Sadalmelik
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Sadalmelik is a bright yellow supergiant star in the constellation Aquarius, traditionally known as one of the constellation’s principal stars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sadalmelik canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10489005 — 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: Sadalmelik Context triple: [Aquarius, notableStarName, Sadalmelik]
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A.
Sin-Muballit
Sin-Muballit was a king of Babylon in the early 18th century BCE and the father of Hammurabi, under whom Babylon’s power and territory began to expand.
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B.
Malak
Malak is a roguish thief and comic-relief companion who joins Conan and Princess Jehnna on their quest in the fantasy film "Conan the Destroyer."
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C.
Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr
The Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr was a streamlined passenger train that provided fast, modern service between Chicago and Omaha in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Rasalhague
Rasalhague is the brightest star in the constellation Ophiuchus, representing the head of the serpent-bearer in the night sky.
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E.
Belal
Belal is the given name of Belal Muhammad, an American mixed martial artist competing in the UFC welterweight division.
- 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: Sadalmelik Target entity description: Sadalmelik is a bright yellow supergiant star in the constellation Aquarius, traditionally known as one of the constellation’s principal stars.
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A.
Sin-Muballit
Sin-Muballit was a king of Babylon in the early 18th century BCE and the father of Hammurabi, under whom Babylon’s power and territory began to expand.
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B.
Malak
Malak is a roguish thief and comic-relief companion who joins Conan and Princess Jehnna on their quest in the fantasy film "Conan the Destroyer."
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C.
Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr
The Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr was a streamlined passenger train that provided fast, modern service between Chicago and Omaha in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Rasalhague
Rasalhague is the brightest star in the constellation Ophiuchus, representing the head of the serpent-bearer in the night sky.
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E.
Belal
Belal is the given name of Belal Muhammad, an American mixed martial artist competing in the UFC welterweight division.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Alpha Cygni variable
ⓘ
star ⓘ yellow supergiant ⓘ |
| age_millionYears | about 100 ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 2.95 ⓘ |
| BayerDesignation | Alpha Aquarii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorIndexBminusV | +0.98 ⓘ |
| constellation | Aquarius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreFuel | hydrogen-exhausted core ⓘ |
| declination_J2000 | −00° 19′ 11″ ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_ly | approximately 520 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_pc | approximately 160 ⓘ |
| effectiveTemperature_K | about 5600 ⓘ |
| equilibriumState | hydrostatic equilibrium ⓘ |
| evolutionaryStage | post-main-sequence ⓘ |
| FlamsteedDesignation | 106 Aquarii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude_deg | −45.0 ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude_deg | 53.0 ⓘ |
| hasPulsations | true ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalArabicEtymology | true ⓘ |
| IAUName | Sadalmelik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isBrightestStarInConstellation | true ⓘ |
| isInNorthernCelestialHemisphere | true ⓘ |
| isNakedEyeVisible | true ⓘ |
| isPrincipalStarOf | Aquarius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| luminosity_solar | about 3000 ⓘ |
| mass_solar | about 5.0 ⓘ |
| metallicity_FeH | around −0.1 ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | from Arabic "sa‘d al-malik" meaning "luck of the king" ⓘ |
| otherName |
Alpha Aqr
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
HD 209750 NERFINISHED ⓘ HIP 108874 NERFINISHED ⓘ HR 8414 NERFINISHED ⓘ α Aquarii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parallax_mas | about 6.2 ⓘ |
| properMotionDec_masPerYear | about −9 ⓘ |
| properMotionRA_masPerYear | about +16 ⓘ |
| pulsationAmplitude_magnitude | few hundredths of a magnitude ⓘ |
| radialVelocity_kmPerSec | about −6 ⓘ |
| radius_solar | about 60 ⓘ |
| rightAscension_J2000 | 22h 05m 47s ⓘ |
| spectralType | G2 Ib ⓘ |
| surfaceGravity_logg | around 1.0 ⓘ |
| traditionalName | Sadalmelik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| variableType | Alpha Cygni 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: Sadalmelik Description of subject: Sadalmelik is a bright yellow supergiant star in the constellation Aquarius, traditionally known as one of the constellation’s principal stars.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.