Robert L. Gibson
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Robert L. Gibson is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on and commanded multiple Space Shuttle missions during the 1980s and 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert L. Gibson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1583752 — 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: Robert L. Gibson Context triple: [STS-41B, pilot, Robert L. Gibson]
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A.
Donald S. Gibbs
Donald S. Gibbs was the husband of actress and vaudeville performer June Havoc, known primarily in relation to her life and career.
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B.
Robert N. Fitch
Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
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C.
Fred M. Wilcox
Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
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D.
Robert N. Davoren
Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
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E.
Gérard F. Gilmore
Gérard F. Gilmore is a British astronomer known for his influential work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way galaxy.
- 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: Robert L. Gibson Target entity description: Robert L. Gibson is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on and commanded multiple Space Shuttle missions during the 1980s and 1990s.
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A.
Donald S. Gibbs
Donald S. Gibbs was the husband of actress and vaudeville performer June Havoc, known primarily in relation to her life and career.
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B.
Robert N. Fitch
Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
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C.
Fred M. Wilcox
Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
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D.
Robert N. Davoren
Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
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E.
Gérard F. Gilmore
Gérard F. Gilmore is a British astronomer known for his influential work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way galaxy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ naval aviator ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Defense Superior Service Medal
NERFINISHED
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Distinguished Flying Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ NASA Distinguished Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ NASA Space Flight Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NERFINISHED
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United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aeronautics
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spaceflight ⓘ |
| fullName | Robert Lee Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering ⓘ |
| memberOf | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding multiple Space Shuttle missions
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flying five Space Shuttle missions ⓘ |
| notableWork | command of first Space Shuttle docking with Mir (STS-71) ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
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engineer ⓘ naval aviator ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
STS-27
NERFINISHED
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STS-41B NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-47 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-61C NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-71 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasCommanderOf |
STS-27
NERFINISHED
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STS-47 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-71 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasCrewMemberOf |
Space Shuttle Atlantis
NERFINISHED
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Space Shuttle Challenger NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle Endeavour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Robert L. Gibson Description of subject: Robert L. Gibson is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on and commanded multiple Space Shuttle missions during the 1980s and 1990s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.