BEAM
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BEAM (Bigelow Expandable Activity Module) is an experimental inflatable habitat attached to the International Space Station, designed to test expandable space station module technology.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BEAM canonical | 1 |
| BEAM expandable module | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11871436 — 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: BEAM Context triple: [ISS US Orbital Segment, includesModule, BEAM]
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A.
the Beam
The Beam is a fundamental metaphysical force in Stephen King’s Dark Tower universe that helps uphold the structure of reality and guides the protagonist’s quest.
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B.
Quickbeam
Quickbeam is a young and hasty Ent from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, known for his relative swiftness and impatience compared to other Ents.
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C.
BEAC
BEAC is the central bank responsible for issuing currency and conducting monetary policy for the countries of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC).
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D.
BEE
BEE is the ICAO airline designator used to identify Flybe in international aviation operations.
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E.
BEAM virtual machine
The BEAM virtual machine is the runtime environment originally built for Erlang that powers highly concurrent, fault-tolerant, and distributed applications, and is also used by languages like Elixir.
- 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: BEAM Target entity description: BEAM (Bigelow Expandable Activity Module) is an experimental inflatable habitat attached to the International Space Station, designed to test expandable space station module technology.
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A.
the Beam
The Beam is a fundamental metaphysical force in Stephen King’s Dark Tower universe that helps uphold the structure of reality and guides the protagonist’s quest.
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B.
Quickbeam
Quickbeam is a young and hasty Ent from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, known for his relative swiftness and impatience compared to other Ents.
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C.
BEAC
BEAC is the central bank responsible for issuing currency and conducting monetary policy for the countries of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC).
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D.
BEE
BEE is the ICAO airline designator used to identify Flybe in international aviation operations.
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E.
BEAM virtual machine
The BEAM virtual machine is the runtime environment originally built for Erlang that powers highly concurrent, fault-tolerant, and distributed applications, and is also used by languages like Elixir.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental spacecraft module
ⓘ
inflatable habitat ⓘ space station module ⓘ |
| abbreviation | BEAM ⓘ |
| attachedSegment |
US Orbital Segment
ⓘ
linked to:
ISS US Orbital Segment
|
| attachedTo |
International Space Station
ⓘ
Node 3 ⓘ Tranquility module ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewAccess | intermittent ⓘ |
| deliveredBy |
Dragon cargo spacecraft
ⓘ
linked to:
Dragon spacecraft
SpaceX CRS-8 ⓘ |
| developedUnderContractWith | NASA ⓘ |
| diameterExpanded | about 3.2 meters ⓘ |
| diameterStowed | about 2.36 meters ⓘ |
| firstExpansionDate | 2016-05-28 ⓘ |
| fullName | Bigelow Expandable Activity Module ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
hatch connection to ISS
ⓘ
internal sensors for radiation, temperature, and pressure ⓘ micrometeoroid and orbital debris shielding ⓘ multiple layers of Vectran and other fabrics ⓘ |
| initialPlannedMissionDuration | 2 years ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2016-04-08 ⓘ |
| launchProvider | SpaceX ⓘ |
| launchSite | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Falcon 9 Full Thrust
ⓘ
linked to:
Falcon 9 rocket
|
| lengthExpanded | about 4 meters ⓘ |
| lengthStowed | about 2.16 meters ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Bigelow Aerospace ⓘ |
| mass | about 1,360 kilograms ⓘ |
| missionExtended | true ⓘ |
| missionType |
habitation technology test
ⓘ
technology demonstration ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbit | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| purpose |
to assess micrometeoroid and orbital debris protection
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to assess radiation protection of expandable habitats ⓘ to assess thermal performance of expandable habitats ⓘ to evaluate structural integrity of inflatable modules in space ⓘ to study long-term durability of soft-goods structures in space ⓘ to test expandable space habitat technology in low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| relatedProgram |
Bigelow Aerospace expandable habitat program
ⓘ
linked to:
Bigelow Aerospace
|
| relatedTechnology | inflatable space habitat ⓘ |
| structureType | expandable pressure vessel ⓘ |
| testedParameter |
air leakage and pressure retention
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radiation levels ⓘ structural response to impacts ⓘ thermal environment ⓘ |
| volumeExpanded | about 16 cubic meters ⓘ |
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: BEAM Description of subject: BEAM (Bigelow Expandable Activity Module) is an experimental inflatable habitat attached to the International Space Station, designed to test expandable space station module technology.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: BEAM