Gliese 71
E653630
Gliese 71 is a nearby Sun-like star in the constellation Cetus that serves as the host star for the exoplanet Tau Ceti e.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gliese 71 canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7272858 — 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: Gliese 71 Context triple: [Tau Ceti e, catalogDesignationOfHostStar, Gliese 71]
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A.
HIP 60718
HIP 60718 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alpha Crucis, the brightest star in the Southern Cross constellation.
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B.
HIP 61173
HIP 61173 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Gamma Crucis, a bright red giant star in the constellation Crux.
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C.
HIP 44127
HIP 44127 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alpha Cancri, a multiple star system in the constellation Cancer.
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D.
Epsilon Microscopii
Epsilon Microscopii is a relatively bright star located in the southern constellation Microscopium.
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E.
Gamma Eridani
Gamma Eridani, traditionally known as Zaurak, is a red giant star in the constellation Eridanus visible to the naked eye.
- 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: Gliese 71 Target entity description: Gliese 71 is a nearby Sun-like star in the constellation Cetus that serves as the host star for the exoplanet Tau Ceti e.
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A.
HIP 60718
HIP 60718 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alpha Crucis, the brightest star in the Southern Cross constellation.
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B.
HIP 61173
HIP 61173 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Gamma Crucis, a bright red giant star in the constellation Crux.
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C.
HIP 44127
HIP 44127 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alpha Cancri, a multiple star system in the constellation Cancer.
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D.
Epsilon Microscopii
Epsilon Microscopii is a relatively bright star located in the southern constellation Microscopium.
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E.
Gamma Eridani
Gamma Eridani, traditionally known as Zaurak, is a red giant star in the constellation Eridanus visible to the naked eye.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (7)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
exoplanet
ⓘ
star ⓘ |
| constellation | Cetus ⓘ |
| hostOf | Tau Ceti e ⓘ |
| hostStar | Gliese 71 ⓘ |
| isNearby | Sun ⓘ |
| spectralType | G-type main-sequence star ⓘ |
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: Gliese 71 Description of subject: Gliese 71 is a nearby Sun-like star in the constellation Cetus that serves as the host star for the exoplanet Tau Ceti e.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.