USOS
E951143
USOS is the United States–led portion of the International Space Station that houses many of its research laboratories, life-support systems, and international partner modules.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USOS canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11871420 — 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: USOS Context triple: [ISS US Orbital Segment, alsoKnownAs, USOS]
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A.
USAR
USAR is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States Army Reserve, the federal reserve force of the U.S. Army composed of part-time soldiers who support active-duty operations.
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B.
USEU
USEU is the official diplomatic mission representing the United States government to the institutions of the European Union in Brussels.
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C.
ÚS
ÚS is the commonly used abbreviation for the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, the country's highest authority for constitutional review and protection of fundamental rights.
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D.
USI
USI is a public university located in Evansville, Indiana, offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
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E.
USI
USI is the abbreviated name for the United States of Indonesia, a short-lived federal state that briefly existed in Southeast Asia after World War II.
- 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: USOS Target entity description: USOS is the United States–led portion of the International Space Station that houses many of its research laboratories, life-support systems, and international partner modules.
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A.
USAR
USAR is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States Army Reserve, the federal reserve force of the U.S. Army composed of part-time soldiers who support active-duty operations.
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B.
USEU
USEU is the official diplomatic mission representing the United States government to the institutions of the European Union in Brussels.
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C.
ÚS
ÚS is the commonly used abbreviation for the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, the country's highest authority for constitutional review and protection of fundamental rights.
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D.
USI
USI is a public university located in Evansville, Indiana, offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
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E.
USI
USI is the abbreviated name for the United States of Indonesia, a short-lived federal state that briefly existed in Southeast Asia after World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
orbital space station module segment
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segment of the International Space Station ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1998 ⓘ |
| contains |
Columbus Laboratory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cupola Module NERFINISHED ⓘ Destiny Laboratory Module NERFINISHED ⓘ Harmony Node 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Integrated Truss Structure NERFINISHED ⓘ International Docking Adapters NERFINISHED ⓘ Kibo Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ Permanent Multipurpose Module NERFINISHED ⓘ Pressurized Mating Adapters NERFINISHED ⓘ Quest Joint Airlock NERFINISHED ⓘ Tranquility Node 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Unity Node 1 ⓘ Zarya Functional Cargo Block NERFINISHED ⓘ Zvezda docking interfaces for visiting vehicles via PMA ⓘ radiator panels ⓘ solar array wings ⓘ |
| countryOperator | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewNationality | multinational ⓘ |
| firstElementLaunched | Zarya Functional Cargo Block GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstUSModuleLaunched | Unity Node 1 GENERATED ⓘ |
| fullName | United States Orbital Segment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
provides data handling and communications
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provides docking ports for visiting spacecraft ⓘ provides guidance, navigation, and control systems ⓘ provides habitation volume for crew ⓘ provides life-support systems ⓘ provides power distribution ⓘ provides thermal control ⓘ supports scientific research ⓘ |
| internationalPartner |
Canadian Space Agency
NERFINISHED
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European Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laboratoryModule |
Columbus Laboratory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Destiny Laboratory Module NERFINISHED ⓘ Kibo Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbits | Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitType | Low Earth orbit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | International Space Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAgency | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsVisitingVehicle |
Boeing Starliner
GENERATED
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Dream Chaser (planned) GENERATED ⓘ HTV (Kounotori) GENERATED ⓘ Northrop Grumman Cygnus GENERATED ⓘ Space Shuttle (retired) GENERATED ⓘ SpaceX Crew Dragon GENERATED ⓘ SpaceX Dragon GENERATED ⓘ |
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: USOS Description of subject: USOS is the United States–led portion of the International Space Station that houses many of its research laboratories, life-support systems, and international partner modules.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.