UGC 9749
E539933
UGC 9749 is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy and satellite of the Milky Way located in the constellation Ursa Minor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UGC 9749 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5683833 — 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 9749 Context triple: [Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy, alternativeName, UGC 9749]
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A.
UGC 9240
UGC 9240 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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B.
UGC 9992
UGC 9992 is a relatively faint, dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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C.
UGC 9405
UGC 9405 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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D.
UGC 7298
UGC 7298 is a dwarf irregular galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major.
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E.
UGC 9128
UGC 9128 is a faint 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 9749 Target entity description: UGC 9749 is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy and satellite of the Milky Way located in the constellation Ursa Minor.
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A.
UGC 9240
UGC 9240 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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B.
UGC 9992
UGC 9992 is a relatively faint, dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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C.
UGC 9405
UGC 9405 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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D.
UGC 7298
UGC 7298 is a dwarf irregular galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major.
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E.
UGC 9128
UGC 9128 is a faint dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ |
| belongsToCatalog |
PGC
ⓘ
UGC ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
PGC 54074
ⓘ
UMi dSph ⓘ Ursa Minor Dwarf ⓘ
linked to:
Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy
Ursa Minor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ⓘ
linked to:
Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy
Ursa Minor I ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitude | faint ⓘ |
| hasConstellation | Ursa Minor ⓘ |
| hasGalaxyMorphologicalType | dSph ⓘ |
| hasGalaxyType | dwarf galaxy ⓘ |
| hasHostGalaxy | Milky Way ⓘ |
| hasLowSurfaceBrightness | true ⓘ |
| hasMetallicity | low ⓘ |
| hasStarFormationActivity | very low ⓘ |
| hasStellarPopulation | old ⓘ |
| isDarkMatterDominated | true ⓘ |
| isGasPoor | true ⓘ |
| isNearbyGalaxy | true ⓘ |
| isSatelliteGalaxyOf | Milky Way ⓘ |
| isVisibleFromEarth | Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Ursa Minor ⓘ |
| memberOf | Local Group ⓘ |
| orbits | Milky Way ⓘ |
| satelliteOf | Milky Way ⓘ |
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 9749 Description of subject: UGC 9749 is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy and satellite of the Milky Way located in the constellation Ursa Minor.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.