STS-71
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STS-71 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle mission that marked the first docking of a Space Shuttle with the Russian space station Mir, advancing U.S.–Russian space cooperation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-71 canonical | 19 |
| STS-71 crew | 1 |
| Space Shuttle mission STS-71 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5050266 — 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: STS-71 Context triple: [Space Shuttle Atlantis, mission, STS-71]
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A.
STS-37
STS-37 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle mission that deployed the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
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B.
STS-31
STS-31 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission best known for deploying the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit.
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C.
STS-49
STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, notable for its complex satellite rescue and repair operations conducted during multiple spacewalks.
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D.
STS-76
STS-76 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering astronaut Shannon Lucid to the Russian Mir space station for a long-duration stay.
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E.
STS-51-J
STS-51-J was a classified 1985 U.S. Space Shuttle mission for the Department of Defense that marked the maiden flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis.
- 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: STS-71 Target entity description: STS-71 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle mission that marked the first docking of a Space Shuttle with the Russian space station Mir, advancing U.S.–Russian space cooperation.
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A.
STS-37
STS-37 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle mission that deployed the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
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B.
STS-31
STS-31 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission best known for deploying the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit.
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C.
STS-49
STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, notable for its complex satellite rescue and repair operations conducted during multiple spacewalks.
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D.
STS-76
STS-76 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering astronaut Shannon Lucid to the Russian Mir space station for a long-duration stay.
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E.
STS-51-J
STS-51-J was a classified 1985 U.S. Space Shuttle mission for the Department of Defense that marked the maiden flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
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: STS-71 Description of subject: STS-71 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle mission that marked the first docking of a Space Shuttle with the Russian space station Mir, advancing U.S.–Russian space cooperation.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.