Astrolabe
E537880
Astrolabe was a French naval exploration ship of the late 18th century, notably used in Pacific voyages of discovery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Astrolabe canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5660232 — 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: Astrolabe Context triple: [Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, commandedShip, Astrolabe]
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A.
Sextant
Sextant is a 1971 jazz fusion album by Herbie Hancock that marked his transition into more experimental, electronic sounds.
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B.
Orbis
Orbis is Yale University Library’s online catalog system that provides access to its extensive collections of books, media, and other resources.
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C.
Muse of celestial navigation
The Muse of celestial navigation is Urania, the Greek muse who presides over astronomy and the study of the stars.
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D.
Sidereal Messenger
Sidereal Messenger is the English title of Galileo Galilei’s groundbreaking 1610 astronomical treatise that first reported telescopic observations of the Moon, stars, and Jupiter’s moons.
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E.
Atlas Eclipticalis
Atlas Eclipticalis is a large-scale orchestral composition by John Cage that employs chance operations and graphic notation to create an open, indeterminate musical structure.
- 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: Astrolabe Target entity description: Astrolabe was a French naval exploration ship of the late 18th century, notably used in Pacific voyages of discovery.
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A.
Sextant
Sextant is a 1971 jazz fusion album by Herbie Hancock that marked his transition into more experimental, electronic sounds.
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B.
Orbis
Orbis is Yale University Library’s online catalog system that provides access to its extensive collections of books, media, and other resources.
-
C.
Muse of celestial navigation
The Muse of celestial navigation is Urania, the Greek muse who presides over astronomy and the study of the stars.
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D.
Sidereal Messenger
Sidereal Messenger is the English title of Galileo Galilei’s groundbreaking 1610 astronomical treatise that first reported telescopic observations of the Moon, stars, and Jupiter’s moons.
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E.
Atlas Eclipticalis
Atlas Eclipticalis is a large-scale orchestral composition by John Cage that employs chance operations and graphic notation to create an open, indeterminate musical structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French naval ship
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exploration ship ⓘ sailing ship ⓘ |
| constructionLocationCountry | France ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| flag | France ⓘ |
| geographicFocusOfExploration | Pacific region ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Age of Discovery
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linked to:
Age of Exploration
Age of Sail ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Navy ⓘ |
| navalService | French Navy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
French naval exploration in the Pacific
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Pacific voyages of discovery ⓘ |
| operatedBy | French Navy ⓘ |
| operatingArea | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail-powered ⓘ |
| serviceEntryPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| shipRole |
exploration vessel
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survey vessel ⓘ |
| timeInService |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Pacific exploration
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exploration ⓘ voyages of discovery ⓘ |
| vesselType | naval exploration ship ⓘ |
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: Astrolabe Description of subject: Astrolabe was a French naval exploration ship of the late 18th century, notably used in Pacific voyages of discovery.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.