The Right Stuff (TV series)
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The Right Stuff is a historical drama television series that chronicles the early days of the U.S. space program and the lives of the Mercury Seven astronauts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Right Stuff | 1 |
| The Right Stuff (TV series) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13006113 — 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: The Right Stuff (TV series) Context triple: [Micah Stock, notableWork, The Right Stuff (TV series)]
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A.
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff is a 1983 American historical drama film about the early U.S. space program and the original Mercury 7 astronauts, acclaimed for its direction, performances, and realistic depiction of test pilots and spaceflight.
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B.
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff is a 1979 non-fiction book by Tom Wolfe (later adapted into a film) that chronicles the early U.S. space program and the test pilots, including Chuck Yeager, who embodied the daring culture of high-speed flight and astronaut selection.
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C.
Space (miniseries)
Space (miniseries) is a 1985 American television miniseries that dramatizes James A. Michener’s epic novel about the U.S. space program and the people whose lives are shaped by the race to explore outer space.
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D.
Men into Space
Men into Space is a late-1950s American science fiction television series that realistically dramatizes early space exploration and astronaut missions.
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E.
The Astronauts (TV series)
The Astronauts is a Nickelodeon live-action science fiction adventure series about a group of kids who accidentally launch themselves into space and must work together to survive and find a way home.
- 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: The Right Stuff (TV series) Target entity description: The Right Stuff is a historical drama television series that chronicles the early days of the U.S. space program and the lives of the Mercury Seven astronauts.
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A.
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff is a 1983 American historical drama film about the early U.S. space program and the original Mercury 7 astronauts, acclaimed for its direction, performances, and realistic depiction of test pilots and spaceflight.
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B.
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff is a 1979 non-fiction book by Tom Wolfe (later adapted into a film) that chronicles the early U.S. space program and the test pilots, including Chuck Yeager, who embodied the daring culture of high-speed flight and astronaut selection.
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C.
Space (miniseries)
Space (miniseries) is a 1985 American television miniseries that dramatizes James A. Michener’s epic novel about the U.S. space program and the people whose lives are shaped by the race to explore outer space.
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D.
Men into Space
Men into Space is a late-1950s American science fiction television series that realistically dramatizes early space exploration and astronaut missions.
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E.
The Astronauts (TV series)
The Astronauts is a Nickelodeon live-action science fiction adventure series about a group of kids who accidentally launch themselves into space and must work together to survive and find a way home.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American television series
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historical drama television series ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | Dolby Digital Plus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Right Stuff (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Tom Wolfe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canceledAfterSeason | 1 ⓘ |
| composer | Adam Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developer | Mark Lafferty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Disney Platform Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Jennifer Davisson
NERFINISHED
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Leonardo DiCaprio NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Lafferty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2020-10-09 ⓘ |
| genre |
historical drama
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period drama ⓘ space drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationRelationTo | The Right Stuff (1983 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2020-11-20 ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Colin O’Donoghue
NERFINISHED
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Eloise Mumford NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Ladin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jake McDorman NERFINISHED ⓘ Nora Zehetner NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick J. Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ Shannon Lucio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alan Shepard
NERFINISHED
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Gordon Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ John Glenn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 8 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Disney+ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | 4K (Ultra HD) ⓘ |
| portrays |
Mercury Seven astronauts
NERFINISHED
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early U.S. human spaceflight program ⓘ |
| portraysEvent | Space Race NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysOrganization | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Appian Way Productions
NERFINISHED
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Warner Bros. Television ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
early 1960s
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late 1950s ⓘ |
| setInPlace |
Cape Canaveral, Florida
NERFINISHED
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Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | ended ⓘ |
| subject |
Mercury Seven
NERFINISHED
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NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ Project Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Right Stuff (TV series) Description of subject: The Right Stuff is a historical drama television series that chronicles the early days of the U.S. space program and the lives of the Mercury Seven astronauts.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Right Stuff