UGC 6253
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UGC 6253 is a faint, gas-poor dwarf spheroidal galaxy that orbits the Milky Way in the constellation Leo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| UGC 6253 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5129097 — 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 6253 Context triple: [Leo II Dwarf Galaxy, otherName, UGC 6253]
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A.
UGC 5336
UGC 5336 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
UGC 6541
UGC 6541 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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E.
UGC 6669
UGC 6669 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of 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 6253 Target entity description: UGC 6253 is a faint, gas-poor dwarf spheroidal galaxy that orbits the Milky Way in the constellation Leo.
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A.
UGC 5336
UGC 5336 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
UGC 6541
UGC 6541 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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E.
UGC 6669
UGC 6669 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ |
| catalog | UGC ⓘ |
| catalogIdentifier | UGC 6253 ⓘ |
| celestialObjectType | galaxy ⓘ |
| constellation | Leo ⓘ |
| darkMatterContent | dark-matter-dominated ⓘ |
| discoveryMethod | optical imaging surveys ⓘ |
| distanceReferenceFrame | near the Milky Way ⓘ |
| galaxyEnvironment | Local Group ⓘ |
| galaxyTypeGroup | dwarf galaxy ⓘ |
| gasContent | gas-poor ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Milky Way ⓘ |
| interstellarMedium | little or no cold gas ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | dSph ⓘ |
| orbitalRelation | orbits the Milky Way ⓘ |
| starFormationActivity | little or no current star formation ⓘ |
| stellarPopulation | dominated by old stars ⓘ |
| surfaceBrightness | low surface brightness ⓘ |
| visibility | faint ⓘ |
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 6253 Description of subject: UGC 6253 is a faint, gas-poor dwarf spheroidal galaxy that orbits the Milky Way in the constellation Leo.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.