Chang’e 5
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Chang’e 5 is a Chinese robotic lunar mission that successfully collected and returned samples from the Moon to Earth in 2020.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chang’e 5 canonical | 5 |
| Chang'e 5 | 3 |
| Chang'e 5 lunar sample return mission | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9889992 — 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: Chang’e 5 Context triple: [Chang’e lunar exploration program, componentMission, Chang’e 5]
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A.
Chang’e 4
Chang’e 4 is a Chinese lunar mission best known for achieving the first soft landing and rover exploration on the far side of the Moon.
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B.
Tianwen-1
Tianwen-1 is China’s first interplanetary mission, consisting of an orbiter, lander, and rover sent to study Mars from orbit and on the surface.
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C.
Chang’e 3
Chang’e 3 is a Chinese lunar exploration mission that successfully soft-landed on the Moon in 2013 and deployed the Yutu rover to conduct surface and astronomical observations.
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D.
Tianwen-3
Tianwen-3 is a planned Chinese robotic mission aimed at collecting and returning samples from Mars to Earth as part of China’s broader Tianwen planetary exploration program.
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E.
Luna 20
Luna 20 was a Soviet robotic lunar sample-return mission that successfully collected and returned soil from the Moon’s surface in 1972.
- 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: Chang’e 5 Target entity description: Chang’e 5 is a Chinese robotic lunar mission that successfully collected and returned samples from the Moon to Earth in 2020.
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A.
Chang’e 4
Chang’e 4 is a Chinese lunar mission best known for achieving the first soft landing and rover exploration on the far side of the Moon.
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B.
Tianwen-1
Tianwen-1 is China’s first interplanetary mission, consisting of an orbiter, lander, and rover sent to study Mars from orbit and on the surface.
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C.
Chang’e 3
Chang’e 3 is a Chinese lunar exploration mission that successfully soft-landed on the Moon in 2013 and deployed the Yutu rover to conduct surface and astronomical observations.
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D.
Tianwen-3
Tianwen-3 is a planned Chinese robotic mission aimed at collecting and returning samples from Mars to Earth as part of China’s broader Tianwen planetary exploration program.
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E.
Luna 20
Luna 20 was a Soviet robotic lunar sample-return mission that successfully collected and returned soil from the Moon’s surface in 1972.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese space mission
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lunar sample-return mission ⓘ robotic spacecraft ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| EarthLandingCountry | China ⓘ |
| EarthLandingSite | Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia ⓘ |
| EarthReturnDate | 2020-12-16 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Chang’e 6 ⓘ |
| landingBody | Moon ⓘ |
| landingDate | 2020-12-01 ⓘ |
| landingRegion | Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ |
| landingSite |
Mons Rümker region
ⓘ
linked to:
Procellarum region
northern Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ
linked to:
Oceanus Procellarum
|
| launchDate | 2020-11-23 ⓘ |
| launchPad | LC-101 Wenchang ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
ⓘ
linked to:
Wenchang Space Launch Site
Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site ⓘ
linked to:
Wenchang Space Launch Site
|
| launchVehicle | Long March 5 ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
collect lunar samples
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conduct in-situ analysis of lunar surface ⓘ demonstrate high-speed Earth reentry ⓘ demonstrate lunar ascent and rendezvous technologies ⓘ return lunar samples to Earth ⓘ |
| missionType |
sample-return
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uncrewed lunar mission ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first Chinese mission to return samples from an extraterrestrial body
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first lunar sample-return mission since Luna 24 ⓘ returned youngest lunar basalt samples collected so far ⓘ |
| operator | China National Space Administration ⓘ |
| orbitType | lunar orbit ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chang’e program
ⓘ
linked to:
Chang’e lunar exploration program
Chinese Lunar Exploration Program ⓘ
linked to:
Chang’e lunar exploration program
|
| powerSource | solar panels ⓘ |
| precededBy | Chang’e 4 ⓘ |
| programPhase |
Phase III of Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
ⓘ
linked to:
Chang’e lunar exploration program
|
| reentryMethod | skip reentry ⓘ |
| sampleMassReturned |
1.731 kilograms
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about 1731 grams ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
lunar geology
ⓘ
planetary science ⓘ |
| spaceAgency |
CNSA
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linked to:
China National Space Administration
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| spacecraftBus | Chang’e lunar spacecraft bus ⓘ |
| spacecraftComponent |
ascender
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lander ⓘ orbiter ⓘ reentry capsule ⓘ |
| status | mission completed ⓘ |
| targetBody | Moon ⓘ |
| yearOfMission | 2020 ⓘ |
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: Chang’e 5 Description of subject: Chang’e 5 is a Chinese robotic lunar mission that successfully collected and returned samples from the Moon to Earth in 2020.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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