Pegasus
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Pegasus is a prominent constellation in the northern sky, named after the winged horse of Greek mythology and easily recognized by its large "Great Square" asterism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pegasus canonical | 23 |
| Medusa's son Pegasus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6175396 — 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: Pegasus Context triple: [Ursa Major family, hasMember, Pegasus]
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A.
Pegasus
Pegasus is the NATO reporting name for the Boeing KC-46, a modern aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft.
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B.
Pegasus
Pegasus is the iconic winged horse that serves as the central emblem in TriStar Pictures' film studio logo.
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C.
Pegasus
Pegasus was a British Royal Navy seaplane carrier that served in the early 20th century, supporting naval aviation operations.
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D.
Bellerophon
Bellerophon is a hero of Greek mythology best known for taming the winged horse Pegasus and slaying the monstrous Chimera.
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E.
Orthrus
Orthrus is a two-headed dog from Greek mythology, often associated with the giant Geryon and slain by the hero Heracles.
- 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: Pegasus Target entity description: Pegasus is a prominent constellation in the northern sky, named after the winged horse of Greek mythology and easily recognized by its large "Great Square" asterism.
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A.
Pegasus
Pegasus is the NATO reporting name for the Boeing KC-46, a modern aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft.
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B.
Pegasus
Pegasus is the iconic winged horse that serves as the central emblem in TriStar Pictures' film studio logo.
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C.
Pegasus
Pegasus was a British Royal Navy seaplane carrier that served in the early 20th century, supporting naval aviation operations.
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D.
Bellerophon
Bellerophon is a hero of Greek mythology best known for taming the winged horse Pegasus and slaying the monstrous Chimera.
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E.
Orthrus
Orthrus is a two-headed dog from Greek mythology, often associated with the giant Geryon and slain by the hero Heracles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constellation
ⓘ
equatorial constellation ⓘ |
| areaRank | 7 ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | 1121 ⓘ |
| belongsToFamily | Perseus family of constellations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestVisibleInMonth | October ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Andromeda
NERFINISHED
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Aquarius NERFINISHED ⓘ Cygnus NERFINISHED ⓘ Delphinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Equuleus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacerta NERFINISHED ⓘ Pisces NERFINISHED ⓘ Vulpecula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsAsterism | Great Square of Pegasus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsDeepSkyObject |
M15 (globular cluster)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC 7331 NERFINISHED ⓘ Pegasus I galaxy cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephan's Quintet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsExoplanetHostStar |
51 Pegasi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IK Pegasi NERFINISHED ⓘ V391 Pegasi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMessierObject | M15 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsStar |
51 Pegasi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Algenib NERFINISHED ⓘ Alpheratz NERFINISHED ⓘ Baham NERFINISHED ⓘ Enif NERFINISHED ⓘ Homam NERFINISHED ⓘ IK Pegasi NERFINISHED ⓘ Markab NERFINISHED ⓘ Matar NERFINISHED ⓘ Sadalbari ⓘ Scheat NERFINISHED ⓘ V391 Pegasi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinationRange | +2° to +36° (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasAsterism | Great Square of Pegasus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBayerStars | 22 ⓘ |
| hasFlamsteedStars | 88 ⓘ |
| hasGenitiveForm | Pegasi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIAUAbbreviation | Peg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainStars | 9 ⓘ |
| isOneOfIAU88Constellations | true ⓘ |
| isProminentIn | autumn sky of the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Pegasus (mythological winged horse) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | about 21h to 0h ⓘ |
| visibleAtLatitudesBetween | +90° and −60° (approximate) ⓘ |
| visibleIn |
Northern Hemisphere
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere (partly) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| zodiacConstellation | 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: Pegasus Description of subject: Pegasus is a prominent constellation in the northern sky, named after the winged horse of Greek mythology and easily recognized by its large "Great Square" asterism.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bellerophon
subject surface form:
NGC 7317
subject surface form:
NGC 7318A
subject surface form:
NGC 7319
subject surface form:
NGC 7320
this entity surface form:
Medusa's son Pegasus
subject surface form:
Cygnus
subject surface form:
Pegasus Bridge