IRS
E906762
IRS is a series of Indian Earth observation satellites used primarily for resource monitoring, environmental management, and national development applications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IRS canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11146104 — 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: IRS Context triple: [Indian Remote Sensing satellite series, abbreviation, IRS]
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A.
Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service is the U.S. federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing the nation’s tax laws and collecting federal taxes.
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B.
Agenzia delle Entrate
Agenzia delle Entrate is Italy’s national tax authority responsible for administering and enforcing the country’s tax system and related fiscal services.
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C.
IRS Records
IRS Records was an independent record label best known for promoting influential alternative and new wave bands in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
Servicio de Impuestos Internos
Servicio de Impuestos Internos is Chile’s national tax authority responsible for administering and enforcing the country’s tax laws and regulations.
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E.
IRA
The IRA (Irish Republican Army) is a paramilitary organization that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unify Ireland, known for its armed campaign including bombings and other attacks during the Troubles.
- 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: IRS Target entity description: IRS is a series of Indian Earth observation satellites used primarily for resource monitoring, environmental management, and national development applications.
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A.
Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service is the U.S. federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing the nation’s tax laws and collecting federal taxes.
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B.
Agenzia delle Entrate
Agenzia delle Entrate is Italy’s national tax authority responsible for administering and enforcing the country’s tax system and related fiscal services.
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C.
IRS Records
IRS Records was an independent record label best known for promoting influential alternative and new wave bands in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
Servicio de Impuestos Internos
Servicio de Impuestos Internos is Chile’s national tax authority responsible for administering and enforcing the country’s tax laws and regulations.
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E.
IRA
IRA is the ICAO airline designator used in international aviation to identify Iran Air.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earth observation satellite series
ⓘ
Indian satellite programme ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
Indian Remote Sensing
ⓘ
linked to:
Indian Remote Sensing satellite series
|
| application |
agricultural monitoring
ⓘ
coastal zone studies ⓘ disaster management support ⓘ environmental impact assessment ⓘ forestry monitoring ⓘ land use and land cover mapping ⓘ urban planning ⓘ water resources management ⓘ |
| contributesTo | national resource management in India ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| dataType |
hyperspectral imagery
ⓘ
microwave remote sensing data ⓘ multispectral imagery ⓘ panchromatic imagery ⓘ |
| firstSatellite | IRS-1A ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Cartosat-1
ⓘ
linked to:
Cartosat series satellites
Cartosat-2 ⓘ
linked to:
Cartosat series satellites
Cartosat-2A ⓘ
linked to:
Cartosat series satellites
Cartosat-2B ⓘ
linked to:
Cartosat series satellites
IRS-1A ⓘ IRS-1B ⓘ IRS-1C ⓘ IRS-1D ⓘ IRS-P2 ⓘ IRS-P3 ⓘ IRS-P4 ⓘ IRS-P5 ⓘ IRS-P6 ⓘ Oceansat-1 ⓘ Oceansat-2 ⓘ RISAT-1 ⓘ
linked to:
RISAT series satellites
RISAT-2 ⓘ
linked to:
RISAT series satellites
Resourcesat-1 ⓘ Resourcesat-2 ⓘ |
| launchAgency | Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Vostok rocket
ⓘ
linked to:
Vostok-L rocket
|
| operator | Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| orbitType |
Sun-synchronous orbit
ⓘ
near-polar orbit ⓘ |
| purpose |
environmental management
ⓘ
national development applications ⓘ resource monitoring ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | IRS satellite bus ⓘ |
| startOfProgram | 1988 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Indian government agencies
ⓘ
commercial users ⓘ research institutions ⓘ |
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: IRS Description of subject: IRS is a series of Indian Earth observation satellites used primarily for resource monitoring, environmental management, and national development applications.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.