UGC 6850
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UGC 6850 is a dwarf galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UGC 6850 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4531681 — 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 6850 Context triple: [M81 Group, containsGalaxy, UGC 6850]
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A.
UGC 6669
UGC 6669 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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B.
UGC 6456
UGC 6456 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major and is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies.
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C.
UGC 6549
UGC 6549 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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D.
UGC 5666
UGC 5666 is a dwarf irregular galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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E.
UGC 6541
UGC 6541 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
- 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 6850 Target entity description: UGC 6850 is a dwarf galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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A.
UGC 6669
UGC 6669 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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B.
UGC 6456
UGC 6456 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major and is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies.
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C.
UGC 6549
UGC 6549 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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D.
UGC 5666
UGC 5666 is a dwarf irregular galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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E.
UGC 6541
UGC 6541 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dwarf galaxy
ⓘ
galaxy ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Ursa Major sky area
ⓘ
linked to:
Ursa Major
|
| catalog | UGC ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | 6850 ⓘ |
| groupMembership |
M81 Group of galaxies
ⓘ
linked to:
M81 Group
|
| hasEnvironment | group environment ⓘ |
| hasGasContent | interstellar gas typical of dwarf galaxies ⓘ |
| hasLuminosity | low luminosity typical of dwarf galaxies ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | dwarf galaxy ⓘ |
| hasRedshift | low redshift typical of nearby galaxies ⓘ |
| hasSize | small physical size typical of dwarf galaxies ⓘ |
| hasStarFormation | star formation activity typical of dwarf galaxies ⓘ |
| hasStellarMass | low stellar mass typical of dwarf galaxies ⓘ |
| isNeighborOf |
M81
ⓘ
linked to:
Messier 81
M82 ⓘ
linked to:
Messier 82
NGC 3077 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ursa Major constellation region
ⓘ
linked to:
Ursa Major
|
| locatedInConstellation | Ursa Major ⓘ |
| memberOf | M81 Group ⓘ |
| observedIn |
optical wavelengths
ⓘ
radio wavelengths ⓘ |
| partOf |
local universe
ⓘ
nearby galaxy groups ⓘ |
| visibleInHemisphere | northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
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 6850 Description of subject: UGC 6850 is a dwarf galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.