Ursa Minor
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Ursa Minor is a small northern constellation best known for containing Polaris, the current North Star, and forming the Little Dipper asterism.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ursa Minor canonical | 7 |
| Ursa Minor constellation | 1 |
| Ursa Minor constellation asterism Little Dipper | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5683803 — 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: Ursa Minor Context triple: [Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy, locatedInConstellation, Ursa Minor]
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A.
Ursa Minor Beta
Ursa Minor Beta is a fictional planet in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, best known as the corporate home of the Guide itself.
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B.
Canis Minor
Canis Minor is a small constellation in the northern sky, best known for containing the bright star Procyon.
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C.
Corona Borealis
Corona Borealis is a small but distinctive northern constellation known for its semicircular arc of stars, often associated in mythology with Ariadne’s crown.
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D.
Microscopium
Microscopium is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, representing a microscope and introduced in the 18th century by the astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille.
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E.
Reticulum
Reticulum is a small, faint southern constellation named after a reticle or net, located near the Large Magellanic Cloud.
- 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: Ursa Minor Target entity description: Ursa Minor is a small northern constellation best known for containing Polaris, the current North Star, and forming the Little Dipper asterism.
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A.
Ursa Minor Beta
Ursa Minor Beta is a fictional planet in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, best known as the corporate home of the Guide itself.
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B.
Canis Minor
Canis Minor is a small constellation in the northern sky, best known for containing the bright star Procyon.
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C.
Corona Borealis
Corona Borealis is a small but distinctive northern constellation known for its semicircular arc of stars, often associated in mythology with Ariadne’s crown.
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D.
Microscopium
Microscopium is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, representing a microscope and introduced in the 18th century by the astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille.
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E.
Reticulum
Reticulum is a small, faint southern constellation named after a reticle or net, located near the Large Magellanic Cloud.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constellation
ⓘ
northern constellation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | UMi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | 256 ⓘ |
| associatedFigure |
Arcas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cynosura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMythology | Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedByConstellation |
Camelopardalis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cepheus NERFINISHED ⓘ Draco NERFINISHED ⓘ Ursa Major NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsAsterism | Little Dipper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCurrentNorthStar | Polaris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsDeepSkyObject |
IC 1128
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IC 1131 NERFINISHED ⓘ IC 1132 NERFINISHED ⓘ IC 1133 NERFINISHED ⓘ IC 1135 NERFINISHED ⓘ IC 1136 NERFINISHED ⓘ IC 1143 NERFINISHED ⓘ IC 1144 NERFINISHED ⓘ IC 1145 NERFINISHED ⓘ IC 1148 NERFINISHED ⓘ IC 1150 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 3172 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6214 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6217 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6250 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6251 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMeteorShower | Ursa Minorids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsNorthCelestialPole | true ⓘ |
| containsStar |
Chi Ursae Minoris
NERFINISHED
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Epsilon Ursae Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ Eta Ursae Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ HD 150706 NERFINISHED ⓘ Kochab NERFINISHED ⓘ Lambda Ursae Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ Omega Ursae Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ Omicron Ursae Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ Pherkad NERFINISHED ⓘ Phi Ursae Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ Pi Ursae Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ Polaris NERFINISHED ⓘ Psi Ursae Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ Rho Ursae Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigma Ursae Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ Tau Ursae Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ Theta Ursae Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ Upsilon Ursae Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ Xi Ursae Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ Yildun NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeta Ursae Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declination | +75 degrees ⓘ |
| englishName | Little Bear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genitive | Ursae Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hemisphere | northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| isCircumpolarFrom | most of the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| isPartOf | modern 88 constellations ⓘ |
| latinName | Ursa Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Little Bear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rankByArea | 56 ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 15 hours ⓘ |
| visibleAtLatitudesBetween | +90 and -10 degrees ⓘ |
| zodiacal | false ⓘ |
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: Ursa Minor Description of subject: Ursa Minor is a small northern constellation best known for containing Polaris, the current North Star, and forming the Little Dipper asterism.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ursa Minor constellation asterism Little Dipper
this entity surface form:
Ursa Minor constellation