Orion
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Orion was the Apollo 16 Lunar Module that carried astronauts John Young and Charles Duke to the Moon’s surface in April 1972.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Orion canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10454775 — 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: Orion Context triple: [LRV-2, lunarModule, Orion]
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A.
Orion
Orion is a prominent constellation in the night sky, easily recognized by its three-star belt and associated in many cultures with the figure of a hunter.
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B.
Orion
Orion is an American film production and distribution company known for releasing acclaimed movies such as "The Silence of the Lambs," "Amadeus," and "Dances with Wolves."
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C.
Orion
Orion is a coastal municipality in the province of Bataan in the Philippines, known for its historical significance and proximity to Manila Bay.
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D.
Orion
Orion is a major UK-based publishing imprint known for its wide range of commercial and literary fiction and non-fiction titles.
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E.
Orion Black
Orion Black is a minor Harry Potter character, a pure-blood wizard from the aristocratic Black family and the strict, traditionalist father of Sirius Black.
- 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: Orion Target entity description: Orion was the Apollo 16 Lunar Module that carried astronauts John Young and Charles Duke to the Moon’s surface in April 1972.
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A.
Orion
Orion is a prominent constellation in the night sky, easily recognized by its three-star belt and associated in many cultures with the figure of a hunter.
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B.
Orion
Orion is an American film production and distribution company known for releasing acclaimed movies such as "The Silence of the Lambs," "Amadeus," and "Dances with Wolves."
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C.
Orion
Orion is a coastal municipality in the province of Bataan in the Philippines, known for its historical significance and proximity to Manila Bay.
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D.
Orion
Orion is a major UK-based publishing imprint known for its wide range of commercial and literary fiction and non-fiction titles.
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E.
Orion Black
Orion Black is a minor Harry Potter character, a pure-blood wizard from the aristocratic Black family and the strict, traditionalist father of Sirius Black.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apollo Lunar Module
ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ |
| associatedAstronaut |
Charles Duke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carriedAstronautToSurface |
Charles Duke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carriedLunarRover | Lunar Roving Vehicle 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | John Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCapacity | 2 ⓘ |
| crewMember |
Charles Duke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destination | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dockedWith | Casper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evaCount | 3 ⓘ |
| landedInRegion | Descartes Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landedOn | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1972-04-16 ⓘ |
| launchedWithCommandModule | Casper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Saturn V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lunarLandingDate | 1972-04-21 ⓘ |
| lunarLiftoffDate | 1972-04-24 ⓘ |
| lunarModulePilot | Charles Duke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mission | Apollo 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionEndDate | 1972-04-27 ⓘ |
| missionNumberInApolloProgram | 16 ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | success ⓘ |
| missionStartDate | 1972-04-16 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Orion (constellation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitingBodyDuringMission |
Earth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Apollo 16 spacecraft stack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryEngine |
Ascent Propulsion System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Descent Propulsion System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | Apollo program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsionType | bipropellant rocket engine ⓘ |
| returnedTo | lunar orbit ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Apollo Lunar Module Block II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| totalSurfaceStayTime_hours | 71 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
geological sampling
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lunar surface exploration ⓘ scientific experiments ⓘ |
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: Orion Description of subject: Orion was the Apollo 16 Lunar Module that carried astronauts John Young and Charles Duke to the Moon’s surface in April 1972.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.