Lynx
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Lynx is a faint, northern constellation introduced by Johannes Hevelius, located between Ursa Major and Auriga in the night sky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lynx canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5573233 — 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: Lynx Context triple: [Gemini, borderedBy, Lynx]
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A.
Lynx
Lynx is a high-speed serial computer bus interface standard, better known as IEEE 1394 or FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices.
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B.
Eurasian lynx
The Eurasian lynx is a medium-sized wild cat native to European and Siberian forests, recognizable by its tufted ears, short tail, and spotted coat, and is one of the continent’s top predators.
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C.
Bobcat
Bobcat is the wild feline species that serves as the official mascot of New York University and is known for its agility and adaptability across North America.
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D.
Sable
Sable is a former professional wrestling valet, model, and WWE Diva best known for her prominent role in the WWF/WWE during the late 1990s.
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E.
Sable
Sable is a shy, hard-working hedgehog in the Animal Crossing series who runs the Able Sisters tailor shop and gradually opens up to the player through daily conversations.
- 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: Lynx Target entity description: Lynx is a faint, northern constellation introduced by Johannes Hevelius, located between Ursa Major and Auriga in the night sky.
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A.
Lynx
Lynx is a high-speed serial computer bus interface standard, better known as IEEE 1394 or FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices.
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B.
Eurasian lynx
The Eurasian lynx is a medium-sized wild cat native to European and Siberian forests, recognizable by its tufted ears, short tail, and spotted coat, and is one of the continent’s top predators.
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C.
Bobcat
Bobcat is the wild feline species that serves as the official mascot of New York University and is known for its agility and adaptability across North America.
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D.
Sable
Sable is a former professional wrestling valet, model, and WWE Diva best known for her prominent role in the WWF/WWE during the late 1990s.
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E.
Sable
Sable is a shy, hard-working hedgehog in the Animal Crossing series who runs the Able Sisters tailor shop and gradually opens up to the player through daily conversations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical constellation
ⓘ
constellation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Lyn ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Johannes Hevelius’s star atlas Firmamentum Sobiescianum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | approximately 545 ⓘ |
| bestViewingMonth | February ⓘ |
| brightestStar | Alpha Lyncis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStarApparentMagnitude | about 3.1 ⓘ |
| constellationType | zodiacal constellation ⓘ |
| containsBrightStar | Alpha Lyncis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsDeepSkyObject |
Abell 569
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC 2273 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2419 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2537 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2683 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2770 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsGalaxy |
NGC 2537
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC 2683 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2770 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsGlobularCluster | NGC 2419 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsOpenCluster | NGC 2419 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsStar |
31 Lyncis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
38 Lyncis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinationRange | approximately +32 degrees to +61 degrees ⓘ |
| family | Ursa Major family of constellations ⓘ |
| genitiveForm | Lyncis ⓘ |
| hemisphere | northern ⓘ |
| IAUApprovalYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| IAUConstellation | true ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Johannes Hevelius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1687 ⓘ |
| liesAdjacentTo |
Auriga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Camelopardalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Cancer NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Ursa Major NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liesBetween |
Auriga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ursa Major NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| namedAfter | lynx (wild cat) ⓘ |
| rankByArea | 28 ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | approximately 6 hours to 9 hours ⓘ |
| visibility | faint ⓘ |
| visibleAtLatitudesBetween |
+90 degrees
ⓘ
-55 degrees ⓘ |
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: Lynx Description of subject: Lynx is a faint, northern constellation introduced by Johannes Hevelius, located between Ursa Major and Auriga in the night sky.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.