Luna 5
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Luna 5 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft from the 1960s Luna program, launched in an attempt to achieve a soft landing on the Moon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Luna 5 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12579916 — 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: Luna 5 Context triple: [Ye-6 series lunar landers, notableSpacecraft, Luna 5]
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A.
Luna 4
Luna 4 was a Soviet Luna program spacecraft launched in 1963 that became the first attempted soft-landing mission to the Moon, though it ultimately missed the lunar surface.
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B.
Luna 2
Luna 2 was a Soviet space probe that became the first human-made object to reach the Moon, marking a major milestone in early space exploration.
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C.
Luna 12
Luna 12 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft launched in 1966 that successfully entered lunar orbit and returned detailed photographs of the Moon’s surface.
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D.
Luna 11
Luna 11 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft from the Luna program, launched in 1966 to study the Moon from lunar orbit.
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E.
Luna 9
Luna 9 was a Soviet spacecraft that achieved the first successful soft landing on the Moon and transmitted the first close-up images of the lunar surface in 1966.
- 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: Luna 5 Target entity description: Luna 5 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft from the 1960s Luna program, launched in an attempt to achieve a soft landing on the Moon.
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A.
Luna 4
Luna 4 was a Soviet Luna program spacecraft launched in 1963 that became the first attempted soft-landing mission to the Moon, though it ultimately missed the lunar surface.
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B.
Luna 2
Luna 2 was a Soviet space probe that became the first human-made object to reach the Moon, marking a major milestone in early space exploration.
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C.
Luna 12
Luna 12 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft launched in 1966 that successfully entered lunar orbit and returned detailed photographs of the Moon’s surface.
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D.
Luna 11
Luna 11 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft from the Luna program, launched in 1966 to study the Moon from lunar orbit.
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E.
Luna 9
Luna 9 was a Soviet spacecraft that achieved the first successful soft landing on the Moon and transmitted the first close-up images of the lunar surface in 1966.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.