Chang’e 6
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Chang’e 6 is a Chinese robotic lunar mission designed to land on the Moon’s far side, collect samples, and return them to Earth as part of China’s ongoing lunar exploration efforts.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9889993 — 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 6 Context triple: [Chang’e lunar exploration program, componentMission, Chang’e 6]
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Chang’e 5
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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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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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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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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E.
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.
- 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 6 Target entity description: Chang’e 6 is a Chinese robotic lunar mission designed to land on the Moon’s far side, collect samples, and return them to Earth as part of China’s ongoing lunar exploration efforts.
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A.
Chang’e 5
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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B.
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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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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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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese lunar mission
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lunar sample-return mission ⓘ robotic spacecraft ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chang’e-6
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linked to:
Chang’e 6
|
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| destination | Moon ⓘ |
| explorationFocus | lunar far side ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
ascender
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lander ⓘ orbiter ⓘ reentry capsule ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site
ⓘ
linked to:
Wenchang Space Launch Site
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| launchVehicle | Long March 5 ⓘ |
| missionPhase |
ascent from lunar surface
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launch ⓘ lunar landing ⓘ lunar orbit insertion ⓘ reentry and landing on Earth ⓘ rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit ⓘ return to Earth ⓘ sample collection ⓘ |
| missionType | lunar far-side sample-return ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Chang’e (Chinese Moon goddess)
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linked to:
Chang'e
|
| objective |
collect lunar samples
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conduct scientific experiments on the lunar far side ⓘ land on the far side of the Moon ⓘ return lunar samples to Earth ⓘ |
| operatedBy | China National Space Administration ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Chang’e program
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linked to:
Chang’e lunar exploration program
|
| predecessor | Chang’e 5 ⓘ |
| program |
Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
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linked to:
Chang’e lunar exploration program
|
| programGoalContribution |
advance China’s deep-space exploration capabilities
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support future crewed lunar missions ⓘ |
| relatedMission |
Chang’e 4
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Chang’e 5 ⓘ |
| returnCapsuleLandingSite | China ⓘ |
| scientificGoal |
analyze isotopic and mineralogical properties of samples
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investigate lunar geological history ⓘ study composition of lunar far-side materials ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | China National Space Administration ⓘ |
| successor | Chang’e 7 ⓘ |
| targetRegion | far side of the Moon ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
autonomous landing guidance
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sample drilling system ⓘ sample scooping system ⓘ sample sealing and storage system ⓘ |
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 6 Description of subject: Chang’e 6 is a Chinese robotic lunar mission designed to land on the Moon’s far side, collect samples, and return them to Earth as part of China’s ongoing lunar exploration efforts.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Chang’e 6