Al Tarf
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Al Tarf is a traditional name for Gamma Cancri, a star in the constellation Cancer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Al Tarf canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6329756 — 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: Al Tarf Context triple: [Gamma Cancri, hasAlternativeName, Al Tarf]
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A.
Al Tarf
Al Tarf is a bright giant star in the constellation Cancer, designated as Beta Cancri and visible to the naked eye.
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B.
Darqawiyya
Darqawiyya is a prominent Sufi order that emerged as a reformist branch within the Shadhili tradition, known for its emphasis on spiritual poverty, remembrance of God, and social engagement in North Africa.
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C.
Skhirat
Skhirat is a coastal town in western Morocco known for hosting key international political negotiations and agreements.
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D.
Al-Rihiya
Al-Rihiya is a Palestinian village located in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank.
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E.
Al-Masir
Al-Masir is a 1997 historical drama film by Egyptian director Youssef Chahine that portrays the life and ideas of the 12th-century philosopher Averroes (Ibn Rushd).
- 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: Al Tarf Target entity description: Al Tarf is a traditional name for Gamma Cancri, a star in the constellation Cancer.
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A.
Al Tarf
Al Tarf is a bright giant star in the constellation Cancer, designated as Beta Cancri and visible to the naked eye.
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B.
Darqawiyya
Darqawiyya is a prominent Sufi order that emerged as a reformist branch within the Shadhili tradition, known for its emphasis on spiritual poverty, remembrance of God, and social engagement in North Africa.
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C.
Skhirat
Skhirat is a coastal town in western Morocco known for hosting key international political negotiations and agreements.
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D.
Al-Rihiya
Al-Rihiya is a Palestinian village located in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank.
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E.
Al-Masir
Al-Masir is a 1997 historical drama film by Egyptian director Youssef Chahine that portrays the life and ideas of the 12th-century philosopher Averroes (Ibn Rushd).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
properName
ⓘ
star ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Gamma Cancri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV |
about 4.66
ⓘ
about 4.66 ⓘ |
| approvedBy | IAU Working Group on Star Names NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToStarSystem | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogIdentifier |
BD+21 1907
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
FK5 330 NERFINISHED ⓘ HD 74442 NERFINISHED ⓘ HIP 42911 NERFINISHED ⓘ HR 3429 NERFINISHED ⓘ SAO 80667 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorIndexBMinusV | about +1.24 ⓘ |
| declination | +21° 28′ (approx) ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 180 light-years
ⓘ
about 180 light-years ⓘ |
| effectiveTemperature | about 4300 K ⓘ |
| equatorialCoordinateSystem | ICRS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evolutionaryStage | giantStar ⓘ |
| hasArabicEtymology | yes ⓘ |
| hasBayerDesignation | Gamma Cancri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColor | orange ⓘ |
| hasFlamsteedDesignation |
35 Cancri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
35 Cancri ⓘ |
| hasRadialVelocity | receding from the Sun ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalName | Al Tarf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isIAURecognizedName | yes ⓘ |
| locatedIn | constellationCancerRegionOfSky ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation |
Cancer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cancer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| luminosityClass | III ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| parallax | about 18 milliarcseconds ⓘ |
| partOfAsterism | Cancer constellation pattern ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 08h 43m (approx) ⓘ |
| spectralClass |
K3III
ⓘ
K3III ⓘ |
| visibleFromHemisphere |
Northern Hemisphere
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Al Tarf Description of subject: Al Tarf is a traditional name for Gamma Cancri, a star in the constellation Cancer.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.