ω Herculis
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ω Herculis is a star located in the constellation Hercules, visible from Earth as part of that northern sky star pattern.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ω Herculis canonical | 2 |
| Omega Herculis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11376988 — 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: ω Herculis Context triple: [Hercules, hasStar, ω Herculis]
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A.
ρ Herculis
ρ Herculis is a multiple-star system in the constellation Hercules, visible to the naked eye and known for its bright, closely spaced stellar components.
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B.
α Herculis
α Herculis is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Hercules, dominated by a luminous red giant visible to the naked eye.
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C.
ζ Herculis
ζ Herculis is a bright binary star system in the constellation Hercules, visible to the naked eye and composed of two closely orbiting Sun-like stars.
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D.
γ Herculis
γ Herculis is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Hercules, visible to the naked eye and notable as one of the constellation’s principal stars.
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E.
δ Herculis
δ Herculis is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Hercules, visible to the naked eye and commonly used as a reference point in the northern sky.
- 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: ω Herculis Target entity description: ω Herculis is a star located in the constellation Hercules, visible from Earth as part of that northern sky star pattern.
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A.
ρ Herculis
ρ Herculis is a multiple-star system in the constellation Hercules, visible to the naked eye and known for its bright, closely spaced stellar components.
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B.
α Herculis
α Herculis is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Hercules, dominated by a luminous red giant visible to the naked eye.
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C.
ζ Herculis
ζ Herculis is a bright binary star system in the constellation Hercules, visible to the naked eye and composed of two closely orbiting Sun-like stars.
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D.
γ Herculis
γ Herculis is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Hercules, visible to the naked eye and notable as one of the constellation’s principal stars.
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E.
δ Herculis
δ Herculis is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Hercules, visible to the naked eye and commonly used as a reference point in the northern sky.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
star
ⓘ
stellar object ⓘ |
| belongsTo | constellation Hercules ⓘ |
| celestialCategory | star in the constellation Hercules ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| constellation | Hercules ⓘ |
| hasBayerDesignation |
Omega Herculis
ⓘ
linked to:
ω Herculis
ω Herculis ⓘ |
| hasConstellationAbbreviation | Her ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Hercules ⓘ |
| memberOf | Milky Way ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hercules star pattern
ⓘ
linked to:
constellation Hercules
|
| visibleFrom | Earth ⓘ |
| visibleIn | northern sky ⓘ |
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: ω Herculis Description of subject: ω Herculis is a star located in the constellation Hercules, visible from Earth as part of that northern sky star pattern.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: ω Herculis