Pierre J. Thuot
E1028344
Pierre J. Thuot is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy officer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions in the early 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pierre J. Thuot canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11090863 — 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: Pierre J. Thuot Context triple: [STS-36, missionSpecialist, Pierre J. Thuot]
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A.
Timothy L. Pflueger
Timothy L. Pflueger was a prominent American architect known for his influential Art Deco and Moderne designs in the San Francisco Bay Area, including major theaters, skyscrapers, and civic projects.
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B.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
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C.
James S. Voss
James S. Voss is a retired U.S. Army officer and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent over five months aboard the International Space Station.
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D.
Dennis J. Picard
Dennis J. Picard was a prominent engineer and leader in radar technology whose contributions to the field led the IEEE to name its prestigious Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications in his honor.
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E.
Douglas S. Cramer
Douglas S. Cramer was an American television and film producer best known for his work on popular series such as "Dynasty," "The Love Boat," and "Wonder Woman."
- 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: Pierre J. Thuot Target entity description: Pierre J. Thuot is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy officer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions in the early 1990s.
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A.
Timothy L. Pflueger
Timothy L. Pflueger was a prominent American architect known for his influential Art Deco and Moderne designs in the San Francisco Bay Area, including major theaters, skyscrapers, and civic projects.
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B.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
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C.
James S. Voss
James S. Voss is a retired U.S. Army officer and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent over five months aboard the International Space Station.
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D.
Dennis J. Picard
Dennis J. Picard was a prominent engineer and leader in radar technology whose contributions to the field led the IEEE to name its prestigious Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications in his honor.
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E.
Douglas S. Cramer
Douglas S. Cramer was an American television and film producer best known for his work on popular series such as "Dynasty," "The Love Boat," and "Wonder Woman."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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United States Navy officer ⓘ human ⓘ military aviator ⓘ space traveler ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
NASA awards for spaceflight service
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military decorations from the United States Navy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NERFINISHED
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United States Navy ⓘ |
| familyName | Thuot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aeronautics
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human spaceflight ⓘ naval aviation ⓘ |
| givenName | Pierre ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | performed multiple extravehicular activities (spacewalks) ⓘ |
| notableEvent | captured and repaired the Intelsat VI satellite on STS-49 ⓘ |
| notableFor | Space Shuttle missions in the early 1990s ⓘ |
| notableRole |
mission specialist on STS-36
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mission specialist on STS-49 ⓘ mission specialist on STS-62 ⓘ |
| notableWork | participation in the first three-person spacewalk during STS-49 ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
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naval officer ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| partOf | Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
STS-36
NERFINISHED
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STS-49 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-62 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceShuttleFlight |
Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-36
NERFINISHED
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Space Shuttle Columbia STS-62 NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-49 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Johnson Space Center
NERFINISHED
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aboard Space Shuttle orbiters ⓘ |
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: Pierre J. Thuot Description of subject: Pierre J. Thuot is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy officer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions in the early 1990s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.