phase-out under WTO rules.
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Light-Space Modulator
Light-Space Modulator is an experimental kinetic sculpture by László Moholy-Nagy that explores movement, light, and shadow through rotating metal and glass forms.
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Fresnel zone plates
Fresnel zone plates are diffractive optical elements composed of concentric rings that focus light through interference rather than refraction, serving as lens alternatives in applications like X-ray and microscopy.
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Weave
Weave is Google's Internet of Things (IoT) communication platform designed to let smart devices easily discover, connect, and work together across different ecosystems.
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SHAPE
SHAPE is the central military command headquarters of NATO responsible for planning and executing the alliance’s collective defense operations in Europe.
- 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: Integral Shaped Filament Target entity description: The Integral Shaped Filament is a prominent, elongated star-forming structure of dense gas and dust within the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, notable for hosting active regions of massive and low-mass star formation.
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A.
Multi-Fibre Arrangement
The Multi-Fibre Arrangement was an international trade framework that regulated and restricted textile and clothing exports from developing to developed countries through a system of quotas from the 1970s until its phase-out under WTO rules.
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B.
Light-Space Modulator
Light-Space Modulator is an experimental kinetic sculpture by László Moholy-Nagy that explores movement, light, and shadow through rotating metal and glass forms.
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C.
Fresnel zone plates
Fresnel zone plates are diffractive optical elements composed of concentric rings that focus light through interference rather than refraction, serving as lens alternatives in applications like X-ray and microscopy.
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D.
Weave
Weave is Google's Internet of Things (IoT) communication platform designed to let smart devices easily discover, connect, and work together across different ecosystems.
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E.
SHAPE
SHAPE is the central military command headquarters of NATO responsible for planning and executing the alliance’s collective defense operations in Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical structure
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molecular cloud filament ⓘ |
| belongsToGalaxy | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composedOf |
dense molecular gas
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interstellar dust ⓘ |
| contains |
OMC-1
NERFINISHED
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OMC-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ OMC-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ OMC-4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Orion Nebula Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ dense cores ⓘ embedded protostars ⓘ prestellar cores ⓘ young stellar objects ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth | approximately 400–450 parsecs ⓘ |
| embeddedIn | giant molecular cloud environment ⓘ |
| environmentType |
giant molecular filament
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high-mass star-forming region ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | ISF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | several parsecs ⓘ |
| hasKinematicProperty |
supersonic turbulence
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velocity gradients along filament ⓘ |
| hasMagneticFieldProperty | ordered magnetic field components ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | elongated filament ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalProperty |
cold temperature
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high column density ⓘ high volume density ⓘ |
| hasRole | backbone of star-forming region in Orion A ⓘ |
| hasShape | integral-sign-like ⓘ |
| hasStarFormationActivity |
clustered
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ongoing ⓘ |
| hasStarFormationMode |
distributed low-mass star formation
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massive star-forming clumps ⓘ |
| isSiteOf |
low-mass star formation
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massive star formation ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Orion A molecular cloud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Orion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInGalacticStructure | Orion Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
NERFINISHED
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Herschel Space Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ James Clerk Maxwell Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Orion Molecular Cloud Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| redshift | approximately 0 (Galactic object) ⓘ |
| studiedInContextOf |
cluster formation
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filamentary star formation ⓘ massive star formation ⓘ |
| tracedByEmission |
CO rotational lines
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dust continuum emission ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Integral Shaped Filament Description of subject: The Integral Shaped Filament is a prominent, elongated star-forming structure of dense gas and dust within the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, notable for hosting active regions of massive and low-mass star formation.
Referenced by (1)
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