Takao Doi
E422033
Takao Doi is a Japanese astronaut and engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and became one of the first Japanese astronauts to perform a spacewalk.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Takao Doi canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4214862 — 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: Takao Doi Context triple: [JAXA Astronaut Group, notableMember, Takao Doi]
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A.
Takamagahara
Takamagahara is the heavenly realm in Shinto mythology, home of the kami and the divine seat of celestial authority.
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B.
Mount Suiro
Mount Suiro is the tallest mountain on Biliran Island in the Philippines, forming a prominent part of the island’s volcanic landscape.
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C.
Fukuchiyama
Fukuchiyama is a regional city in northern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, known as a historical castle town and commercial hub for the surrounding rural area.
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D.
Mount Kurodake
Mount Kurodake is a prominent volcanic peak in Japan’s Hokkaido region, known for its hiking trails, alpine scenery, and access via ropeway and chairlift.
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E.
Mount Hachiman
Mount Hachiman is a scenic hill in Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, known for its historical significance, hiking trails, and panoramic views over the city and Lake Biwa.
- 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: Takao Doi Target entity description: Takao Doi is a Japanese astronaut and engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and became one of the first Japanese astronauts to perform a spacewalk.
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A.
Takamagahara
Takamagahara is the heavenly realm in Shinto mythology, home of the kami and the divine seat of celestial authority.
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B.
Mount Suiro
Mount Suiro is the tallest mountain on Biliran Island in the Philippines, forming a prominent part of the island’s volcanic landscape.
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C.
Fukuchiyama
Fukuchiyama is a regional city in northern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, known as a historical castle town and commercial hub for the surrounding rural area.
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D.
Mount Kurodake
Mount Kurodake is a prominent volcanic peak in Japan’s Hokkaido region, known for its hiking trails, alpine scenery, and access via ropeway and chairlift.
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E.
Mount Hachiman
Mount Hachiman is a scenic hill in Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, known for its historical significance, hiking trails, and panoramic views over the city and Lake Biwa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese astronaut
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astronaut ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Doctor of Philosophy in aerospace engineering ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Rice University
ⓘ
University of Tokyo ⓘ |
| employer |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
ⓘ
NASA ⓘ National Space Development Agency of Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
|
| familyName | Doi ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aerospace engineering
ⓘ
astronautics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Takao ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
JAXA astronaut corps
ⓘ
linked to:
JAXA Astronaut Group
|
| missionRole |
mission specialist on STS-123
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mission specialist on STS-87 ⓘ |
| name | Takao Doi ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableEvent | delivered first piece of Japanese Experiment Module Kibo to ISS ⓘ |
| notableWork | first Japanese astronaut to perform a spacewalk ⓘ |
| occupation |
aerospace engineer
ⓘ
astronaut ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
STS-123
ⓘ
STS-87 ⓘ |
| performed | extravehicular activity ⓘ |
| performedEVAOnMission | STS-87 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Japan ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
astronaut of JAXA
ⓘ
astronaut of NASDA ⓘ |
| spaceAgency |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
ⓘ
NASA ⓘ |
| spaceflight |
Space Shuttle Columbia STS-87
ⓘ
linked to:
STS-87
Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-123 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-123
|
| spaceMission |
STS-123
ⓘ
STS-87 ⓘ |
| visited | International Space Station ⓘ |
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: Takao Doi Description of subject: Takao Doi is a Japanese astronaut and engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and became one of the first Japanese astronauts to perform a spacewalk.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.