Carolyn Shoemaker
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Carolyn Shoemaker was a prominent American astronomer and one of the most prolific discoverers of comets, best known for co-discovering Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Carolyn Shoemaker canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19260147 — 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: Carolyn Shoemaker Context triple: [Eugene Shoemaker, hasSpouse, Carolyn Shoemaker]
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A.
David C. Jewitt
David C. Jewitt is a British-American astronomer best known for co-discovering the first Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto, helping to reveal the Kuiper Belt as a major component of the solar system.
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B.
Patricia Edson Tombaugh
Patricia Edson Tombaugh was an American educator and the wife of astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, noted for her support of his astronomical work and preservation of his legacy.
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C.
Sandra Jo Tinsley
Sandra Jo Tinsley is best known as the wife of American actor Forrest Tucker, a popular film and television star active from the 1940s through the 1970s.
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D.
Jess Remsberg
Jess Remsberg is the tough, skilled frontier scout and central protagonist portrayed by James Garner in the 1966 Western film "Duel at Diablo."
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E.
Debra Fischer
Debra Fischer is an American astronomer renowned for her pioneering work in the detection and characterization of exoplanets.
- 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: Carolyn Shoemaker Target entity description: Carolyn Shoemaker was a prominent American astronomer and one of the most prolific discoverers of comets, best known for co-discovering Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9.
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A.
David C. Jewitt
David C. Jewitt is a British-American astronomer best known for co-discovering the first Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto, helping to reveal the Kuiper Belt as a major component of the solar system.
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B.
Patricia Edson Tombaugh
Patricia Edson Tombaugh was an American educator and the wife of astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, noted for her support of his astronomical work and preservation of his legacy.
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C.
Sandra Jo Tinsley
Sandra Jo Tinsley is best known as the wife of American actor Forrest Tucker, a popular film and television star active from the 1940s through the 1970s.
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D.
Jess Remsberg
Jess Remsberg is the tough, skilled frontier scout and central protagonist portrayed by James Garner in the 1966 Western film "Duel at Diablo."
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E.
Debra Fischer
Debra Fischer is an American astronomer renowned for her pioneering work in the detection and characterization of exoplanets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.