Pleiades
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The Pleiades are a famous open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, often known as the Seven Sisters in Greek mythology.
All labels observed (26)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34876 — 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: Pleiades Context triple: [Atlas, children, Pleiades]
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A.
Dædalus
Dædalus is a scholarly journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that features interdisciplinary essays on culture, science, public affairs, and the arts.
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B.
Trinity
The Trinity is the central Christian doctrine that God exists as one divine being in three distinct, co-equal persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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C.
Fiat Lux
Fiat Lux is a Latin phrase meaning "Let there be light," used as the inspirational motto of the University of California, Berkeley.
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D.
Baade Telescope
The Baade Telescope is one of the twin 6.5-meter Magellan optical telescopes used for cutting-edge astronomical research in Chile.
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E.
Livadia
Livadia is a resort settlement in Crimea best known as the site of the historic Livadia Palace, where the 1945 Yalta Conference was held.
- 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: Pleiades Target entity description: The Pleiades are a famous open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, often known as the Seven Sisters in Greek mythology.
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A.
Dædalus
Dædalus is a scholarly journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that features interdisciplinary essays on culture, science, public affairs, and the arts.
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B.
Trinity
The Trinity is the central Christian doctrine that God exists as one divine being in three distinct, co-equal persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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C.
Fiat Lux
Fiat Lux is a Latin phrase meaning "Let there be light," used as the inspirational motto of the University of California, Berkeley.
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D.
Baade Telescope
The Baade Telescope is one of the twin 6.5-meter Magellan optical telescopes used for cutting-edge astronomical research in Chile.
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E.
Livadia
Livadia is a resort settlement in Crimea best known as the site of the historic Livadia Palace, where the 1945 Yalta Conference was held.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Messier object
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NGC object ⓘ deep-sky object ⓘ open star cluster ⓘ |
| age | about 100 million years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
M45
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Messier 45 ⓘ
linked to:
Pleiades
Seven Sisters ⓘ Subaru ⓘ |
| angularSize | about 110 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 1.6 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | reflection nebulae ⓘ |
| bestSeenIn | Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| bestViewingSeason | late autumn and winter ⓘ |
| brightestStar | Alcyone ⓘ |
| brightestStarApparentMagnitude | about 2.9 ⓘ |
| catalogDesignation |
M45
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Melotte 22 ⓘ
linked to:
Pleiades
NGC 1432 ⓘ
linked to:
Pleiades
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| containsStar |
Alcyone
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Asterope ⓘ
linked to:
Sterope
Atlas ⓘ Celaeno ⓘ Electra ⓘ Maia ⓘ Merope ⓘ Pleione ⓘ
linked to:
Celaeno
Taygeta ⓘ
linked to:
Taygete
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| declination | +24° 07′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | prehistoric observers ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 135 parsecs
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about 440 light-years ⓘ |
| dominantSpectralType | B-type main-sequence stars ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificanceIn |
Greek mythology
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Japanese culture ⓘ Maori traditions ⓘ Native American traditions ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Milky Way ⓘ |
| interstellarMediumOrigin | unrelated passing dust cloud ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Taurus ⓘ |
| mythologicalAssociation | Seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione ⓘ |
| nebulaType | reflection nebula ⓘ |
| numberOfBrightNakedEyeStars | about 6 to 9 ⓘ |
| numberOfKnownMembers | over 1000 stars ⓘ |
| observability | visible to the naked eye ⓘ |
| partOf | local spiral arm of the Milky Way ⓘ |
| properMotion | common motion through space ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 03h 47m ⓘ |
| risesBefore | Orion ⓘ |
| symbolUsedBy | Subaru automobile brand ⓘ |
| usedFor |
distance scale calibration
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studies of stellar evolution ⓘ |
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: Pleiades Description of subject: The Pleiades are a famous open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, often known as the Seven Sisters in Greek mythology.
Referenced by (92)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Atlas from Greek mythology
linked to: Pleiades
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subject linked to:
Pleiades supercomputer
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subject linked to:
Aldebaran (foreground star, not a member)
linked to: Pleiades
subject linked to:
23 Tauri (star traditionally named Merope)
linked to: Pleiades
subject linked to:
23 Tauri (star traditionally named Merope)
linked to: Pleiades
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Matariki Network of Universities
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nameMeaning
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Matariki is the Māori name for the Pleiades star cluster
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