Clayton C. Anderson
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Clayton C. Anderson is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer who spent time aboard the International Space Station and flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clayton C. Anderson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5224957 — 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: Clayton C. Anderson Context triple: [STS-120, returnedISSExpeditionCrewMember, Clayton C. Anderson]
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A.
Donald J. Hughes
Donald J. Hughes was an American nuclear physicist known for his work on neutron physics and his contributions to early atomic energy policy and research.
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B.
James G. Anderson
James G. Anderson is an American atmospheric chemist known for his pioneering research on ozone layer depletion and climate change.
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C.
Richard F. Gordon Jr.
Richard F. Gordon Jr. was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, NASA astronaut, and command module pilot of Apollo 12 who played a key role in the early Apollo lunar program.
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D.
Robert D. Yeoman
Robert D. Yeoman is an American cinematographer best known for his long-time collaboration with director Wes Anderson on visually distinctive films such as "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "Moonrise Kingdom."
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E.
David M. Abshire
David M. Abshire was an American diplomat, public servant, and foreign policy expert best known as a co-founder of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and for his roles in U.S. national security and international affairs.
- 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: Clayton C. Anderson Target entity description: Clayton C. Anderson is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer who spent time aboard the International Space Station and flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions.
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A.
Donald J. Hughes
Donald J. Hughes was an American nuclear physicist known for his work on neutron physics and his contributions to early atomic energy policy and research.
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B.
James G. Anderson
James G. Anderson is an American atmospheric chemist known for his pioneering research on ozone layer depletion and climate change.
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C.
Richard F. Gordon Jr.
Richard F. Gordon Jr. was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, NASA astronaut, and command module pilot of Apollo 12 who played a key role in the early Apollo lunar program.
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D.
Robert D. Yeoman
Robert D. Yeoman is an American cinematographer best known for his long-time collaboration with director Wes Anderson on visually distinctive films such as "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "Moonrise Kingdom."
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E.
David M. Abshire
David M. Abshire was an American diplomat, public servant, and foreign policy expert best known as a co-founder of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and for his roles in U.S. national security and international affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
ⓘ
aerospace engineer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| affiliation |
NASA Johnson Space Center
ⓘ
linked to:
Johnson Space Center
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Iowa State University
ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa State College
Iowa State University College of Engineering ⓘ |
| employer | NASA ⓘ |
| familyName | Anderson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aerospace engineering
ⓘ
spaceflight ⓘ |
| givenName | Clayton ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree |
bachelor’s degree in engineering
ⓘ
master’s degree in aerospace engineering ⓘ |
| hasExperience |
extravehicular activity
ⓘ
orbital spaceflight ⓘ |
| hasOccupationStatus | retired astronaut ⓘ |
| knownFor |
participation in Space Shuttle missions
ⓘ
service as a NASA astronaut ⓘ time aboard the International Space Station ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ |
| mission |
Expedition 15
ⓘ
Expedition 16 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions
ⓘ
served as a long-duration crew member aboard the International Space Station ⓘ |
| notablePublication | memoir about his astronaut career ⓘ |
| notableRole | NASA astronaut visiting the International Space Station ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Space Shuttle mission STS-117
ⓘ
linked to:
STS-117
Space Shuttle mission STS-120 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-120
Space Shuttle mission STS-131 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-131
Space Shuttle mission STS-135 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-135
long-duration mission on the International Space Station ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
ⓘ
engineer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
International Space Station program
ⓘ
Space Shuttle program ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| positionHeld | flight engineer on the International Space Station ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| retiredFrom | NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spacewalksConducted | spacewalks from the International Space Station ⓘ |
| spokeAt | public events about space exploration ⓘ |
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: Clayton C. Anderson Description of subject: Clayton C. Anderson is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer who spent time aboard the International Space Station and flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.