UGC 11861
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UGC 11861 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Draco and is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UGC 11861 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4531693 — 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: UGC 11861 Context triple: [M81 Group, containsGalaxy, UGC 11861]
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A.
Baade U
Baade U is a small lunar impact crater that forms one of the satellite craters surrounding the larger Baade crater on the Moon’s surface.
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B.
IC 1613
IC 1613 is a dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation Cetus and a member of the Local Group, notable for its low dust content and use in calibrating the cosmic distance scale.
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C.
Baade X
Baade X is a minor lunar impact crater located near the larger crater Baade on the Moon’s far side.
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D.
Andromeda X
Andromeda X is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy within the Local Group.
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E.
IC 1848 (Soul Nebula)
IC 1848, commonly known as the Soul Nebula, is a large emission nebula and star-forming region in the constellation Cassiopeia, often photographed together with the nearby Heart Nebula.
- 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: UGC 11861 Target entity description: UGC 11861 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Draco and is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies.
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A.
Baade U
Baade U is a small lunar impact crater that forms one of the satellite craters surrounding the larger Baade crater on the Moon’s surface.
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B.
IC 1613
IC 1613 is a dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation Cetus and a member of the Local Group, notable for its low dust content and use in calibrating the cosmic distance scale.
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C.
Baade X
Baade X is a minor lunar impact crater located near the larger crater Baade on the Moon’s far side.
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D.
Andromeda X
Andromeda X is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy within the Local Group.
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E.
IC 1848 (Soul Nebula)
IC 1848, commonly known as the Soul Nebula, is a large emission nebula and star-forming region in the constellation Cassiopeia, often photographed together with the nearby Heart Nebula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
galaxy
ⓘ
spiral galaxy ⓘ |
| alternativeName | UGC 11861 ⓘ |
| catalog | UGC ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | 11861 ⓘ |
| constellation | Draco ⓘ |
| galaxyType | spiral galaxy ⓘ |
| groupMembership |
M81 Group of galaxies
ⓘ
linked to:
M81 Group
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| locatedIn |
M81 Group
ⓘ
constellation Draco ⓘ |
| memberOf | M81 Group ⓘ |
| partOf |
local universe
ⓘ
nearby galaxy group ⓘ |
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: UGC 11861 Description of subject: UGC 11861 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Draco and is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.