Doradus
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Doradus is the Latin genitive form of Dorado, a southern constellation named after the dolphinfish and notable for containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Doradus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8717233 — 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: Doradus Context triple: [Dorado, genitiveForm, Doradus]
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A.
Dromi
Dromi is a mythical chain in Norse mythology that was used in an early attempt to bind the monstrous wolf Fenrir.
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B.
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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C.
Golus
Golus is a Yiddish term referring to the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical diaspora and its spiritual-historical implications.
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D.
Didyme
Didyme is a minor character in the Twilight series, known as a former Volturi vampire and the mate of Marcus whose death deeply affected him.
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E.
Aegiale
Aegiale is a figure from Greek mythology, known as one of the Heliades, the daughters of the sun god Helios.
- 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: Doradus Target entity description: Doradus is the Latin genitive form of Dorado, a southern constellation named after the dolphinfish and notable for containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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A.
Dromi
Dromi is a mythical chain in Norse mythology that was used in an early attempt to bind the monstrous wolf Fenrir.
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B.
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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C.
Golus
Golus is a Yiddish term referring to the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical diaspora and its spiritual-historical implications.
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D.
Didyme
Didyme is a minor character in the Twilight series, known as a former Volturi vampire and the mate of Marcus whose death deeply affected him.
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E.
Aegiale
Aegiale is a figure from Greek mythology, known as one of the Heliades, the daughters of the sun god Helios.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | constellation ⓘ |
| associatedWith | LargeMagellanicCloud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | modernConstellations ⓘ |
| bestSeenInMonth | January ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Horologium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hydrus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mensa NERFINISHED ⓘ Pictor NERFINISHED ⓘ Reticulum NERFINISHED ⓘ Volans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
30Doradus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC2070 NERFINISHED ⓘ TarantulaNebula NERFINISHED ⓘ numerousNebulae ⓘ numerousStarClusters ⓘ partOfMilkyWaySatelliteSystem ⓘ severalBrightStars ⓘ |
| containsPartOf | LargeMagellanicCloud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinationRange | approximately−55DegreesTo−70Degrees ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | Dor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArea | 179SquareDegrees ⓘ |
| hasGenitiveForm | Doradus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLatinGenitiveFormOf | Dorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isGenitiveFormInLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southernCelestialHemisphere ⓘ |
| namedAfter | dolphinfish ⓘ |
| rankedByArea | 72ndLargestConstellation ⓘ |
| refersTo | Dorado ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | approximately4h40mTo6h20m ⓘ |
| usedFor | designationOfStarsInDorado ⓘ |
| visibleIn | SouthernHemisphere ⓘ |
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: Doradus Description of subject: Doradus is the Latin genitive form of Dorado, a southern constellation named after the dolphinfish and notable for containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dorado