UGC 6018
E454443
UGC 6018 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UGC 6018 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4531677 — 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: UGC 6018 Context triple: [M81 Group, containsGalaxy, UGC 6018]
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A.
UGC 6451
UGC 6451 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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B.
UGC 6541
UGC 6541 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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C.
UGC 6456
UGC 6456 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major and is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies.
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D.
UGC 11861
UGC 11861 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Draco and is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies.
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E.
UGC 5336
UGC 5336 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
- 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: UGC 6018 Target entity description: UGC 6018 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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A.
UGC 6451
UGC 6451 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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B.
UGC 6541
UGC 6541 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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C.
UGC 6456
UGC 6456 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major and is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies.
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D.
UGC 11861
UGC 11861 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Draco and is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies.
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E.
UGC 5336
UGC 5336 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dwarf galaxy
ⓘ
galaxy ⓘ |
| belongsTo | nearby galaxy population ⓘ |
| catalog | UGC ⓘ |
| catalogName | Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies ⓘ |
| gravitationallyBoundTo | M81 Group ⓘ |
| hasDarkMatterContent | dark-matter-dominated galaxy (typical for dwarfs) ⓘ |
| hasDistanceReferenceObject | M81 Group ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | nearby galaxy group ⓘ |
| hasGasContent | interstellar medium (typical dwarf galaxy gas content) ⓘ |
| hasHostConstellation | Ursa Major ⓘ |
| hasLowLuminosity | true ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | dwarf galaxy (general) ⓘ |
| hasRedshiftFrame | local group standard of rest ⓘ |
| hasScientificInterest | dwarf galaxy evolution in groups ⓘ |
| hasSmallSize | true ⓘ |
| hasStellarPopulation | low-mass stellar population ⓘ |
| isInGalaxyGroup | M81 Group ⓘ |
| isNearbyGalaxy | true ⓘ |
| isNeighborOf |
Messier 81
ⓘ
Messier 82 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | nearby galaxy groups catalogues ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Ursa Major ⓘ |
| memberOf | M81 Group ⓘ |
| observedIn |
optical wavelengths
ⓘ
radio wavelengths ⓘ |
| partOf | local universe ⓘ |
| skyPositionReference | equatorial coordinate system ⓘ |
| studiedAs | satellite or companion of the M81 Group ⓘ |
| visibleInHemisphere | northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
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: UGC 6018 Description of subject: UGC 6018 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.