α Aquarii
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α Aquarii, also known as Sadalmelik, is a bright yellow supergiant star and one of the most prominent stars in the constellation Aquarius.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| α Aquarii canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10489004 — 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: α Aquarii Context triple: [Aquarius, notableStar, α Aquarii]
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β Aquarii
β Aquarii, also known as Sadalsuud, is a luminous yellow supergiant star in the constellation Aquarius and one of its most prominent stellar members.
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Alpha Telescopii
Alpha Telescopii is a blue-white giant star that serves as the primary luminary of the southern constellation Telescopium.
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Alpha Eridani
Alpha Eridani, traditionally known as Achernar, is a bright, rapidly rotating blue-white star marking the southern end of the constellation Eridanus.
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Alpha Geminorum
Alpha Geminorum, also known as Castor, is one of the brightest stars in the constellation Gemini and is actually a complex multiple-star system.
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Alpha Monocerotis
Alpha Monocerotis is a relatively bright giant star located in the constellation Monoceros, visible to the naked eye under good conditions.
- 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: α Aquarii Target entity description: α Aquarii, also known as Sadalmelik, is a bright yellow supergiant star and one of the most prominent stars in the constellation Aquarius.
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A.
β Aquarii
β Aquarii, also known as Sadalsuud, is a luminous yellow supergiant star in the constellation Aquarius and one of its most prominent stellar members.
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B.
Alpha Telescopii
Alpha Telescopii is a blue-white giant star that serves as the primary luminary of the southern constellation Telescopium.
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C.
Alpha Eridani
Alpha Eridani, traditionally known as Achernar, is a bright, rapidly rotating blue-white star marking the southern end of the constellation Eridanus.
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D.
Alpha Geminorum
Alpha Geminorum, also known as Castor, is one of the brightest stars in the constellation Gemini and is actually a complex multiple-star system.
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E.
Alpha Monocerotis
Alpha Monocerotis is a relatively bright giant star located in the constellation Monoceros, visible to the naked eye under good conditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
How these facts were elicited
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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: α Aquarii Description of subject: α Aquarii, also known as Sadalmelik, is a bright yellow supergiant star and one of the most prominent stars in the constellation Aquarius.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.