Vulpecula
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Vulpecula is a small, faint constellation in the northern sky, known for containing the Dumbbell Nebula (M27).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vulpecula canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6175388 — 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: Vulpecula Context triple: [Ursa Major family, hasMember, Vulpecula]
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A.
Canis Minor
Canis Minor is a small constellation in the northern sky, best known for containing the bright star Procyon.
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B.
Ursa Minor
Ursa Minor is a small northern constellation best known for containing Polaris, the current North Star, and forming the Little Dipper asterism.
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C.
Sextans
Sextans is a faint, small constellation in the celestial equator region, named after the astronomical sextant instrument.
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D.
Leo Minor
Leo Minor is a small, faint constellation in the northern sky located between Ursa Major and Leo.
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E.
Microscopium
Microscopium is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, representing a microscope and introduced in the 18th century by the astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille.
- 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: Vulpecula Target entity description: Vulpecula is a small, faint constellation in the northern sky, known for containing the Dumbbell Nebula (M27).
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A.
Canis Minor
Canis Minor is a small constellation in the northern sky, best known for containing the bright star Procyon.
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B.
Ursa Minor
Ursa Minor is a small northern constellation best known for containing Polaris, the current North Star, and forming the Little Dipper asterism.
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C.
Sextans
Sextans is a faint, small constellation in the celestial equator region, named after the astronomical sextant instrument.
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D.
Leo Minor
Leo Minor is a small, faint constellation in the northern sky located between Ursa Major and Leo.
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E.
Microscopium
Microscopium is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, representing a microscope and introduced in the 18th century by the astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical constellation
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constellation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Vul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | 268 ⓘ |
| bestSeenInMonth | September ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Cygnus
NERFINISHED
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Delphinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hercules NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyra NERFINISHED ⓘ Pegasus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sagitta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStar |
Alpha Vulpeculae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constellationType | zodiacal constellation ⓘ |
| contains |
Brocchi’s Cluster
NERFINISHED
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Coathanger asterism NERFINISHED ⓘ Dumbbell Nebula NERFINISHED ⓘ H II region Sh2-86 NERFINISHED ⓘ M27 NERFINISHED ⓘ M71 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 27 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 71 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6823 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6885 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6940 NERFINISHED ⓘ PSR B1919+21 NERFINISHED ⓘ Vulpecula OB1 association NERFINISHED ⓘ first discovered radio pulsar ⓘ |
| containsMeteorShower | Vulpeculids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declination | +25 degrees ⓘ |
| genitive | Vulpeculae ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitudeBrightestStar | 4.44 ⓘ |
| hemisphereVisibility | Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Johannes Hevelius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introductionYear | 1687 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | modern 88 constellations ⓘ |
| liesNear | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
northern celestial hemisphere
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northern sky ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | little fox ⓘ |
| numberOfMessierObjects | 2 ⓘ |
| rankByArea | 55 ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 20 hours ⓘ |
| sizeDescription | small constellation ⓘ |
| visibility | faint ⓘ |
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: Vulpecula Description of subject: Vulpecula is a small, faint constellation in the northern sky, known for containing the Dumbbell Nebula (M27).
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
PSR B1937+21
subject surface form:
Cygnus