Pyxis
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constellation
globular cluster
open cluster
planetary nebula in open cluster
southern sky constellation
spiral galaxy
star
Pyxis is a small, faint southern sky constellation representing a mariner’s compass, located near Vela and Antlia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pyxis canonical | 15 |
| Alpha Pyxidis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12955545 — 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: Pyxis Context triple: [Nicolas de Lacaille, introducedConstellation, Pyxis]
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A.
Pedalion
Pedalion is a seminal Greek Orthodox canonical manual, often called "The Rudder," that systematically compiles and interprets church canons for practical ecclesiastical use.
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B.
Koios
Koios is a Titan from Greek mythology associated with intelligence and the axis of heaven, often identified as the father of Leto and Asteria.
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C.
Antlia
Antlia is a faint southern constellation representing an air pump, located near the constellations Hydra and Vela.
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D.
Asterope
Asterope is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with tending the gods’ blissful garden and its golden apples.
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E.
Asterope
Asterope is a figure from Greek mythology, often identified as one of the Pleiad nymphs and associated with the star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
- 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: Pyxis Target entity description: Pyxis is a small, faint southern sky constellation representing a mariner’s compass, located near Vela and Antlia.
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A.
Pedalion
Pedalion is a seminal Greek Orthodox canonical manual, often called "The Rudder," that systematically compiles and interprets church canons for practical ecclesiastical use.
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B.
Koios
Koios is a Titan from Greek mythology associated with intelligence and the axis of heaven, often identified as the father of Leto and Asteria.
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C.
Antlia
Antlia is a faint southern constellation representing an air pump, located near the constellations Hydra and Vela.
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D.
Asterope
Asterope is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with tending the gods’ blissful garden and its golden apples.
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E.
Asterope
Asterope is a figure from Greek mythology, often identified as one of the Pleiad nymphs and associated with the star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
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: Pyxis Description of subject: Pyxis is a small, faint southern sky constellation representing a mariner’s compass, located near Vela and Antlia.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Vela constellation
subject linked to:
constellation Hydra
linked to: Pyxis
subject linked to:
Pyxis
subject linked to:
Pyxis
subject linked to:
Pyxis
subject linked to:
Pyxis
subject linked to:
Pyxis
subject linked to:
Pyxis
subject linked to:
Pyxis