Lacerta
E572610
Lacerta is a small, faint constellation in the northern sky whose name means "the Lizard."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lacerta canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6175397 — 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: Lacerta Context triple: [Ursa Major family, hasMember, Lacerta]
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A.
Hyas
Hyas is a figure in Greek mythology, often associated with the Hyades as their brother and linked to myths explaining the origin of certain constellations or rain-bringing stars.
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B.
Caesonia
Caesonia is a Roman cognomen (family name) used by women of the gens Atia in ancient Rome.
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C.
Pleuron
Pleuron was an ancient city in Aetolia, Greece, known from Greek mythology as the homeland of several legendary figures and a center of early Aetolian culture.
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D.
Mu Serpentis
Mu Serpentis is a relatively bright A-type main-sequence star located in the tail region of the constellation Serpens.
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E.
Crucis
Crucis is the Latin genitive form used in star names within the Southern Cross (Crux) constellation, indicating a star “of the Cross.”
- 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: Lacerta Target entity description: Lacerta is a small, faint constellation in the northern sky whose name means "the Lizard."
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A.
Hyas
Hyas is a figure in Greek mythology, often associated with the Hyades as their brother and linked to myths explaining the origin of certain constellations or rain-bringing stars.
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B.
Caesonia
Caesonia is a Roman cognomen (family name) used by women of the gens Atia in ancient Rome.
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C.
Pleuron
Pleuron was an ancient city in Aetolia, Greece, known from Greek mythology as the homeland of several legendary figures and a center of early Aetolian culture.
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D.
Mu Serpentis
Mu Serpentis is a relatively bright A-type main-sequence star located in the tail region of the constellation Serpens.
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E.
Crucis
Crucis is the Latin genitive form used in star names within the Southern Cross (Crux) constellation, indicating a star “of the Cross.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active galactic nucleus
ⓘ
blazar ⓘ constellation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Lac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitude |
3.76
ⓘ
4.43 ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | 201 ⓘ |
| belongsToIAUList | 88 modern constellations ⓘ |
| bestSeenInMonth | September ⓘ |
| borders |
Andromeda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cassiopeia NERFINISHED ⓘ Cepheus NERFINISHED ⓘ Cygnus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pegasus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStar | α Lacertae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | northern sky ⓘ |
| constellation |
Lacerta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lacerta NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacerta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsBrightStarsBrighterThanMagnitude4 | false ⓘ |
| containsDeepSkyObject |
NGC 7209
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC 7243 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 7296 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsStar | β Lacertae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsVariableStar | BL Lacertae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinationRange | approximately +35° to +55° ⓘ |
| family | Hercules family of constellations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genitiveForm | Lacertae ⓘ |
| hasShapeDescription | zigzag line of stars ⓘ |
| hemisphereVisibility | Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IAUConstellationCode | Lac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Johannes Hevelius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introductionYear | 1687 ⓘ |
| isFaint | true ⓘ |
| isSmall | true ⓘ |
| liesBetween |
Andromeda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cygnus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | the Lizard ⓘ |
| prototypeOf | BL Lacertae objects NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rankByArea | 68 ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | approximately 21h to 23h ⓘ |
| spectralType | A1V ⓘ |
| traditionalNameOriginLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| visibleFromLatitudesBetween | +90° and −40° ⓘ |
| zodiacal | false ⓘ |
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: Lacerta Description of subject: Lacerta is a small, faint constellation in the northern sky whose name means "the Lizard."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cygnus