Société astronomique de France
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The Société astronomique de France is a French astronomical society dedicated to promoting the study and popularization of astronomy among both professionals and amateurs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Société astronomique de France canonical | 4 |
| Société Astronomique de France | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7057937 — 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: Société astronomique de France Context triple: [Prix Jules Janssen, awardGivenBy, Société astronomique de France]
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A.
Observatory of Meudon
The Observatory of Meudon is a major French astronomical research institution near Paris, historically renowned for its work in astrophysics and for hosting prominent scientists such as Milan Rastislav Štefánik.
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B.
Bureau des Longitudes
The Bureau des Longitudes is a French scientific institution founded in 1795 to improve navigation, geodesy, and timekeeping through astronomical research and standardization.
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Astronomical Society of the Pacific
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific is a scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing public understanding and appreciation of astronomy and related sciences.
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D.
Paris Observatory
Paris Observatory is a historic astronomical research institution in Paris, France, renowned as one of the world’s oldest and most influential observatories in the development of modern astronomy.
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Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg
The Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg is a major French astronomical research institute known for its work in astrophysics, galactic dynamics, and the development of astronomical databases such as SIMBAD and VizieR.
- 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: Société astronomique de France Target entity description: The Société astronomique de France is a French astronomical society dedicated to promoting the study and popularization of astronomy among both professionals and amateurs.
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A.
Observatory of Meudon
The Observatory of Meudon is a major French astronomical research institution near Paris, historically renowned for its work in astrophysics and for hosting prominent scientists such as Milan Rastislav Štefánik.
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B.
Bureau des Longitudes
The Bureau des Longitudes is a French scientific institution founded in 1795 to improve navigation, geodesy, and timekeeping through astronomical research and standardization.
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C.
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific is a scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing public understanding and appreciation of astronomy and related sciences.
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D.
Paris Observatory
Paris Observatory is a historic astronomical research institution in Paris, France, renowned as one of the world’s oldest and most influential observatories in the development of modern astronomy.
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E.
Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg
The Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg is a major French astronomical research institute known for its work in astrophysics, galactic dynamics, and the development of astronomical databases such as SIMBAD and VizieR.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical society
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learned society ⓘ |
| awards |
Prix Jules Janssen
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various astronomy prizes ⓘ |
| basedIn | France ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | astronomy ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Camille Flammarion ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
organization of astronomy competitions
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public outreach in astronomy ⓘ publication of astronomical ephemerides ⓘ scientific observation programs ⓘ |
| hasLogo | logo of Société astronomique de France ⓘ |
| hasMembership |
amateur astronomers
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general public ⓘ professional astronomers ⓘ students ⓘ |
| hasMotto | promotion of astronomy in all its forms ⓘ |
| hasPart |
astronomical sections
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comets section ⓘ double stars section ⓘ instrumentation section ⓘ planetary section ⓘ variable stars section ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://saf-astronomie.fr ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| inception | 1887 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Europe/Paris ⓘ |
| namedAfter | astronomy ⓘ |
| nativeName | Société astronomique de France ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | non-profit association ⓘ |
| organizes |
astronomy conferences
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astronomy courses ⓘ observing sessions ⓘ public lectures ⓘ |
| publicationType | astronomy magazine ⓘ |
| publishes | L’Astronomie ⓘ |
| purpose |
popularization of astronomy
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promotion of astronomy ⓘ support for amateur astronomers ⓘ support for professional astronomers ⓘ |
| scope |
international
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national ⓘ |
| shortName | SAF ⓘ |
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: Société astronomique de France Description of subject: The Société astronomique de France is a French astronomical society dedicated to promoting the study and popularization of astronomy among both professionals and amateurs.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Société astronomique de France
linked to: Société astronomique de France