Baily's beads
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Baily's beads are the bright points of sunlight that briefly shine through the Moon’s valleys along its edge just before and after totality during a solar eclipse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Baily's beads canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14952299 — 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: Baily's beads Context triple: [Francis Baily, knownFor, Baily's beads]
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A.
Bólides
Bólides are a series of experimental, interactive artworks by Hélio Oiticica that invite viewers to manipulate colorful, often box-like structures, blurring the line between art object and participatory experience.
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B.
Occultation
Occultation is a central Twelver Shia belief that the twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, is alive but hidden from public view and will reappear at the end of times to establish justice.
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C.
Aurorae
Aurorae is a customizable window decoration engine for the KDE Plasma desktop that allows users to create and apply themed window borders and titlebars.
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D.
Arago ring
The Arago ring is a faint, narrow planetary ring encircling Neptune, named after the French astronomer François Arago.
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E.
Los Gemelos craters
Los Gemelos craters are a pair of large volcanic sinkholes in the highlands of Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos, known for their lush Scalesia forest and birdwatching opportunities.
- 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: Baily's beads Target entity description: Baily's beads are the bright points of sunlight that briefly shine through the Moon’s valleys along its edge just before and after totality during a solar eclipse.
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A.
Bólides
Bólides are a series of experimental, interactive artworks by Hélio Oiticica that invite viewers to manipulate colorful, often box-like structures, blurring the line between art object and participatory experience.
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B.
Occultation
Occultation is a central Twelver Shia belief that the twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, is alive but hidden from public view and will reappear at the end of times to establish justice.
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C.
Aurorae
Aurorae is a customizable window decoration engine for the KDE Plasma desktop that allows users to create and apply themed window borders and titlebars.
-
D.
Arago ring
The Arago ring is a faint, narrow planetary ring encircling Neptune, named after the French astronomer François Arago.
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E.
Los Gemelos craters
Los Gemelos craters are a pair of large volcanic sinkholes in the highlands of Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos, known for their lush Scalesia forest and birdwatching opportunities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.