Hyades
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The Hyades are a sisterhood of nymphs in Greek mythology, best known for their association with rain and their representation as a prominent open star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
All labels observed (23)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek mythological figures
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nymphs ⓘ star cluster ⓘ |
| age | about 625 million years (astronomical cluster) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dionysus
ⓘ
Taurus ⓘ
surface form:
Taurus (constellation)
Zeus ⓘ rain ⓘ storms ⓘ |
| astronomicalType | open cluster ⓘ |
| brightness | brightest open cluster in the sky as seen from Earth ⓘ |
| catalogDesignation |
Hyades
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Caldwell 41
Hyades self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Melotte 25
|
| celestialLocation |
Taurus
ⓘ
surface form:
Taurus (constellation)
|
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| culturalSignificance |
used for navigation in various seafaring cultures
ⓘ
used in ancient times for weather prediction ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth | about 153 light-years ⓘ |
| etymology | name traditionally linked to Greek word for rain ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Aesyle (Hyad)
ⓘ
Ambrosia (Hyad) ⓘ Coronis (Hyad) ⓘ Dione ⓘ
surface form:
Dione (Hyad)
Eudora (Hyad) ⓘ Pedile (Hyad) ⓘ Phaesyle (Hyad) ⓘ Polyxo (Hyad) ⓘ Thyone (Hyad) ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalConsequence | transformed into a star cluster ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalEvent | grieved the death of their brother Hyas ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalRole |
bringers of rain
ⓘ
nurses of Dionysus ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Nymphs of Dodona (in some traditions)
ⓘ
Oceanids ⓘ
surface form:
Oceanids (in some traditions)
|
| namedAfter | Hyas ⓘ |
| notableStar | Aldebaran (foreground star, not a member) ⓘ |
| observedSince | antiquity ⓘ |
| parent | Atlas ⓘ |
| partOf | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| relatedConstellation |
Orion
ⓘ
Pleiades star cluster in Taurus ⓘ |
| representedBy | open star cluster in Taurus ⓘ |
| shape | V-shaped cluster outlining the head of Taurus ⓘ |
| sibling |
Hyas
ⓘ
Pleiades ⓘ |
| subclassOf | rain nymphs ⓘ |
| visibleFrom |
Northern Hemisphere
ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
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: Hyades Description of subject: The Hyades are a sisterhood of nymphs in Greek mythology, best known for their association with rain and their representation as a prominent open star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
Referenced by (69)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Atlas
this entity surface form:
Melotte 25
this entity surface form:
Caldwell 41
subject surface form:
Pedile
subject surface form:
Pedile
this entity surface form:
Hyades open cluster
subject surface form:
Pedile
subject surface form:
Pedile
this entity surface form:
Hyades is the nearest prominent open star cluster to Earth
subject surface form:
Pedile
this entity surface form:
Hyades star cluster pattern in Taurus
subject surface form:
Aldebaran
this entity surface form:
Hyades star cluster
subject surface form:
Aldebaran
this entity surface form:
Hyades star cluster
this entity surface form:
Hyades star cluster
this entity surface form:
Hyades open cluster
this entity surface form:
Hyades star cluster
this entity surface form:
Hyades open cluster
this entity surface form:
Hyades star cluster
this entity surface form:
Hyades star cluster
this entity surface form:
Hyades, the nearest prominent open star cluster to Earth
this entity surface form:
Hyades moving group
this entity surface form:
Hyades core region
this entity surface form:
Hyades star cluster
subject surface form:
Phaesyle
subject surface form:
Phaesyle
this entity surface form:
Hyades star cluster
this entity surface form:
Hyades open cluster
this entity surface form:
Hyades open cluster
this entity surface form:
Hyades star cluster
this entity surface form:
Hyades open cluster in Taurus
subject surface form:
Aesyle
subject surface form:
Aesyle
this entity surface form:
Hyades star cluster
subject surface form:
Aesyle
this entity surface form:
Hyades asterism in Taurus
subject surface form:
Aesyle
this entity surface form:
Hyades open cluster
this entity surface form:
Hyades star cluster