Very Large Array
E428395
The Very Large Array is a world-renowned radio astronomy observatory in New Mexico composed of 27 large dish antennas arranged in a Y-shaped configuration to study celestial radio sources.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Very Large Array canonical | 26 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4294973 — 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: Very Large Array Context triple: [Socorro, New Mexico, isNear, Very Large Array]
-
A.
Expanded Very Large Array
The Expanded Very Large Array is a major upgrade of the original radio telescope array in New Mexico, featuring enhanced sensitivity, bandwidth, and imaging capabilities for cutting-edge astronomical research.
-
B.
VAST
VAST (Video Ad Serving Template) is an industry-standard XML-based specification that defines how video ads are served and tracked across different video players and ad servers.
-
C.
Very Long Baseline Array
The Very Long Baseline Array is a continent-spanning network of ten radio telescopes used for high-resolution astronomical observations through very long baseline interferometry.
-
D.
Gigantic
"Gigantic" is an alternative rock song by the Pixies, notable for its prominent bassline and Kim Deal's lead vocals.
-
E.
SparseArrays
SparseArrays is a Julia standard library module that provides data structures and operations for efficiently working with sparse matrices and related linear algebra.
- 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: Very Large Array Target entity description: The Very Large Array is a world-renowned radio astronomy observatory in New Mexico composed of 27 large dish antennas arranged in a Y-shaped configuration to study celestial radio sources.
-
A.
Expanded Very Large Array
The Expanded Very Large Array is a major upgrade of the original radio telescope array in New Mexico, featuring enhanced sensitivity, bandwidth, and imaging capabilities for cutting-edge astronomical research.
-
B.
VAST
VAST (Video Ad Serving Template) is an industry-standard XML-based specification that defines how video ads are served and tracked across different video players and ad servers.
-
C.
Very Long Baseline Array
The Very Long Baseline Array is a continent-spanning network of ten radio telescopes used for high-resolution astronomical observations through very long baseline interferometry.
-
D.
Gigantic
"Gigantic" is an alternative rock song by the Pixies, notable for its prominent bassline and Kim Deal's lead vocals.
-
E.
SparseArrays
SparseArrays is a Julia standard library module that provides data structures and operations for efficiently working with sparse matrices and related linear algebra.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical observatory
ⓘ
interferometer ⓘ radio telescope array ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
ⓘ
linked to:
Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope
|
| altitude | about 2124 meters ⓘ |
| antennaDiameter | 25 meters ⓘ |
| arrayConfigurations |
A configuration
ⓘ
B configuration ⓘ C configuration ⓘ D configuration ⓘ |
| city | near Magdalena, New Mexico ⓘ |
| configurationShape | Y-shaped ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dataAccessPolicy | open to global scientific community after proprietary period ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
film "Contact"
ⓘ
various documentaries ⓘ |
| fundedBy | National Science Foundation ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Science Foundation ⓘ |
| hasComponent | 27 steerable parabolic dish antennas ⓘ |
| hasVisitorCenter | yes ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1980 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New Mexico
ⓘ
Plains of San Agustin ⓘ |
| maximumBaseline | about 36 kilometers ⓘ |
| minimumBaseline | about 1 kilometer ⓘ |
| mountType | altazimuth mount ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Karl G. Jansky
ⓘ
linked to:
Karl Guthe Jansky
|
| near | Socorro, New Mexico ⓘ |
| numberOfAntennas | 27 ⓘ |
| observes | radio waves ⓘ |
| offers | public tours ⓘ |
| opened | 1980 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | National Radio Astronomy Observatory ⓘ |
| ownedBy | National Science Foundation ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. National Radio Astronomy Observatory facilities
ⓘ
linked to:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
|
| telescopeType | aperture synthesis array ⓘ |
| upgraded | 2001–2012 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cosmology research
ⓘ
mapping neutral hydrogen ⓘ radio astronomy ⓘ study of galaxies ⓘ study of protoplanetary disks ⓘ study of pulsars ⓘ study of quasars ⓘ study of star formation ⓘ study of supernova remnants ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | centimeter radio wavelengths ⓘ |
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: Very Large Array Description of subject: The Very Large Array is a world-renowned radio astronomy observatory in New Mexico composed of 27 large dish antennas arranged in a Y-shaped configuration to study celestial radio sources.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.