Mir core module
E323082
The Mir core module was the central, first-launched component of the Soviet/Russian Mir space station, providing primary living quarters, control systems, and docking ports for subsequent modules.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mir core module canonical | 14 |
| Mir Core Module | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3049135 — 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: Mir core module Context triple: [Mir program, spaceStationCoreModule, Mir core module]
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A.
Tianhe core module
The Tianhe core module is the main control and living module of China’s Tiangong space station, providing essential systems, propulsion, and crew habitats for the orbital complex.
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B.
Mir program
The Mir program was a Soviet and later Russian initiative that operated the world’s first long-duration modular space station, serving as a key precursor to the International Space Station.
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C.
Main Injector
The Main Injector is a high-energy particle accelerator at Fermilab used to accelerate and deliver proton and antiproton beams for particle physics experiments.
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D.
Module B
Module B is one of the two optical modules of the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument, providing high-resolution infrared imaging across part of its field of view.
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E.
MiC
MiC is the official abbreviation for Italy’s Ministry of Culture, the government body responsible for cultural heritage, arts, and related policies.
- 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: Mir core module Target entity description: The Mir core module was the central, first-launched component of the Soviet/Russian Mir space station, providing primary living quarters, control systems, and docking ports for subsequent modules.
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A.
Tianhe core module
The Tianhe core module is the main control and living module of China’s Tiangong space station, providing essential systems, propulsion, and crew habitats for the orbital complex.
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B.
Mir program
The Mir program was a Soviet and later Russian initiative that operated the world’s first long-duration modular space station, serving as a key precursor to the International Space Station.
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C.
Main Injector
The Main Injector is a high-energy particle accelerator at Fermilab used to accelerate and deliver proton and antiproton beams for particle physics experiments.
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D.
Module B
Module B is one of the two optical modules of the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument, providing high-resolution infrared imaging across part of its field of view.
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E.
MiC
MiC is the official abbreviation for Italy’s Ministry of Culture, the government body responsible for cultural heritage, arts, and related policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian spacecraft
ⓘ
Soviet spacecraft ⓘ core module ⓘ space station module ⓘ |
| connectedModule |
Docking Module
ⓘ
Kristall module ⓘ
linked to:
Kristall
Kvant-1 module ⓘ
linked to:
Kvant-1
Kvant-2 module ⓘ
linked to:
Kvant-2
Priroda module ⓘ Spektr module ⓘ
linked to:
Spektr
|
| contains |
crew living quarters
ⓘ
galley ⓘ sanitary facilities ⓘ sleeping stations ⓘ workstations ⓘ |
| cosparId | 1986-017A ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crewCapacity | 3 ⓘ |
| deorbitDate | 2001-03-23 ⓘ |
| deorbitMethod | controlled reentry over the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| designHeritage | Salyut space station design ⓘ |
| dockingPortsCount | 4 ⓘ |
| hasDockingPort |
aft axial docking port
ⓘ
forward axial docking port ⓘ lateral docking port ⓘ radial docking port ⓘ |
| hasSubsystem |
attitude control system
ⓘ
communications system ⓘ environmental control and life support system ⓘ guidance navigation and control system ⓘ power distribution system ⓘ |
| inclination | 51.6 degrees ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1986-02-20 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200
ⓘ
linked to:
Baikonur Cosmodrome
|
| launchVehicle |
Proton-K rocket
ⓘ
linked to:
Proton rocket
|
| length | 13.13 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
NPO Energia
ⓘ
linked to:
RSC Energia
|
| mass | 20400 kg ⓘ |
| maximumDiameter | 4.15 m ⓘ |
| nssdcId | 1986-017A ⓘ |
| operator |
Roscosmos
ⓘ
Soviet space program ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | about 92 minutes ⓘ |
| orbitRegime |
Low Earth orbit
ⓘ
linked to:
low Earth orbit
|
| partOf | Mir space station ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar panels ⓘ |
| pressurizedVolume | 90 m3 ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
attitude control
ⓘ
crew habitation ⓘ docking hub ⓘ spacecraft guidance and navigation ⓘ |
| providesLifeSupportFor | Mir space station crew ⓘ |
| status | deorbited ⓘ |
| usedByProgram | Mir program ⓘ |
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: Mir core module Description of subject: The Mir core module was the central, first-launched component of the Soviet/Russian Mir space station, providing primary living quarters, control systems, and docking ports for subsequent modules.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.