William M. Shepherd
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William M. Shepherd is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL and NASA astronaut best known for commanding the first crew of the International Space Station.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William M. Shepherd canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11427061 — 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: William M. Shepherd Context triple: [STS-41, missionSpecialist, William M. Shepherd]
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A.
Arthur B. Sleigh
Arthur B. Sleigh was a 19th-century British Army officer and journalist best known for establishing the influential London newspaper that became The Daily Telegraph.
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B.
William S. Benson
William S. Benson was a U.S. Navy admiral who served as the first Chief of Naval Operations during World War I.
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C.
William S. Devery
William S. Devery was a former New York City police chief and Tammany Hall figure who became one of the original co-owners of the franchise that evolved into the New York Yankees.
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D.
Hobart B. Bigelow
Hobart B. Bigelow was an American industrialist and politician who served as the 50th governor of Connecticut in the early 1880s.
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E.
Melville M. Bigelow
Melville M. Bigelow was an influential American legal scholar of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his pioneering work in tort law and legal history.
- 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: William M. Shepherd Target entity description: William M. Shepherd is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL and NASA astronaut best known for commanding the first crew of the International Space Station.
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A.
Arthur B. Sleigh
Arthur B. Sleigh was a 19th-century British Army officer and journalist best known for establishing the influential London newspaper that became The Daily Telegraph.
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B.
William S. Benson
William S. Benson was a U.S. Navy admiral who served as the first Chief of Naval Operations during World War I.
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C.
William S. Devery
William S. Devery was a former New York City police chief and Tammany Hall figure who became one of the original co-owners of the franchise that evolved into the New York Yankees.
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D.
Hobart B. Bigelow
Hobart B. Bigelow was an American industrialist and politician who served as the 50th governor of Connecticut in the early 1880s.
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E.
Melville M. Bigelow
Melville M. Bigelow was an influential American legal scholar of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his pioneering work in tort law and legal history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.