Kibo
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Kibo is Japan’s primary science module on the International Space Station, used for a wide range of microgravity experiments and technology demonstrations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kibo canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10670770 — 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: Kibo Context triple: [STS-127, relatedLaboratory, Kibo]
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A.
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro is a massive dormant stratovolcano in northeastern Tanzania and the tallest mountain in Africa, famed for its snow-capped summit rising above the surrounding savanna.
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B.
Kili
Kili is a young Dwarf prince of Durin's line and a member of Thorin Oakenshield's company in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.
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C.
Mount Tambuyukon
Mount Tambuyukon is a high, biodiverse mountain in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, known for its rich montane ecosystems and rare endemic species.
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D.
Kibo summit crater
Kibo summit crater is the large volcanic crater at the highest point of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, forming the mountain’s main summit area.
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E.
Meru
Meru is a town in eastern Kenya that serves as a commercial and administrative hub for the surrounding agricultural region near Mount Kenya.
- 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: Kibo Target entity description: Kibo is Japan’s primary science module on the International Space Station, used for a wide range of microgravity experiments and technology demonstrations.
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A.
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro is a massive dormant stratovolcano in northeastern Tanzania and the tallest mountain in Africa, famed for its snow-capped summit rising above the surrounding savanna.
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B.
Kili
Kili is a young Dwarf prince of Durin's line and a member of Thorin Oakenshield's company in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.
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C.
Mount Tambuyukon
Mount Tambuyukon is a high, biodiverse mountain in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, known for its rich montane ecosystems and rare endemic species.
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D.
Kibo summit crater
Kibo summit crater is the large volcanic crater at the highest point of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, forming the mountain’s main summit area.
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E.
Meru
Meru is a town in eastern Kenya that serves as a commercial and administrative hub for the surrounding agricultural region near Mount Kenya.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ISS module
ⓘ
pressurized module ⓘ science laboratory module ⓘ |
| abbreviation | JEM ⓘ |
| agencyContributionTo | Japanese contribution to the ISS ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Japanese Experiment Module ⓘ |
| attachedTo | Harmony module ⓘ |
| connectedTo | ISS truss via Exposed Facility interfaces ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| crewCapacity | multiple working crew members simultaneously ⓘ |
| dataInterface | ISS data handling system ⓘ |
| designedFor | international scientific cooperation ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Experiment Logistics Module – Exposed Section
ⓘ
linked to:
Kibo Logistics Module - Exposed Section
Experiment Logistics Module – Pressurized Section ⓘ
linked to:
Kibo Pressurized Module
Exposed Facility ⓘ
linked to:
Kibo Exposed Facility
Pressurized Module ⓘ Remote Manipulator System ⓘ airlock ⓘ experiment racks ⓘ observation window ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
external experiment platforms
ⓘ
pressurized laboratory workspace ⓘ |
| hasRoboticArm | JEM Remote Manipulator System ⓘ |
| launchProgram |
Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Space Shuttle Discovery
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | hope ⓘ |
| operator |
JAXA
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ |
| orbit |
Low Earth orbit
ⓘ
linked to:
low Earth orbit
|
| owner | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ |
| partOf | International Space Station ⓘ |
| powerSupply | ISS electrical power system ⓘ |
| purpose |
Earth observation
ⓘ
astronomy experiments ⓘ fluid physics research ⓘ life sciences research ⓘ materials science research ⓘ microgravity research ⓘ space medicine research ⓘ technology demonstration ⓘ |
| segment | JAXA segment of the ISS ⓘ |
| supports |
long-duration experiments
ⓘ
remote operations from ground ⓘ robotic payload handling ⓘ |
| usesEnvironment | microgravity ⓘ |
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: Kibo Description of subject: Kibo is Japan’s primary science module on the International Space Station, used for a wide range of microgravity experiments and technology demonstrations.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.