Orion quadrilateral
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The Orion quadrilateral is a prominent four-star asterism in the constellation Orion that outlines the main body of the hunter figure in the night sky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Orion quadrilateral canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6094954 — 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: Orion quadrilateral Context triple: [Saiph, isCornerStarOf, Orion quadrilateral]
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A.
Teapot asterism
The Teapot asterism is a prominent star pattern in the constellation Sagittarius that resembles a teapot and is often used by stargazers as a guide to the center of the Milky Way.
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B.
Triangulum
Triangulum is a small northern constellation best known for containing the Triangulum Galaxy (M33), one of the closest spiral galaxies to the Milky Way.
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C.
Reticulum
Reticulum is a small, faint southern constellation named after a reticle or net, located near the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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D.
Kasterborous constellation
The Kasterborous constellation is a fictional region of space in the Doctor Who universe that contains the Time Lords’ home planet, Gallifrey.
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E.
Orion's Sword
Orion's Sword is the bright, nebulous region hanging from the constellation Orion's Belt, best known for containing the Orion Nebula and several prominent young stars.
- 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: Orion quadrilateral Target entity description: The Orion quadrilateral is a prominent four-star asterism in the constellation Orion that outlines the main body of the hunter figure in the night sky.
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A.
Teapot asterism
The Teapot asterism is a prominent star pattern in the constellation Sagittarius that resembles a teapot and is often used by stargazers as a guide to the center of the Milky Way.
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B.
Triangulum
Triangulum is a small northern constellation best known for containing the Triangulum Galaxy (M33), one of the closest spiral galaxies to the Milky Way.
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C.
Reticulum
Reticulum is a small, faint southern constellation named after a reticle or net, located near the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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D.
Kasterborous constellation
The Kasterborous constellation is a fictional region of space in the Doctor Who universe that contains the Time Lords’ home planet, Gallifrey.
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E.
Orion's Sword
Orion's Sword is the bright, nebulous region hanging from the constellation Orion's Belt, best known for containing the Orion Nebula and several prominent young stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
asterism
ⓘ
astronomical asterism ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Orion constellation pattern ⓘ |
| bestSeenIn |
evening sky
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winter ⓘ |
| containsStar |
Bellatrix
ⓘ
Betelgeuse ⓘ Rigel ⓘ Saiph ⓘ |
| hasBrightestStar | Rigel ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation | mythological hunter Orion ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStars | 4 ⓘ |
| hasSecondBrightestStar | Betelgeuse ⓘ |
| hasShape | quadrilateral ⓘ |
| hasStarType |
includes blue giant star Bellatrix
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includes blue supergiant star Rigel ⓘ includes blue supergiant star Saiph ⓘ includes red supergiant star Betelgeuse ⓘ |
| isPartOf | constellation figure of Orion ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Orion ⓘ |
| outlines | main body of the Orion hunter figure ⓘ |
| usedFor |
locating the constellation Orion
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orientation in amateur astronomy ⓘ |
| visibleFrom |
Northern Hemisphere
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linked to:
Northern Celestial Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
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: Orion quadrilateral Description of subject: The Orion quadrilateral is a prominent four-star asterism in the constellation Orion that outlines the main body of the hunter figure in the night sky.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.