SHERLOC
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SHERLOC is a spectroscopic instrument on NASA's Perseverance rover designed to detect and map organic compounds and minerals on the Martian surface.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SHERLOC canonical | 4 |
| Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals | 2 |
| SHERLOC instrument | 1 |
| SHERLOC instrument suite | 1 |
| SHERLOC spectrometer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T747461 — 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: SHERLOC Context triple: [Perseverance rover, hasInstrument, SHERLOC]
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A.
SuperCam
SuperCam is a remote-sensing instrument on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover that uses lasers, cameras, and spectrometers to analyze the composition of Martian rocks and soil from a distance.
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B.
ChemCam
ChemCam is a laser-based remote sensing instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used to analyze the chemical composition of Martian rocks and soil.
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C.
MAHLI
MAHLI is a high-resolution, focusable color camera on NASA's Curiosity rover used to capture detailed close-up images of Martian rocks, soil, and textures for geological analysis.
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D.
Perseverance rover
Perseverance rover is NASA's Mars rover designed to search for signs of ancient life, collect rock and soil samples, and test new technologies for future human exploration of the Red Planet.
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E.
Curiosity rover
Curiosity rover is a NASA Mars rover designed to explore the Gale Crater, study the planet’s climate and geology, and assess whether Mars ever had environmental conditions suitable for microbial life.
- 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: SHERLOC Target entity description: SHERLOC is a spectroscopic instrument on NASA's Perseverance rover designed to detect and map organic compounds and minerals on the Martian surface.
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A.
SuperCam
SuperCam is a remote-sensing instrument on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover that uses lasers, cameras, and spectrometers to analyze the composition of Martian rocks and soil from a distance.
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B.
ChemCam
ChemCam is a laser-based remote sensing instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used to analyze the chemical composition of Martian rocks and soil.
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C.
MAHLI
MAHLI is a high-resolution, focusable color camera on NASA's Curiosity rover used to capture detailed close-up images of Martian rocks, soil, and textures for geological analysis.
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D.
Perseverance rover
Perseverance rover is NASA's Mars rover designed to search for signs of ancient life, collect rock and soil samples, and test new technologies for future human exploration of the Red Planet.
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E.
Curiosity rover
Curiosity rover is a NASA Mars rover designed to explore the Gale Crater, study the planet’s climate and geology, and assess whether Mars ever had environmental conditions suitable for microbial life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mars rover instrument
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Raman spectrometer ⓘ fluorescence spectrometer ⓘ spectroscopic instrument ⓘ |
| acronymFor |
Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals
ⓘ
linked to:
SHERLOC
|
| coLocatedWith | WATSON camera ⓘ |
| dataUsedFor |
interpreting Martian geological history
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selecting samples for possible return to Earth ⓘ |
| developedBy |
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
ⓘ
linked to:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Johnson Space Center ⓘ
linked to:
Johnson Space Center
|
| fullName |
Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals
ⓘ
linked to:
SHERLOC
|
| hasAbbreviationStyle | backronym ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
autofocus and context imager
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calibration target ⓘ sample return target ⓘ spectrometer ⓘ ultraviolet laser ⓘ |
| hostRover | Perseverance ⓘ |
| hostRoverLandingDate | 2021-02-18 ⓘ |
| hostRoverLandingSite | Jezero Crater ⓘ |
| hostRoverLaunchDate | 2020-07-30 ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mars ⓘ |
| maps |
distribution of minerals in Martian rocks
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distribution of organics in Martian rocks ⓘ |
| missionAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| missionProgram |
NASA Mars Exploration Program
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linked to:
Mars Exploration Program
|
| mountedOn |
Perseverance rover
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Perseverance rover robotic arm turret ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Sherlock Holmes (by pun)
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linked to:
Holmes
|
| operatedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| partOfMission | Mars 2020 ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
characterize minerals on the Martian surface
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detect organic compounds on the Martian surface ⓘ map organic compounds on the Martian surface ⓘ |
| resolutionType | microscale mapping ⓘ |
| scientificGoal |
assess past habitability of Mars
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search for potential biosignatures ⓘ |
| spectralRange | deep ultraviolet ⓘ |
| supports | Mars sample caching strategy ⓘ |
| targetEnvironment |
Martian regolith
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Martian rocks ⓘ Martian surface ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
deep ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy
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deep ultraviolet fluorescence spectroscopy ⓘ |
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: SHERLOC Description of subject: SHERLOC is a spectroscopic instrument on NASA's Perseverance rover designed to detect and map organic compounds and minerals on the Martian surface.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
SHERLOC
→
fullName
→
Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals
ⓘ
linked to: SHERLOC
SHERLOC
→
acronymFor
→
Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals
ⓘ
linked to: SHERLOC
linked to: SHERLOC
linked to: SHERLOC
linked to: SHERLOC