Delphinus
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Delphinus is a small, distinctive constellation in the northern sky, often depicted as a dolphin and known for its compact, kite-shaped pattern of stars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Delphinus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6175398 — 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: Delphinus Context triple: [Ursa Major family, hasMember, Delphinus]
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A.
Dolphin
Dolphin was the internal codename used by Nintendo during the development of the GameCube console.
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B.
Commerson's dolphin
Commerson's dolphin is a small, strikingly black-and-white marine dolphin species known for its energetic behavior and coastal habitat in the Southern Hemisphere.
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C.
Zalophus
Zalophus is a genus of eared seals that includes the California sea lion and closely related sea lion species found along Pacific coasts.
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D.
Mermerus
Mermerus is a figure in Greek mythology known as one of the sons of the hero Jason, often associated with the tragic story of Medea.
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E.
Dolphins
Dolphins are a South African domestic cricket team based in Durban that competes in the country’s professional provincial competitions.
- 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: Delphinus Target entity description: Delphinus is a small, distinctive constellation in the northern sky, often depicted as a dolphin and known for its compact, kite-shaped pattern of stars.
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A.
Dolphin
Dolphin was the internal codename used by Nintendo during the development of the GameCube console.
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B.
Commerson's dolphin
Commerson's dolphin is a small, strikingly black-and-white marine dolphin species known for its energetic behavior and coastal habitat in the Southern Hemisphere.
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C.
Zalophus
Zalophus is a genus of eared seals that includes the California sea lion and closely related sea lion species found along Pacific coasts.
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D.
Mermerus
Mermerus is a figure in Greek mythology known as one of the sons of the hero Jason, often associated with the tragic story of Medea.
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E.
Dolphins
The Dolphins are the athletic teams representing California State University Channel Islands in intercollegiate sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | constellation ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | 189 ⓘ |
| associatedWithMyth | dolphin that persuaded Amphitrite to marry Poseidon ⓘ |
| basedOnGreekMythology | true ⓘ |
| belongsToFamily | Hercules family of constellations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestVisibleAtLatitudeRange | +90° to −70° (approximate) ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | northern ⓘ |
| containsBinaryStar | Beta Delphini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsDeepSkyObject |
NGC 6891
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC 6934 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 7006 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsDoubleStar | Gamma Delphini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsGlobularCluster |
NGC 6934
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC 7006 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsPlanetaryNebula | NGC 6891 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsVariableStar | CU Delphini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinationRange | +2° to +20° (approximate) ⓘ |
| depictedAs | dolphin ⓘ |
| hasAsterism | Job's Coffin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAsterismShape |
diamond-shaped
ⓘ
kite-shaped ⓘ |
| hasBrightestStar |
Rotanev
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sualocin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenitiveForm | Delphini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIAUAbbreviation | Del NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStar |
Alpha Delphini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Beta Delphini NERFINISHED ⓘ Delta Delphini NERFINISHED ⓘ Epsilon Delphini NERFINISHED ⓘ Gamma Delphini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDistinctiveConstellation | true ⓘ |
| isIAUConstellation | true ⓘ |
| isSmallConstellation | true ⓘ |
| listedBy | Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| listedInWork | Almagest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Aquila
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Equuleus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pegasus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sagitta NERFINISHED ⓘ Vulpecula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | dolphin ⓘ |
| name | Delphinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originOfNameLanguage | Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| quadrant | NQ4 ⓘ |
| rankByArea | 69 ⓘ |
| recognizedByIAUYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | 20h to 21h ⓘ |
| visibleInSeason |
autumn
ⓘ
summer ⓘ |
| 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: Delphinus Description of subject: Delphinus is a small, distinctive constellation in the northern sky, often depicted as a dolphin and known for its compact, kite-shaped pattern of stars.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.