Aquila
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Aquila is a prominent constellation in the northern sky, traditionally depicted as an eagle and associated with the Milky Way and the star Altair.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aquila canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10489264 — 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: Aquila Context triple: [Ptolemy’s 48 constellations, includesConstellation, Aquila]
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A.
Aquila
Aquila is a genus of large, powerful birds of prey that includes several species of true eagles found across much of the world.
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B.
Alcedo
Alcedo is a genus of small, brightly colored river kingfishers known for their vivid blue and orange plumage and fish-hunting dives along freshwater habitats.
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C.
Corvus
Corvus is a small southern constellation known for its distinctive quadrilateral shape, often interpreted as a crow or raven in classical mythology.
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D.
Aegypius
Aegypius is a genus of large Old World vultures in the family Accipitridae, best known for including the cinereous vulture.
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E.
Aquilon
Aquilon was a warship that engaged in naval combat with the British battleship HMS Goliath.
- 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: Aquila Target entity description: Aquila is a prominent constellation in the northern sky, traditionally depicted as an eagle and associated with the Milky Way and the star Altair.
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A.
Aquila
Aquila is a genus of large, powerful birds of prey that includes several species of true eagles found across much of the world.
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B.
Alcedo
Alcedo is a genus of small, brightly colored river kingfishers known for their vivid blue and orange plumage and fish-hunting dives along freshwater habitats.
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C.
Corvus
Corvus is a small southern constellation known for its distinctive quadrilateral shape, often interpreted as a crow or raven in classical mythology.
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D.
Aegypius
Aegypius is a genus of large Old World vultures in the family Accipitridae, best known for including the cinereous vulture.
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E.
Aquilon
Aquilon was a warship that engaged in naval combat with the British battleship HMS Goliath.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | constellation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Aql NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | 652 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| borderingConstellation |
Capricornus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delphinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Equuleus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hercules NERFINISHED ⓘ Ophiuchus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sagitta NERFINISHED ⓘ Sagittarius NERFINISHED ⓘ Scutum NERFINISHED ⓘ Serpens Cauda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStar | Altair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | northern sky ⓘ |
| containsAsterism | Summer Triangle (with Altair) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsDeepSkyObject |
Barnard 142
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barnard 143 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6709 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6741 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6755 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6756 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6781 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsStar |
Alshain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Altair NERFINISHED ⓘ Eta Aquilae NERFINISHED ⓘ Lambda Aquilae NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarazed NERFINISHED ⓘ Theta Aquilae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsVariableStar |
Eta Aquilae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
R Aquilae NERFINISHED ⓘ SS Aquilae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinationRange | +18° to -12° (approximate) ⓘ |
| depictedAs | eagle ⓘ |
| family | Hercules family ⓘ |
| genitiveForm | Aquilae ⓘ |
| IAUConstellation | yes ⓘ |
| listedBy | Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | eagle ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
bearer of Zeus’s thunderbolts
ⓘ
eagle of Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ eagle that carried Ganymede to Olympus ⓘ |
| name | Aquila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfBayerFlamsteedStars | ~65 (approximate) ⓘ |
| numberOfMainStars | 10 (approximate) ⓘ |
| rankByArea | 22 ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | ~18h to 20h ⓘ |
| visibleBetweenLatitudes | +90° to -75° (approximate) ⓘ |
| visibleInSeason | northern summer ⓘ |
| zodiacal | no ⓘ |
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: Aquila Description of subject: Aquila is a prominent constellation in the northern sky, traditionally depicted as an eagle and associated with the Milky Way and the star Altair.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
PSR B1913+16