Expedition 40
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Expedition 40 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in 2014 that involved a multinational crew conducting scientific research and station maintenance in low Earth orbit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Expedition 40 canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12738403 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Expedition 40 Context triple: [Reid Wiseman, spaceMission, Expedition 40]
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A.
Expedition 50
Expedition 50 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which a multinational crew conducted scientific research, maintenance, and technology demonstrations in low Earth orbit.
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B.
Expedition 31
Expedition 31 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in 2012 that oversaw key milestones in commercial spaceflight and international scientific research in orbit.
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C.
Expedition 51
Expedition 51 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which a multinational crew conducted scientific research, maintenance, and technology demonstrations in low Earth orbit.
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D.
Expedition 34
Expedition 34 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which a multinational crew conducted scientific research and station maintenance in low Earth orbit.
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E.
Expedition 35
Expedition 35 was a long-duration International Space Station mission best known for being commanded by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who gained worldwide attention for his science outreach and social media presence from orbit.
- 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: Expedition 40 Target entity description: Expedition 40 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in 2014 that involved a multinational crew conducting scientific research and station maintenance in low Earth orbit.
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A.
Expedition 50
Expedition 50 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which a multinational crew conducted scientific research, maintenance, and technology demonstrations in low Earth orbit.
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B.
Expedition 31
Expedition 31 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in 2012 that oversaw key milestones in commercial spaceflight and international scientific research in orbit.
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C.
Expedition 51
Expedition 51 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which a multinational crew conducted scientific research, maintenance, and technology demonstrations in low Earth orbit.
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D.
Expedition 34
Expedition 34 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which a multinational crew conducted scientific research and station maintenance in low Earth orbit.
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E.
Expedition 35
Expedition 35 was a long-duration International Space Station mission best known for being commanded by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who gained worldwide attention for his science outreach and social media presence from orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
International Space Station expedition
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long-duration spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| commander | Steven Swanson ⓘ |
| countryOfLaunch | Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| crewMember |
Alexander Gerst
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Alexander Skvortsov NERFINISHED ⓘ Maxim Suraev ⓘ Oleg Artemyev NERFINISHED ⓘ Reid Wiseman ⓘ
linked to:
Barry Eugene "Reid" Wiseman
Steven Swanson ⓘ |
| crewSize | 6 ⓘ |
| duration | 120 days ⓘ |
| endDate | 2014-09-10 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Expedition 41 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Soyuz TMA-12M
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Soyuz TMA-13M ⓘ |
| missionType |
scientific research
ⓘ
space station maintenance ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
Earth observation photography
ⓘ
biology and biotechnology experiments ⓘ human physiology research ⓘ materials science experiments ⓘ technology demonstration experiments ⓘ |
| orbitingBody | Earth ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| precededBy | Expedition 39 ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
conduct microgravity scientific experiments
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perform International Space Station maintenance ⓘ |
| program | International Space Station program ⓘ |
| spaceAgency |
ESA
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JAXA ⓘ
linked to:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
NASA ⓘ Roscosmos ⓘ |
| spacecraftDocked |
Cygnus CRS Orb-2
ⓘ
linked to:
Orbital CRS-1
Dragon CRS-4 ⓘ
linked to:
Dragon CRS-4 capsule
Progress M-21M ⓘ Progress M-23M ⓘ Progress M-24M ⓘ Soyuz TMA-12M ⓘ Soyuz TMA-13M ⓘ |
| spaceStation | International Space Station ⓘ |
| spacewalkAgency | Roscosmos ⓘ |
| spacewalkConducted | yes ⓘ |
| spacewalkCrewMember |
Alexander Skvortsov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oleg Artemyev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 2014-05-13 ⓘ |
| year | 2014 ⓘ |
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: Expedition 40 Description of subject: Expedition 40 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in 2014 that involved a multinational crew conducting scientific research and station maintenance in low Earth orbit.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.