BAT
E1027633
BAT is a high-energy astrophysics instrument designed to rapidly detect and locate gamma-ray bursts in space.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BAT canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13179244 — 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: BAT Context triple: [Burst Alert Telescope, abbreviation, BAT]
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A.
BAT
BAT is a major multinational tobacco company known for producing and marketing cigarettes and other nicotine products worldwide.
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B.
BAT
BAT is the regional public transportation agency serving Brockton, Massachusetts and surrounding communities.
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C.
BAL
BAL is the commonly used acronym for the Basketball Africa League, a professional pan-African basketball competition organized in partnership with the NBA and FIBA.
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D.
BAL
BAL is the Amtrak station code for Pennsylvania Station in Baltimore, Maryland, a major rail hub in the city’s transportation network.
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E.
BAL
BAL is the National Rail station code for Ballina railway station in County Mayo, Ireland.
- 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: BAT Target entity description: BAT is a high-energy astrophysics instrument designed to rapidly detect and locate gamma-ray bursts in space.
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A.
BAT
BAT is a major multinational tobacco company known for producing and marketing cigarettes and other nicotine products worldwide.
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B.
BAT
BAT is the regional public transportation agency serving Brockton, Massachusetts and surrounding communities.
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C.
BAL
BAL is the commonly used acronym for the Basketball Africa League, a professional pan-African basketball competition organized in partnership with the NBA and FIBA.
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D.
BAL
BAL is the Amtrak station code for Pennsylvania Station in Baltimore, Maryland, a major rail hub in the city’s transportation network.
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E.
BAL
BAL is the National Rail station code for Ballina railway station in County Mayo, Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coded-aperture mask telescope
ⓘ
gamma-ray detector ⓘ space telescope instrument ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CZT ⓘ |
| acronymFor | Burst Alert Telescope ⓘ |
| alertSystem | rapid GRB alert dissemination to ground ⓘ |
| dataProducts |
light curves
ⓘ
source catalogs ⓘ spectra ⓘ |
| detectionMethod |
coded mask imaging
ⓘ
scintillation detection ⓘ |
| detectorArrayArea_cm2 | 5200 ⓘ |
| detectorMaterial | cadmium zinc telluride ⓘ |
| energyRangeLowerBound_keV | 15 ⓘ |
| energyRangeUpperBound_keV | 150 ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | approximately one-sixth of the sky ⓘ |
| fieldOfViewType | wide field of view ⓘ |
| fullName | Burst Alert Telescope ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2004-11-20 ⓘ |
| launchedWith |
Swift spacecraft
ⓘ
linked to:
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
|
| launchVehicle |
Delta II rocket
ⓘ
linked to:
Delta II
|
| localizationAccuracy_arcmin | 1–4 ⓘ |
| missionType | high-energy astrophysics ⓘ |
| numberOfDetectors | 32768 ⓘ |
| observes |
gamma-ray bursts
ⓘ
hard X-ray sources ⓘ soft gamma-ray sources ⓘ |
| onboardProcessing |
automatic burst localization
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real-time burst detection algorithms ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf | Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory ⓘ |
| primaryScienceGoal |
detection of gamma-ray bursts
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localization of gamma-ray bursts ⓘ |
| provides |
burst sky positions
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burst trigger times ⓘ hard X-ray survey data ⓘ |
| scientificContribution |
constraints on GRB rates and luminosity functions
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discovery of many new hard X-ray sources ⓘ study of GRB prompt emission ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Swift observatory bus ⓘ |
| supports | multiwavelength follow-up observations ⓘ |
| surveyCapability | all-sky hard X-ray survey ⓘ |
| timeResolution | milliseconds ⓘ |
| triggers |
Swift UV/Optical Telescope repointing
ⓘ
Swift X-Ray Telescope repointing ⓘ |
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: BAT Description of subject: BAT is a high-energy astrophysics instrument designed to rapidly detect and locate gamma-ray bursts in space.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Swift satellite