Corvus
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Corvus is a small southern constellation known for its distinctive quadrilateral shape, often interpreted as a crow or raven in classical mythology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corvus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6175379 — 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: Corvus Context triple: [Ursa Major family, hasMember, Corvus]
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A.
Gallus
Gallus was a 4th-century Roman nobleman and Caesar of the Constantinian dynasty, known for his turbulent rule in the Eastern Roman Empire and eventual execution under Emperor Constantius II.
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B.
Gallus
Gallus was a prominent Roman poet and political figure of the Augustan era, best known for pioneering Latin love elegy and influencing later Augustan literature.
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C.
Gallus
Gallus is an urban district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, known for its mix of residential areas, industrial heritage, and ongoing redevelopment projects.
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D.
Picus
Picus is a figure from Roman mythology, a handsome king and hunter who was transformed into a woodpecker by the sorceress Circe.
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E.
Crows
Crows is the common short name for the Adelaide Crows, a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL).
- 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: Corvus Target entity description: Corvus is a small southern constellation known for its distinctive quadrilateral shape, often interpreted as a crow or raven in classical mythology.
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A.
Gallus
Gallus was a 4th-century Roman nobleman and Caesar of the Constantinian dynasty, known for his turbulent rule in the Eastern Roman Empire and eventual execution under Emperor Constantius II.
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B.
Gallus
Gallus is an urban district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, known for its mix of residential areas, industrial heritage, and ongoing redevelopment projects.
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C.
Gallus
Gallus was a prominent Roman poet and political figure of the Augustan era, best known for pioneering Latin love elegy and influencing later Augustan literature.
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D.
Picus
Picus is a figure from Roman mythology, a handsome king and hunter who was transformed into a woodpecker by the sorceress Circe.
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E.
Crows
Crows is the common short name for the Adelaide Crows, a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constellation
ⓘ
southern constellation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Crv ⓘ |
| areaRank | 70 ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | 184 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Apollo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Crater constellation ⓘ Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Hydra constellation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestViewingMonth | May ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Centaurus
NERFINISHED
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Crater ⓘ Hydra NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStar | Gamma Corvi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStarApparentMagnitude | 2.59 ⓘ |
| containsBrightStar |
Alpha Corvi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Beta Corvi NERFINISHED ⓘ Delta Corvi NERFINISHED ⓘ Epsilon Corvi NERFINISHED ⓘ Gamma Corvi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsDeepSkyObject |
Antennae Galaxies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC 4027 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 4038 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 4039 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 4361 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 4782 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 4783 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinationRange | approximately −11° to −25° ⓘ |
| family | Hercules family of constellations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genitiveForm | Corvi ⓘ |
| hasAsterism | distinctive quadrilateral of bright stars ⓘ |
| hasQuadrilateralStars |
Beta Corvi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delta Corvi NERFINISHED ⓘ Epsilon Corvi NERFINISHED ⓘ Gamma Corvi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasShape | quadrilateral ⓘ |
| hemisphereVisibility | best visible from southern latitudes ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
48 constellations listed by Ptolemy
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88 modern constellations recognized by the IAU ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole | crow sent by Apollo ⓘ |
| mythologicalTheme | punishment for bringing bad news or lying ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
crow
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raven ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | approximately 11h to 12h ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
crow
ⓘ
raven ⓘ |
| visibleBetweenLatitudes | +60° and −90° ⓘ |
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: Corvus Description of subject: Corvus is a small southern constellation known for its distinctive quadrilateral shape, often interpreted as a crow or raven in classical mythology.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Heretic