Aludra
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Aludra is a bright blue supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major, known for its high luminosity and relatively short remaining lifespan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aludra canonical | 5 |
| Aludra (Eta Canis Majoris) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5259953 — 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: Aludra Context triple: [Canis Major, contains, Aludra]
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A.
Shaula
Shaula is a bright multiple-star system marking the stinger of the constellation Scorpius and is one of the most luminous stars visible to the naked eye.
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B.
Alnitak
Alnitak is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Orion, forming the easternmost star of the prominent asterism known as Orion’s Belt.
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C.
Aldebaran
Aldebaran is a bright orange giant star in the constellation Taurus, known as one of the most prominent stars in the night sky.
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D.
Alnilam
Alnilam is a bright blue supergiant star that forms the central and most luminous point of Orion’s Belt in the constellation Orion.
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E.
Canopus
Canopus was an ancient Egyptian coastal city near modern-day Alexandria, known as a major religious center and sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Isis.
- 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: Aludra Target entity description: Aludra is a bright blue supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major, known for its high luminosity and relatively short remaining lifespan.
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A.
Shaula
Shaula is a bright multiple-star system marking the stinger of the constellation Scorpius and is one of the most luminous stars visible to the naked eye.
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B.
Alnitak
Alnitak is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Orion, forming the easternmost star of the prominent asterism known as Orion’s Belt.
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C.
Aldebaran
Aldebaran is a bright orange giant star in the constellation Taurus, known as one of the most prominent stars in the night sky.
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D.
Alnilam
Alnilam is a bright blue supergiant star that forms the central and most luminous point of Orion’s Belt in the constellation Orion.
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E.
Canopus
Canopus was an ancient Egyptian coastal city near modern-day Alexandria, known as a major religious center and sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Isis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | star ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitudeV | approximately 2.45 ⓘ |
| hasBayerDesignation | Eta Canis Majoris ⓘ |
| hasColor | blue ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation | star in the Great Dog (Canis Major) ⓘ |
| hasEffectiveTemperature | hot ⓘ |
| hasEquatorialCoordinatesEpochJ2000 | in constellation Canis Major ⓘ |
| hasFlamsteedDesignation |
24 Canis Majoris
ⓘ
linked to:
Eta Canis Majoris
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| hasLuminosity | high luminosity ⓘ |
| hasLuminosityClass | Ia ⓘ |
| hasMass | several times the mass of the Sun ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning | meaning related to “the virgin” or “the maiden” in Arabic tradition ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | derived from Arabic ⓘ |
| hasProperName | Aludra ⓘ |
| hasRadius | much larger than the Sun ⓘ |
| hasRemainingLifespan | relatively short ⓘ |
| hasSpectralType | B5Ia ⓘ |
| hasStellarEvolutionStage | late evolutionary stage ⓘ |
| hasVariabilityType | suspected variable star ⓘ |
| isOneOfBrightestStarsIn | Canis Major ⓘ |
| isPartOfAsterism | Canis Major constellation pattern ⓘ |
| isUsedFor | stellar evolution studies of massive stars ⓘ |
| isVisibleToNakedEye | true ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Canis Major ⓘ |
| willEndAs | core-collapse supernova candidate ⓘ |
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: Aludra Description of subject: Aludra is a bright blue supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major, known for its high luminosity and relatively short remaining lifespan.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.