4 Cancri
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4 Cancri is a star located in the constellation Cancer, observed and cataloged as part of the stellar population in that region of the sky.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6174814 — 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: 4 Cancri Context triple: [Cancri, exampleUsage, 4 Cancri]
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55 Cancri
55 Cancri is a binary star system in the constellation Cancer that is notable for hosting multiple exoplanets, including one of the first known super-Earths.
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Delta Cancri
Delta Cancri is a prominent star in the constellation Cancer, known as Asellus Australis and used as a reference point near the Beehive Cluster in the night sky.
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C.
Gamma Cancri
Gamma Cancri is a white giant star in the constellation Cancer, visible to the naked eye and commonly used as a reference point in the night sky.
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D.
Alpha Cancri
Alpha Cancri is a multiple-star system in the constellation Cancer, visible to the naked eye and known for its close stellar pairing.
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E.
Rho Cancri
Rho Cancri, also known as 55 Cancri, is a binary star system in the constellation Cancer that is famous for hosting a multi-planet exoplanetary system.
- 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: 4 Cancri Target entity description: 4 Cancri is a star located in the constellation Cancer, observed and cataloged as part of the stellar population in that region of the sky.
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A.
55 Cancri
55 Cancri is a binary star system in the constellation Cancer that is notable for hosting multiple exoplanets, including one of the first known super-Earths.
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B.
Delta Cancri
Delta Cancri is a prominent star in the constellation Cancer, known as Asellus Australis and used as a reference point near the Beehive Cluster in the night sky.
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C.
Gamma Cancri
Gamma Cancri is a white giant star in the constellation Cancer, visible to the naked eye and commonly used as a reference point in the night sky.
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D.
Alpha Cancri
Alpha Cancri is a multiple-star system in the constellation Cancer, visible to the naked eye and known for its close stellar pairing.
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E.
Rho Cancri
Rho Cancri, also known as 55 Cancri, is a binary star system in the constellation Cancer that is famous for hosting a multi-planet exoplanetary system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | star ⓘ |
| catalogRole | member of the stellar population of Cancer ⓘ |
| celestialCategory | star in the constellation Cancer ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | northern sky ⓘ |
| constellation | Cancer ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | 4 Cancri ⓘ |
| isPartOf | stellar population of the constellation Cancer ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Cancer ⓘ |
| observedIn | optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | Earth ⓘ |
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: 4 Cancri Description of subject: 4 Cancri is a star located in the constellation Cancer, observed and cataloged as part of the stellar population in that region of the sky.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: 4 Cancri