NGC 4631 Group
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The NGC 4631 Group is a small nearby galaxy group dominated by the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 4631 (the Whale Galaxy), located in the constellation Canes Venatici.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| NGC 4631 Group canonical | 1 |
| NGC 4631 galaxy group | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6016017 — 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: NGC 4631 Group Context triple: [Virgo Supercluster, contains, NGC 4631 Group]
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A.
M81 Group
The M81 Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major, dominated by the large spiral galaxy Messier 81 and known for its interacting members and active star formation.
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B.
NGC 1023 Group
The NGC 1023 Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Perseus, notable as one of the closest galaxy groups to the Local Group and a member of the larger Virgo Supercluster.
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C.
Centaurus A/M83 Group
The Centaurus A/M83 Group is a nearby galaxy group dominated by the massive galaxies Centaurus A and Messier 83, forming one of the closest large-scale neighbors to our own galactic neighborhood.
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D.
NGC 4536
NGC 4536 is a barred spiral galaxy notable for its active star formation and location in the constellation Virgo.
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E.
NGC 4461
NGC 4461 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
- 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: NGC 4631 Group Target entity description: The NGC 4631 Group is a small nearby galaxy group dominated by the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 4631 (the Whale Galaxy), located in the constellation Canes Venatici.
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A.
M81 Group
The M81 Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major, dominated by the large spiral galaxy Messier 81 and known for its interacting members and active star formation.
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B.
NGC 1023 Group
The NGC 1023 Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Perseus, notable as one of the closest galaxy groups to the Local Group and a member of the larger Virgo Supercluster.
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C.
Centaurus A/M83 Group
The Centaurus A/M83 Group is a nearby galaxy group dominated by the massive galaxies Centaurus A and Messier 83, forming one of the closest large-scale neighbors to our own galactic neighborhood.
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D.
NGC 4536
NGC 4536 is a barred spiral galaxy notable for its active star formation and location in the constellation Virgo.
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E.
NGC 4461
NGC 4461 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (100)
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: NGC 4631 Group Description of subject: The NGC 4631 Group is a small nearby galaxy group dominated by the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 4631 (the Whale Galaxy), located in the constellation Canes Venatici.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: NGC 4631 Group