M88
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M88 is a bright spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices and is one of the prominent members of the Virgo Cluster.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| M88 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5410447 — 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: M88 Context triple: [Virgo Cluster, containsGalaxy, M88]
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A.
Twenty88
Twenty88 is an R&B/hip-hop duo consisting of rapper Big Sean and singer Jhené Aiko, known for their collaborative concept project blending futuristic soul and relationship narratives.
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B.
TM88
TM88 is an American record producer and DJ best known for his work in trap music and collaborations with prominent hip-hop artists.
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C.
Royal 88
Royal 88 is an alternate name for the Oldsmobile 88, a popular full-size American car produced by Oldsmobile from the late 1940s through the 1990s.
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D.
M8
M8, better known as the Lagoon Nebula, is a large, bright emission nebula and active star-forming region located in the constellation Sagittarius.
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E.
M8
M8 is a major motorway in Scotland that connects the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
- 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: M88 Target entity description: M88 is a bright spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices and is one of the prominent members of the Virgo Cluster.
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A.
Twenty88
Twenty88 is an R&B/hip-hop duo consisting of rapper Big Sean and singer Jhené Aiko, known for their collaborative concept project blending futuristic soul and relationship narratives.
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B.
TM88
TM88 is an American record producer and DJ best known for his work in trap music and collaborations with prominent hip-hop artists.
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C.
Royal 88
Royal 88 is an alternate name for the Oldsmobile 88, a popular full-size American car produced by Oldsmobile from the late 1940s through the 1990s.
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D.
M8
M8, better known as the Lagoon Nebula, is a large, bright emission nebula and active star-forming region located in the constellation Sagittarius.
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E.
M8
M8 is a major motorway in Scotland that connects the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Virgo Cluster member
ⓘ
spiral galaxy ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Messier 88
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC 4501 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| angularSize | ~7.0′ × 3.7′ ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitude | 9.6 ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 9.6 ⓘ |
| belongsToSupercluster | Virgo Supercluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestViewingSeason | spring ⓘ |
| catalog |
Messier catalogue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber |
M88
ⓘ
NGC 4501 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cluster | Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constellation | Coma Berenices NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declination | +14° 25′ 13″ ⓘ |
| discoverer | Charles Messier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discovererNationality | French ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1781-03-18 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
~15 Mpc
ⓘ
~50 million light-years ⓘ |
| galacticEnvironment | rich cluster environment ⓘ |
| galaxyType | unbarred spiral galaxy ⓘ |
| hasDust | yes ⓘ |
| hasGas | yes ⓘ |
| hasNucleus | yes ⓘ |
| hostGalaxyCluster | Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| HubbleSequenceType | Sb–Sc ⓘ |
| inclinationToLineOfSight | highly inclined ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Coma Berenices NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | SA(rs)bc ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
active star formation in spiral arms
ⓘ
dust lanes along spiral arms ⓘ well-defined spiral arms ⓘ |
| nuclearActivityType | LINER ⓘ |
| observableWith | small amateur telescopes ⓘ |
| orientation | nearly edge-on ⓘ |
| partOf | Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSky | near the core of the Virgo Cluster ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | ~2280 km/s ⓘ |
| redshift | 0.00524 ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 12h 31m 59.2s ⓘ |
| spectralType | spiral galaxy spectrum ⓘ |
| starFormation | ongoing ⓘ |
| surfaceBrightness | high ⓘ |
| visibleInHemisphere | Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: M88 Description of subject: M88 is a bright spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices and is one of the prominent members of the Virgo Cluster.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.