DDO 208
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DDO 208 is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Draco that is one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DDO 208 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5670714 — 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: DDO 208 Context triple: [Draco Dwarf Galaxy, alternativeName, DDO 208]
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A.
DDO 82
DDO 82 is a dwarf irregular galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies.
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B.
DDO 74
DDO 74 is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Leo and a satellite of the Milky Way, commonly known as the Leo I Dwarf Galaxy.
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C.
DDO 53
DDO 53 is a faint dwarf irregular galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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D.
DDF
DDF is the commonly used abbreviation for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican department responsible for promoting and safeguarding Catholic doctrine.
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E.
D22
D22 is the second-generation Nissan Navara (also known as the Nissan Frontier in some markets), a compact pickup truck platform produced from the late 1990s into the 2000s.
- 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: DDO 208 Target entity description: DDO 208 is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Draco that is one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies.
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A.
DDO 82
DDO 82 is a dwarf irregular galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies.
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B.
DDO 74
DDO 74 is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Leo and a satellite of the Milky Way, commonly known as the Leo I Dwarf Galaxy.
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C.
DDO 53
DDO 53 is a faint dwarf irregular galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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D.
DDF
DDF is the commonly used abbreviation for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican department responsible for promoting and safeguarding Catholic doctrine.
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E.
D22
D22 is the second-generation Nissan Navara (also known as the Nissan Frontier in some markets), a compact pickup truck platform produced from the late 1990s into the 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (22)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ |
| apparentBrightness | faint ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Milky Way dwarf galaxy population ⓘ |
| belongsToGalaxySystem |
Milky Way satellite system
ⓘ
linked to:
Milky Way dwarf spheroidal system
|
| catalog | DDO ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | northern sky ⓘ |
| discoveredAs | dwarf galaxy in Draco ⓘ |
| environment |
Milky Way halo
ⓘ
linked to:
Milky Way stellar halo
|
| galaxyType | dwarf spheroidal ⓘ |
| hasGasContent | low gas content ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | spheroidal ⓘ |
| hasStarFormationActivity | low or negligible ⓘ |
| hasStellarPopulation | old stars ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceBrightness | low surface brightness ⓘ |
| isDarkMatterDominated | likely ⓘ |
| isNearbyGalaxy | true ⓘ |
| isResolvedIntoStarsBy | large telescopes ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Draco ⓘ |
| memberOf | Local Group ⓘ |
| observedIn | optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| partOf |
Draco constellation region
ⓘ
linked to:
constellation Draco
|
| satelliteOf | Milky Way ⓘ |
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: DDO 208 Description of subject: DDO 208 is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Draco that is one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.