constellation Andromeda
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The constellation Andromeda is a prominent northern-sky star pattern named after the mythological princess, best known for containing the Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Andromeda constellation | 2 |
| constellation Andromeda canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4835250 — 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: constellation Andromeda Context triple: [Andromeda V, locatedIn, constellation Andromeda]
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A.
Andromeda
Andromeda is a princess in Greek mythology who was rescued from a sea monster by the hero Perseus and later became his wife.
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B.
Carina constellation
The Carina constellation is a prominent southern sky constellation known for containing the bright star Canopus and rich star-forming regions such as the Carina Nebula.
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C.
Orion constellation
Orion constellation is one of the most recognizable star patterns in the night sky, notable for its prominent belt of three aligned stars and its rich region of bright stars and nebulae.
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D.
Andromeda I
Andromeda I is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) located within the Local Group.
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E.
constellation Dorado
Dorado is a southern sky constellation best known for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
- 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: constellation Andromeda Target entity description: The constellation Andromeda is a prominent northern-sky star pattern named after the mythological princess, best known for containing the Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.
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A.
Andromeda
Andromeda is a princess in Greek mythology who was rescued from a sea monster by the hero Perseus and later became his wife.
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B.
Carina constellation
The Carina constellation is a prominent southern sky constellation known for containing the bright star Canopus and rich star-forming regions such as the Carina Nebula.
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C.
Orion constellation
Orion constellation is one of the most recognizable star patterns in the night sky, notable for its prominent belt of three aligned stars and its rich region of bright stars and nebulae.
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D.
Andromeda I
Andromeda I is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) located within the Local Group.
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E.
constellation Dorado
Dorado is a southern sky constellation best known for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomicalObject
ⓘ
constellation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | And NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | 722 ⓘ |
| associatedMythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cassiopeia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cetus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pegasus NERFINISHED ⓘ Perseus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | modern 88 constellations ⓘ |
| bestVisibleMonth | November ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Cassiopeia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cetus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacerta NERFINISHED ⓘ Pegasus NERFINISHED ⓘ Perseus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pisces NERFINISHED ⓘ Triangulum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStar |
Alpha Andromedae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alpheratz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStarApparentMagnitude | 2.06 ⓘ |
| contains |
Andromeda Galaxy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Blue Snowball Nebula NERFINISHED ⓘ M110 NERFINISHED ⓘ M31 NERFINISHED ⓘ M32 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 110 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 31 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 32 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mirach's Ghost (NGC 404) NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 404 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 752 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 7662 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 891 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinationRange | +21° to +53° ⓘ |
| family | Perseus family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genitiveForm | Andromedae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIAUCode | And ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | Andromeda, the mythological princess of Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfStarsInBayerFlamsteedDesignation | 65 ⓘ |
| quadrant | NQ1 ⓘ |
| rankByArea | 19 ⓘ |
| recognizedByIAU | true ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | 22h to 2h ⓘ |
| secondBrightestStar |
Beta Andromedae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mirach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolism | the chained maiden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thirdBrightestStar | Gamma Andromedae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visibleAtLatitudesBetween | +90° and −40° ⓘ |
| zodiacal | false ⓘ |
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: constellation Andromeda Description of subject: The constellation Andromeda is a prominent northern-sky star pattern named after the mythological princess, best known for containing the Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Andromeda constellation
this entity surface form:
Andromeda constellation