Dream
E140904
Dream, also known as Luna 1, is a Soviet space probe launched in 1959 that became the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to enter a heliocentric orbit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dream canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1236064 — 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: Dream Context triple: [Luna 1, alsoKnownAs, Dream]
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A.
Dream
Dream is a monumental outdoor sculpture by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, depicting the serene, elongated head of a young girl in a meditative pose.
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B.
Dreams
"Dreams" is a song from John Legend’s 2013 R&B album *Love in the Future*, known for its smooth, romantic production and soulful vocals.
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C.
Le Rêve
Le Rêve is a 1888 novel by Émile Zola that departs from his usual gritty naturalism to tell a more lyrical, dreamlike story of a young orphan girl’s idealized love and religious devotion.
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D.
Le Rêve – The Dream
Le Rêve – The Dream is an aquatic-themed, acrobatic stage production known for its surreal, dreamlike visuals and intimate theater-in-the-round setting at Wynn Las Vegas.
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E.
Just a Dream
"Just a Dream" is a 2010 pop-rap ballad by American rapper Nelly that reflects on lost love and regret and became one of his most commercially successful singles.
- 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: Dream Target entity description: Dream, also known as Luna 1, is a Soviet space probe launched in 1959 that became the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to enter a heliocentric orbit.
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A.
Dream
Dream is a monumental outdoor sculpture by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, depicting the serene, elongated head of a young girl in a meditative pose.
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B.
Dreams
"Dreams" is a song from John Legend’s 2013 R&B album *Love in the Future*, known for its smooth, romantic production and soulful vocals.
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C.
Le Rêve
Le Rêve is a 1888 novel by Émile Zola that departs from his usual gritty naturalism to tell a more lyrical, dreamlike story of a young orphan girl’s idealized love and religious devotion.
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D.
Le Rêve – The Dream
Le Rêve – The Dream is an aquatic-themed, acrobatic stage production known for its surreal, dreamlike visuals and intimate theater-in-the-round setting at Wynn Las Vegas.
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E.
Just a Dream
"Just a Dream" is a 2010 pop-rap ballad by American rapper Nelly that reflects on lost love and regret and became one of his most commercially successful singles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet spacecraft
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space probe ⓘ uncrewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Luna 1 ⓘ |
| carriedInstrument |
Geiger counter
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gas-discharge counter ⓘ ion trap ⓘ magnetometer ⓘ micrometeorite detector ⓘ scintillation counter ⓘ |
| closestApproachDistance | about 6000 km from Moon surface ⓘ |
| closestApproachTarget | Moon ⓘ |
| communicationBand | radio ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| destination | Moon vicinity ⓘ |
| escapeVelocityAchieved | true ⓘ |
| finalOrbit | heliocentric orbit ⓘ |
| first |
first spacecraft to enter heliocentric orbit
ⓘ
first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon ⓘ |
| heliocentricOrbitRegion | between orbits of Earth and Mars ⓘ |
| heliocentricOrbitType | elliptical orbit around the Sun ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early milestone in space exploration
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first man-made object to achieve escape velocity from Earth ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1959-01-02 ⓘ |
| launchFailureDetail | missed intended lunar impact due to guidance error ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
ⓘ
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5 ⓘ
linked to:
Baikonur Cosmodrome
|
| launchVehicle | Vostok-L rocket ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| mass | approximately 361 kg ⓘ |
| missionType |
lunar flyby
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planetary probe ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| objective |
measure solar wind
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study Earth’s radiation belts ⓘ study cosmic rays ⓘ study interplanetary space ⓘ |
| operator |
Soviet Union
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Soviet space program ⓘ |
| periapsisTarget | Moon ⓘ |
| powerSource | chemical batteries ⓘ |
| program |
Luna program
ⓘ
linked to:
Luna programme
|
| result |
confirmed existence of solar wind
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measured intensity of cosmic radiation in interplanetary space ⓘ provided data on Earth’s magnetic field extent ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| spacecraftBusShape | spherical ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Dream Description of subject: Dream, also known as Luna 1, is a Soviet space probe launched in 1959 that became the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to enter a heliocentric orbit.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.