Andromeda
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Andromeda is a prominent northern sky constellation named after a princess in Greek mythology and best known for containing the Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Andromeda canonical | 15 |
| Andromeda constellation | 1 |
| AndromedaConstellation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4983829 — 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: Andromeda Context triple: [Andromeda IX, 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.
Andromeda Galaxy
The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way and is on a collision course to eventually merge with it.
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C.
Triangulum Galaxy
The Triangulum Galaxy is a nearby spiral galaxy in the Local Group, notable as one of the closest large galaxies to the Milky Way and a companion to the Andromeda Galaxy.
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D.
Andromeda X
Andromeda X is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy within the Local Group.
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E.
Andromeda I
Andromeda I is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) located within the Local Group.
- 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: Andromeda Target entity description: Andromeda is a prominent northern sky constellation named after a princess in Greek mythology and 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.
Andromeda Galaxy
The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way and is on a collision course to eventually merge with it.
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C.
Triangulum Galaxy
The Triangulum Galaxy is a nearby spiral galaxy in the Local Group, notable as one of the closest large galaxies to the Milky Way and a companion to the Andromeda Galaxy.
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D.
Andromeda X
Andromeda X is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy within the Local Group.
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E.
Andromeda I
Andromeda I is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) located within the Local Group.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | constellation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | And NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | 722 ⓘ |
| associatedMyth | Perseus and Andromeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToFamily | Perseus family ⓘ |
| bestSeenAtLatitudeRange | +90° to −40° ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Cassiopeia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cetus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacerta NERFINISHED ⓘ Pegasus NERFINISHED ⓘ Perseus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pisces NERFINISHED ⓘ Triangulum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStar | Alpheratz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStarApparentMagnitude | 2.06 ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | northern ⓘ |
| contains |
Almach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alpha Andromedae NERFINISHED ⓘ Alpheratz NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Beta Andromedae NERFINISHED ⓘ Blue Snowball Nebula NERFINISHED ⓘ Delta Andromedae NERFINISHED ⓘ Gamma Andromedae NERFINISHED ⓘ M110 NERFINISHED ⓘ M31 NERFINISHED ⓘ M32 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 110 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 31 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 32 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mirach NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 404 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 752 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 7662 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 891 NERFINISHED ⓘ Pi Andromedae NERFINISHED ⓘ Upsilon Andromedae NERFINISHED ⓘ Upsilon Andromedae b NERFINISHED ⓘ Upsilon Andromedae c NERFINISHED ⓘ Upsilon Andromedae d NERFINISHED ⓘ Upsilon Andromedae e NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsNearestMajorGalaxyToMilkyWay | Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinationRange | +21° to +53° ⓘ |
| genitive | Andromedae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMessierObjectCount | 3 ⓘ |
| hasMeteorShower | Andromedids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isProminentIn | northern sky ⓘ |
| listedBy | Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Princess Andromeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| numberOfBayerFlamsteedStars | 65 ⓘ |
| numberOfMainStars | 16 ⓘ |
| rankByArea | 19 ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | 22h to 2h ⓘ |
| visibleInMonth |
December
ⓘ
November ⓘ October ⓘ |
| zodiacConstellation | 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: Andromeda Description of subject: Andromeda is a prominent northern sky constellation named after a princess in Greek mythology and best known for containing the Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Andromeda constellation
subject surface form:
Rescuing Andromeda
this entity surface form:
AndromedaConstellation