Paul J. Weitz
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Paul J. Weitz was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy test pilot best known for his roles on the Skylab 2 mission and as commander of the first operational Space Shuttle flight, STS-6.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paul J. Weitz canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5624402 — 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: Paul J. Weitz Context triple: [Skylab 2, pilot, Paul J. Weitz]
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A.
Paul Weitz
Paul Weitz is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer known for co-directing "American Pie" and directing films such as "About a Boy" and "In Good Company."
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B.
Bruce Weitz
Bruce Weitz is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as the eccentric detective Mick Belker on the television series "Hill Street Blues."
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C.
Paul Vogel
Paul Vogel was an American cinematographer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the Oscar-winning "Battleground."
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D.
Gregory Mottola
Gregory Mottola is an American film director and screenwriter best known for directing the comedy films "Superbad" and "Adventureland."
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E.
Chris Weitz
Chris Weitz is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer known for directing films such as "About a Boy" and "The Golden Compass" and for co-directing "American Pie."
- 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: Paul J. Weitz Target entity description: Paul J. Weitz was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy test pilot best known for his roles on the Skylab 2 mission and as commander of the first operational Space Shuttle flight, STS-6.
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A.
Paul Weitz
Paul Weitz is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer known for co-directing "American Pie" and directing films such as "About a Boy" and "In Good Company."
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B.
Bruce Weitz
Bruce Weitz is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as the eccentric detective Mick Belker on the television series "Hill Street Blues."
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C.
Paul Vogel
Paul Vogel was an American cinematographer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the Oscar-winning "Battleground."
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D.
Gregory Mottola
Gregory Mottola is an American film director and screenwriter best known for directing the comedy films "Superbad" and "Adventureland."
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E.
Chris Weitz
Chris Weitz is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer known for directing films such as "About a Boy" and "The Golden Compass" and for co-directing "American Pie."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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human ⓘ naval officer ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
NERFINISHED
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NASA Exceptional Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Navy Distinguished Flying Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-07-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-10-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Pennsylvania State University
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Naval Postgraduate School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | NASA ⓘ |
| familyName | Weitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aeronautics
ⓘ
spaceflight ⓘ |
| givenName | Paul ⓘ |
| hasNationality | American ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding first operational Space Shuttle flight STS-6
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role on Skylab 2 mission ⓘ |
| notableWork |
STS-6 mission
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Skylab 2 mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
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naval aviator ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Skylab program
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Erie, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Flagstaff, Arizona, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
commander of STS-6
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pilot of Skylab 2 ⓘ |
| selectedAsAstronaut | 1966 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
STS-6
NERFINISHED
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Skylab 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeInSpace | about 33 days ⓘ |
| wasOnBoard |
Skylab space station
NERFINISHED
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Space Shuttle Challenger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Paul J. Weitz Description of subject: Paul J. Weitz was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy test pilot best known for his roles on the Skylab 2 mission and as commander of the first operational Space Shuttle flight, STS-6.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.