OLA
E850187
OLA is a laser altimeter instrument on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft used to create detailed 3D maps of the asteroid Bennu’s surface.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OLA canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10212000 — 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: OLA Context triple: [OSIRIS-REx, scienceInstrument, OLA]
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A.
OLA
OLA is the commonly used acronym for the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, which provides legal advice and support to UN organs and specialized agencies.
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B.
OLE
OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) is a Microsoft technology that enables embedding and linking to documents and other objects within different applications, forming a foundation for later component technologies like ActiveX.
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C.
OL
OL is a UK postcode area covering Oldham and surrounding parts of Greater Manchester and nearby regions in North West England.
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D.
OL
OL is the commonly used abbreviation for Olympique Lyonnais, a major French football club best known internationally for its highly successful women's team.
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E.
OL
OL is the vehicle registration code for the city of Oldenburg in the German state of Lower Saxony.
- 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: OLA Target entity description: OLA is a laser altimeter instrument on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft used to create detailed 3D maps of the asteroid Bennu’s surface.
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A.
OLA
OLA is the commonly used acronym for the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, which provides legal advice and support to UN organs and specialized agencies.
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B.
OLE
OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) is a Microsoft technology that enables embedding and linking to documents and other objects within different applications, forming a foundation for later component technologies like ActiveX.
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C.
OL
OL is a UK postcode area covering Oldham and surrounding parts of Greater Manchester and nearby regions in North West England.
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D.
OL
OL is the commonly used abbreviation for Olympique Lyonnais, a major French football club best known internationally for its highly successful women's team.
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E.
OL
OL is the post-nominal abbreviation used by recipients of Papua New Guinea’s Order of Logohu, a national honor recognizing distinguished service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
laser altimeter
ⓘ
planetary science instrument ⓘ spacecraft instrument ⓘ |
| acronymFor | OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter ⓘ |
| builtBy |
MDA
ⓘ
Optech Incorporated ⓘ |
| contributedBy | Canadian Space Agency ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| dataFormat |
altimetry profiles
ⓘ
gridded topographic maps ⓘ |
| dataProduct |
3D shape model of Bennu
ⓘ
digital terrain models of Bennu ⓘ global topographic maps of Bennu ⓘ |
| dataUsedBy |
OSIRIS-REx science team
ⓘ
linked to:
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
|
| fullName | OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter ⓘ |
| fundedBy | Canadian Space Agency ⓘ |
| hostMissionOperator |
Lockheed Martin Space
ⓘ
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
linked to:
Goddard Space Flight Center
|
| hostMissionType | sample return mission ⓘ |
| hostSpacecraftLaunchDate | 2016-09-08 ⓘ |
| hostSpacecraftLaunchSite |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
|
| hostSpacecraftLaunchVehicle | Atlas V 411 ⓘ |
| hostSpacecraftProgram |
NASA New Frontiers Program
ⓘ
linked to:
New Frontiers program
|
| measurementType |
range
ⓘ
shape model data ⓘ topography ⓘ |
| mission |
OSIRIS-REx mission
ⓘ
linked to:
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
|
| mountedOn |
OSIRIS-REx
ⓘ
linked to:
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
|
| operatedOn | asteroid Bennu ⓘ |
| operationalEnvironment |
asteroid proximity operations
ⓘ
deep space ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
to create detailed 3D maps of asteroid Bennu’s surface
ⓘ
to measure the shape of asteroid Bennu ⓘ to measure the topography of asteroid Bennu ⓘ to support navigation around asteroid Bennu ⓘ to support sample site selection on asteroid Bennu ⓘ |
| roleInMission |
supporting precise spacecraft navigation near Bennu
ⓘ
supporting selection of safe and scientifically valuable sampling sites ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
geodesy
ⓘ
geophysics ⓘ planetary geology ⓘ |
| spacecraft |
OSIRIS-REx
ⓘ
linked to:
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
|
| targetBody |
Bennu
ⓘ
linked to:
asteroid Bennu
|
| technology |
lidar
ⓘ
light detection and ranging ⓘ |
| usedByAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| usedFor |
characterizing Bennu’s surface roughness
ⓘ
improving Bennu’s gravity field models ⓘ refining Bennu’s mass and density estimates ⓘ |
| wavelengthType | laser ⓘ |
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: OLA Description of subject: OLA is a laser altimeter instrument on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft used to create detailed 3D maps of the asteroid Bennu’s surface.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.