Margaret Rhea Seddon
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Margaret Rhea Seddon is an American physician and former NASA astronaut who flew on three Space Shuttle missions and was among the first six women selected as NASA astronauts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Margaret Rhea Seddon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6079804 — 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: Margaret Rhea Seddon Context triple: [STS-58, missionSpecialist, Margaret Rhea Seddon]
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A.
Margaret Woodbury Strong
Margaret Woodbury Strong was an American collector and philanthropist whose extensive toy and play-related collections formed the foundation of the Strong National Museum of Play.
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B.
Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Dorothy Salisbury Davis was an American crime and mystery novelist renowned for her psychologically rich storytelling and influential role in mid-20th-century detective fiction.
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C.
Olive E. Kenny
Olive E. Kenny was a translator known for rendering works such as Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Sugar Street" into English.
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D.
Mary Harrison McKee
Mary Harrison McKee was the daughter of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison who served as White House hostess and de facto First Lady during part of his administration.
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E.
Mary Ann Deming
Mary Ann Deming was the wife of American railroad executive and "Big Four" tycoon Charles Crocker, associated with the development of the Central Pacific Railroad.
- 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: Margaret Rhea Seddon Target entity description: Margaret Rhea Seddon is an American physician and former NASA astronaut who flew on three Space Shuttle missions and was among the first six women selected as NASA astronauts.
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A.
Margaret Woodbury Strong
Margaret Woodbury Strong was an American collector and philanthropist whose extensive toy and play-related collections formed the foundation of the Strong National Museum of Play.
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B.
Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Dorothy Salisbury Davis was an American crime and mystery novelist renowned for her psychologically rich storytelling and influential role in mid-20th-century detective fiction.
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C.
Olive E. Kenny
Olive E. Kenny was a translator known for rendering works such as Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Sugar Street" into English.
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D.
Mary Harrison McKee
Mary Harrison McKee was the daughter of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison who served as White House hostess and de facto First Lady during part of his administration.
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E.
Mary Ann Deming
Mary Ann Deming was the wife of American railroad executive and "Big Four" tycoon Charles Crocker, associated with the development of the Central Pacific Railroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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alumnus ⓘ human ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| astronautSelectionYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of California, Berkeley
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University of Tennessee College of Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | NASA ⓘ |
| familyName | Seddon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
medicine
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spaceflight ⓘ |
| genre | autobiography ⓘ |
| givenName |
Margaret
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Rhea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | three children ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medicalSpecialty |
emergency medicine
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surgery ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
among the first six women selected as NASA astronauts
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flew on three Space Shuttle missions ⓘ pioneer for women in NASA astronaut corps ⓘ |
| notableRole | mission specialist on Space Shuttle missions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Go for Orbit (memoir)
NERFINISHED
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Space Shuttle missions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
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physician ⓘ |
| partner | Robert L. Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | NASA Astronaut Group 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectedAsAstronautBy | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
STS-40
NERFINISHED
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STS-51-D NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-58 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Robert L. Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Margaret Rhea Seddon Description of subject: Margaret Rhea Seddon is an American physician and former NASA astronaut who flew on three Space Shuttle missions and was among the first six women selected as NASA astronauts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.