constellation Pegasus
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Pegasus is a prominent northern-sky constellation named after the winged horse of Greek mythology, notable for its large asterism known as the Great Square of Pegasus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| constellation Pegasus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5075107 — 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 Pegasus Context triple: [Andromeda XI, locatedIn, constellation Pegasus]
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A.
constellation Cygnus
Constellation Cygnus is a prominent northern-sky constellation, often depicted as a swan flying along the Milky Way and containing notable objects such as the bright star Deneb and the Cygnus X-1 black hole system.
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B.
Perseus constellation
Perseus constellation is a prominent northern sky constellation named after the Greek mythological hero Perseus, known for containing the famous variable star Algol and the Double Cluster.
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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.
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D.
constellation Tucana
Constellation Tucana is a faint southern sky constellation best known for containing the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way’s nearest dwarf galaxy neighbors.
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E.
Vela constellation
The Vela constellation is a southern sky constellation representing the sails of a ship, notable for containing the Vela Supernova Remnant and several bright stars and deep-sky objects.
- 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 Pegasus Target entity description: Pegasus is a prominent northern-sky constellation named after the winged horse of Greek mythology, notable for its large asterism known as the Great Square of Pegasus.
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A.
constellation Cygnus
Constellation Cygnus is a prominent northern-sky constellation, often depicted as a swan flying along the Milky Way and containing notable objects such as the bright star Deneb and the Cygnus X-1 black hole system.
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B.
Perseus constellation
Perseus constellation is a prominent northern sky constellation named after the Greek mythological hero Perseus, known for containing the famous variable star Algol and the Double Cluster.
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C.
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.
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D.
constellation Tucana
Constellation Tucana is a faint southern sky constellation best known for containing the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way’s nearest dwarf galaxy neighbors.
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E.
Vela constellation
The Vela constellation is a southern sky constellation representing the sails of a ship, notable for containing the Vela Supernova Remnant and several bright stars and deep-sky objects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
asterism
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compact galaxy group ⓘ constellation ⓘ exoplanet ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Peg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaRank | 7 ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | about 1121 ⓘ |
| associatedMythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| belongsTo | modern 88 constellations ⓘ |
| bestViewingMonth | October ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Andromeda
NERFINISHED
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Andromeda (twice, north and east) NERFINISHED ⓘ Aquarius NERFINISHED ⓘ Cygnus NERFINISHED ⓘ Delphinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Equuleus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacerta NERFINISHED ⓘ Pisces NERFINISHED ⓘ Pisces Austrinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Vulpecula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | northern ⓘ |
| containsDeepSkyObject |
M15
NERFINISHED
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NGC 7331 NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephan's Quintet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsExoplanetHostStar | 51 Pegasi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsPartOf | Milky Way halo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsStar |
Algenib
NERFINISHED
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Enif NERFINISHED ⓘ Homam NERFINISHED ⓘ Markab NERFINISHED ⓘ Matar NERFINISHED ⓘ Scheat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinationRange | about +2° to +36° ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth | about 33,000 light-years ⓘ |
| family | Perseus family of constellations ⓘ |
| genitiveForm | Pegasi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAsterism | Great Square of Pegasus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasExoplanet | 51 Pegasi b NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAlsoKnownAs |
Alpha Pegasi
NERFINISHED
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Beta Pegasi NERFINISHED ⓘ Epsilon Pegasi NERFINISHED ⓘ Eta Pegasi NERFINISHED ⓘ Gamma Pegasi NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeta Pegasi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isBrightestStarOf | Pegasus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOneOf | 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy ⓘ |
| isProminentIn | northern sky ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notability | first exoplanet discovered orbiting a Sun-like star ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | about 21h to 0h ⓘ |
| spectralType | K2 Ib ⓘ |
| symbolizes | winged horse ⓘ |
| visibleInSeason | autumn (Northern Hemisphere) ⓘ |
| zodiacal | no ⓘ |
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 Pegasus Description of subject: Pegasus is a prominent northern-sky constellation named after the winged horse of Greek mythology, notable for its large asterism known as the Great Square of Pegasus.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
NGC 7317