Kibo laboratory
E259984
The Kibo laboratory is Japan's primary science module on the International Space Station, designed for a wide range of microgravity experiments and technology demonstrations.
All labels observed (12)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2372722 — 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: Kibo laboratory Context triple: [Canadarm2, supportsModule, Kibo laboratory]
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A.
Wentian laboratory module
The Wentian laboratory module is a major science and experiment module of China’s Tiangong space station, designed to support microgravity research and enhance the station’s living and working capabilities.
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B.
Mengtian laboratory module
The Mengtian laboratory module is a Chinese space station component dedicated to scientific research and experiments as part of the Tiangong orbital complex.
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C.
DSX (Demonstration and Science Experiments) spacecraft
The DSX (Demonstration and Science Experiments) spacecraft is a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory mission designed to study the effects of the space environment on spacecraft components and technologies in medium Earth orbit.
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D.
Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
The Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module is an Italian-built pressurized cargo module used by NASA to transport supplies, equipment, and experiments between Earth and the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle missions.
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E.
Hayabusa spacecraft
The Hayabusa spacecraft was a Japanese robotic mission that became the first to return samples from an asteroid to Earth, significantly advancing planetary science and sample-return technology.
- 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: Kibo laboratory Target entity description: The Kibo laboratory is Japan's primary science module on the International Space Station, designed for a wide range of microgravity experiments and technology demonstrations.
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A.
Wentian laboratory module
The Wentian laboratory module is a major science and experiment module of China’s Tiangong space station, designed to support microgravity research and enhance the station’s living and working capabilities.
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B.
Mengtian laboratory module
The Mengtian laboratory module is a Chinese space station component dedicated to scientific research and experiments as part of the Tiangong orbital complex.
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C.
DSX (Demonstration and Science Experiments) spacecraft
The DSX (Demonstration and Science Experiments) spacecraft is a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory mission designed to study the effects of the space environment on spacecraft components and technologies in medium Earth orbit.
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D.
Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
The Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module is an Italian-built pressurized cargo module used by NASA to transport supplies, equipment, and experiments between Earth and the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle missions.
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E.
Hayabusa spacecraft
The Hayabusa spacecraft was a Japanese robotic mission that became the first to return samples from an asteroid to Earth, significantly advancing planetary science and sample-return technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
International Space Station module
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science laboratory module ⓘ |
| abbreviation | JEM ⓘ |
| agencyProgram |
International Space Station program
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Japanese Experiment Module program ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Japanese Experiment Module
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Kibo ⓘ |
| attachedTo | Harmony module ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| environment | microgravity ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Japanese Experiment Module Remote Manipulator System
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Kibo laboratory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kibo Exposed Facility
Kibo Logistics Module - Exposed Section ⓘ Kibo Pressurized Module ⓘ
surface form:
Kibo Logistics Module - Pressurized Section
Kibo Pressurized Module ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
airlock for payload transfer
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external experiment platforms ⓘ robotic arm for payload handling ⓘ standardized experiment racks ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| launchProgram |
NASA Space Shuttle program
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surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Space Shuttle Discovery
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Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | hope ⓘ |
| moduleConfiguration |
exposed facility
ⓘ
logistics module ⓘ pressurized module ⓘ remote manipulator system ⓘ |
| operator |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
ⓘ
surface form:
JAXA
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ |
| orbit | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| partOf | International Space Station ⓘ |
| powerSource | International Space Station power system ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
fluid physics experiments
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life sciences experiments ⓘ materials science experiments ⓘ microgravity research ⓘ space environment observation ⓘ technology demonstration ⓘ |
| scienceDiscipline |
biology
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fluid dynamics ⓘ materials science ⓘ medicine ⓘ space science ⓘ |
| user |
Japanese researchers
ⓘ
international research community ⓘ |
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: Kibo laboratory Description of subject: The Kibo laboratory is Japan's primary science module on the International Space Station, designed for a wide range of microgravity experiments and technology demonstrations.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Japanese Experiment Module (JEM)
this entity surface form:
Kibo laboratory operations
this entity surface form:
Kibo Japanese Experiment Module
subject surface form:
Harmony
this entity surface form:
Kibo Pressurized Module
subject surface form:
Harmony
this entity surface form:
Japanese Kibo laboratory
this entity surface form:
Kibo Japanese Experiment Logistics Module
this entity surface form:
Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Pressurized Section (JEM-PM)
this entity surface form:
Kibo laboratory assembly
this entity surface form:
Kibo Exposed Facility
this entity surface form:
Kibo Laboratory Module
this entity surface form:
Kibo module
this entity surface form:
Kibo Exposed Facility