Sagitta
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Sagitta is a small, faint northern constellation whose name means "the arrow" in Latin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sagitta canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6175387 — 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: Sagitta Context triple: [Ursa Major family, hasMember, Sagitta]
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A.
the Bow of Sagittarius
The Bow of Sagittarius is a prominent asterism within the constellation Sagittarius that outlines the archer’s drawn bow using some of its brightest stars.
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B.
Orion's Sword
Orion's Sword is the bright, nebulous region hanging from the constellation Orion's Belt, best known for containing the Orion Nebula and several prominent young stars.
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C.
Scuti
Scuti is the Latin genitive form of Scutum, used in astronomy to denote stars belonging to the constellation Scutum.
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D.
Crucis
Crucis is the Latin genitive form used in star names within the Southern Cross (Crux) constellation, indicating a star “of the Cross.”
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E.
Monoceros
Monoceros is a faint constellation of the celestial equator known for containing several notable nebulae and star-forming regions, located between Orion and Hydra.
- 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: Sagitta Target entity description: Sagitta is a small, faint northern constellation whose name means "the arrow" in Latin.
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A.
the Bow of Sagittarius
The Bow of Sagittarius is a prominent asterism within the constellation Sagittarius that outlines the archer’s drawn bow using some of its brightest stars.
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B.
Orion's Sword
Orion's Sword is the bright, nebulous region hanging from the constellation Orion's Belt, best known for containing the Orion Nebula and several prominent young stars.
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C.
Scuti
Scuti is the Latin genitive form of Scutum, used in astronomy to denote stars belonging to the constellation Scutum.
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D.
Crucis
Crucis is the Latin genitive form used in star names within the Southern Cross (Crux) constellation, indicating a star “of the Cross.”
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E.
Monoceros
Monoceros is a faint constellation of the celestial equator known for containing several notable nebulae and star-forming regions, located between Orion and Hydra.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | constellation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Sge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitude |
about 3.47
ⓘ
about 8.2 ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | about 80 square degrees ⓘ |
| bestVisibleInMonth | August NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderingConstellation |
Aquila
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delphinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hercules NERFINISHED ⓘ Vulpecula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStar | Gamma Sagittae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | Northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| constellation | Sagitta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsDeepSkyObject | M71 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMessierObject | no ⓘ |
| declinationEpoch | J2000 ⓘ |
| declinationRange | approximately +16° to +21° ⓘ |
| family | Hercules family of constellations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genitiveForm | Sagittae ⓘ |
| hasIAUBoundariesDefinedBy | Eugène Delporte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStar |
Alpha Sagittae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Beta Sagittae NERFINISHED ⓘ Delta Sagittae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IAUApprovalYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| IAUConstellation | yes ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCircumpolar | no ⓘ |
| isOneOfPtolemaicConstellations | yes ⓘ |
| isSmallestConstellationRank | third smallest constellation ⓘ |
| isZodiacConstellation | no ⓘ |
| liesNear | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | the arrow ⓘ |
| numberOfMainStars | about 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfStarsBrighterThan3_0 | 0 ⓘ |
| quadrant | NQ4 ⓘ |
| rightAscensionEpoch | J2000 ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | approximately 18h 57m to 20h 20m ⓘ |
| spectralType | M0III ⓘ |
| symbolism | arrow ⓘ |
| visibleBetweenLatitudes | +90° to −70° ⓘ |
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: Sagitta Description of subject: Sagitta is a small, faint northern constellation whose name means "the arrow" in Latin.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.