Chang’e 3
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Chang’e 3 is a Chinese lunar exploration mission that successfully soft-landed on the Moon in 2013 and deployed the Yutu rover to conduct surface and astronomical observations.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chang’e 3 canonical | 4 |
| Chang'e 3 | 2 |
| Chang’e 3 lander | 1 |
| Yutu | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9889990 — 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: Chang’e 3 Context triple: [Chang’e lunar exploration program, componentMission, Chang’e 3]
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A.
Chang’e 2
Chang’e 2 is a Chinese lunar probe launched in 2010 that orbited the Moon for high-resolution mapping before traveling on to study the asteroid 4179 Toutatis.
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B.
Chang’e 1
Chang’e 1 was China’s first lunar orbiter, launched in 2007 to map the Moon’s surface and demonstrate the country’s deep-space exploration capabilities.
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C.
Luna 20
Luna 20 was a Soviet robotic lunar sample-return mission that successfully collected and returned soil from the Moon’s surface in 1972.
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D.
Zhurong rover
Zhurong rover is China’s first Mars rover, designed to explore the Martian surface as part of the Tianwen-1 mission.
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E.
Tianwen-1
Tianwen-1 is China’s first interplanetary mission, consisting of an orbiter, lander, and rover sent to study Mars from orbit and on the surface.
- 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: Chang’e 3 Target entity description: Chang’e 3 is a Chinese lunar exploration mission that successfully soft-landed on the Moon in 2013 and deployed the Yutu rover to conduct surface and astronomical observations.
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A.
Chang’e 2
Chang’e 2 is a Chinese lunar probe launched in 2010 that orbited the Moon for high-resolution mapping before traveling on to study the asteroid 4179 Toutatis.
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B.
Chang’e 1
Chang’e 1 was China’s first lunar orbiter, launched in 2007 to map the Moon’s surface and demonstrate the country’s deep-space exploration capabilities.
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C.
Luna 20
Luna 20 was a Soviet robotic lunar sample-return mission that successfully collected and returned soil from the Moon’s surface in 1972.
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D.
Zhurong rover
Zhurong rover is China’s first Mars rover, designed to explore the Martian surface as part of the Tianwen-1 mission.
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E.
Tianwen-1
Tianwen-1 is China’s first interplanetary mission, consisting of an orbiter, lander, and rover sent to study Mars from orbit and on the surface.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese lunar exploration mission
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lunar lander mission ⓘ uncrewed space mission ⓘ |
| carries |
Yutu lunar rover
ⓘ
linked to:
Yutu rover
extreme ultraviolet camera ⓘ lunar surface cameras ⓘ ultraviolet telescope ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| destination | lunar surface ⓘ |
| landingCountryFirst | China ⓘ |
| landingDate | 2013-12-14 ⓘ |
| landingSite |
Mare Imbrium
ⓘ
Sinus Iridum region ⓘ |
| landingType | soft landing ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2013-12-01 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
LC-2 Xichang
ⓘ
linked to:
Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Xichang Satellite Launch Center ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Long March 3B ⓘ |
| missionType |
lunar lander
ⓘ
lunar rover deployment ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first Chinese spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon
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first soft landing on the Moon since 1976 ⓘ |
| notableFirst | first use of an astronomical telescope on the lunar surface ⓘ |
| operator |
CNSA
ⓘ
linked to:
China National Space Administration
China National Space Administration ⓘ |
| partOfProgram |
CLEP
ⓘ
Chinese Lunar Exploration Program ⓘ
linked to:
Chang’e lunar exploration program
|
| predecessor | Chang’e 2 ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
conduct lunar surface exploration
ⓘ
perform astronomical observations from the Moon ⓘ |
| programPhase |
Phase II of Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
ⓘ
linked to:
Chang’e lunar exploration program
|
| roverCountryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| roverInstanceOf | lunar rover ⓘ |
| roverLandingDate | 2013-12-14 ⓘ |
| roverName |
Yutu
ⓘ
linked to:
Yutu rover
|
| roverPrimaryObjective |
geological and compositional analysis of lunar soil
ⓘ
in-situ exploration of lunar surface ⓘ |
| scientificObjective |
analyze lunar regolith
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observe Earth’s plasmasphere in extreme ultraviolet ⓘ perform deep-space astronomical observations in ultraviolet ⓘ study lunar geology ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | China National Space Administration ⓘ |
| spacecraftComponent |
Chang’e 3 lander
ⓘ
linked to:
Chang’e 3
Yutu rover ⓘ |
| status | mission completed ⓘ |
| successor | Chang’e 4 ⓘ |
| targetBody | Moon ⓘ |
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: Chang’e 3 Description of subject: Chang’e 3 is a Chinese lunar exploration mission that successfully soft-landed on the Moon in 2013 and deployed the Yutu rover to conduct surface and astronomical observations.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Chang’e 3
linked to: Chang’e 3
linked to: Chang’e 3
linked to: Chang’e 3