Capricornus
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Capricornus is a zodiac constellation in the southern sky, traditionally depicted as a sea-goat and known for its relatively faint stars.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capricornus canonical | 23 |
| Capricorn | 3 |
| zodiacal constellation Capricornus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10488986 — 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: Capricornus Context triple: [Aquarius, borderedBy, Capricornus]
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A.
Sagittarius
Sagittarius is a prominent zodiac constellation in the southern sky, often depicted as an archer and notable for containing the direction of the Milky Way’s center.
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B.
Taurus
Taurus is the second sign of the zodiac, symbolized by the Bull and associated with traits like determination, sensuality, and practicality.
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C.
Taurus
Taurus is a Russian historical drama film by Alexander Sokurov that portrays the final days of Vladimir Lenin’s life.
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D.
Taurus
Taurus is a prominent zodiac constellation in the northern sky, symbolized as a bull and known for containing the bright star Aldebaran and the Pleiades star cluster.
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E.
Capricorn
Capricorn is an earth sign in astrology known for its ambition, discipline, and practical, goal-oriented nature.
- 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: Capricornus Target entity description: Capricornus is a zodiac constellation in the southern sky, traditionally depicted as a sea-goat and known for its relatively faint stars.
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A.
Sagittarius
Sagittarius is a prominent zodiac constellation in the southern sky, often depicted as an archer and notable for containing the direction of the Milky Way’s center.
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B.
Taurus
Taurus is the second sign of the zodiac, symbolized by the Bull and associated with traits like determination, sensuality, and practicality.
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C.
Taurus
Taurus is a Russian historical drama film by Alexander Sokurov that portrays the final days of Vladimir Lenin’s life.
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D.
Taurus
Taurus is a prominent zodiac constellation in the northern sky, symbolized as a bull and known for containing the bright star Aldebaran and the Pleiades star cluster.
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E.
Capricorn
Capricorn is an earth sign in astrology known for its ambition, discipline, and practical, goal-oriented nature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constellation
ⓘ
meteor shower ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Cap NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitude | 2.81 ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | 414 ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Ea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedZodiacSign | Capricorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderingConstellation |
Aquarius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aquila NERFINISHED ⓘ Microscopium NERFINISHED ⓘ Piscis Austrinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sagittarius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStar | Delta Capricorni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| declinationRange | −9° to −28° (approximate) ⓘ |
| eclipticLongitudeEnd | 300° ⓘ |
| eclipticLongitudeStart | 270° ⓘ |
| family | Zodiac family ⓘ |
| genitiveForm | Capricorni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMessierObject | Messier 30 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableStar |
Alpha Capricorni
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Beta Capricorni NERFINISHED ⓘ Gamma Capricorni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isZodiacConstellation | true ⓘ |
| liesOn |
celestial equator (near)
ⓘ
ecliptic ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Capricornus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meteorShower | Alpha Capricornids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| numberOfBayerFlamsteedStars | 49 ⓘ |
| numberOfMainStars | 9 ⓘ |
| quadrant | SQ4 ⓘ |
| rankByArea | 40 ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | 20h to 21h ⓘ |
| symbol | ♑ ⓘ |
| traditionalDepiction | sea-goat ⓘ |
| visibleBestFromLatitude | about +60° to −90° ⓘ |
| visibleInMonth | September (evening sky, mid-northern latitudes) ⓘ |
| zodiacBand | ecliptic ⓘ |
| zodiacSignElement | Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| zodiacSignModality | Cardinal ⓘ |
| zodiacSignOrder | 10 ⓘ |
| zodiacSignRulingPlanet | Saturn 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: Capricornus Description of subject: Capricornus is a zodiac constellation in the southern sky, traditionally depicted as a sea-goat and known for its relatively faint stars.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
zodiacal constellation Capricornus
this entity surface form:
Capricorn
this entity surface form:
Capricorn
subject surface form:
Zodiac of Dendera
this entity surface form:
Capricorn