Brewster H. Shaw
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Brewster H. Shaw is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later held senior leadership roles within NASA and the aerospace industry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brewster H. Shaw Jr. | 2 |
| Brewster H. Shaw canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7727749 — 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: Brewster H. Shaw Context triple: [Spacelab 1, crewMember, Brewster H. Shaw]
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A.
William C. Shaw
William C. Shaw is a co-founder of IMAX and a key pioneer in the development of large-format cinema technology.
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B.
Henry Ware Lawton
Henry Ware Lawton was a highly decorated U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient who served in multiple conflicts, including the Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish–American War, and ultimately the Philippine–American War, where he was killed in action.
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C.
Samuel E. Wright
Samuel E. Wright was an American actor and singer best known for voicing Sebastian the crab and performing the Oscar-winning song "Under the Sea" in Disney’s The Little Mermaid.
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D.
Frank Irving Cobb
Frank Irving Cobb was an influential American journalist and editor best known for leading the New York World’s editorial page in the early 20th century.
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E.
Henry B. Walthall
Henry B. Walthall was an American stage and silent film actor best known for his leading role in D.W. Griffith’s landmark and controversial film "The Birth of a Nation."
- 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: Brewster H. Shaw Target entity description: Brewster H. Shaw is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later held senior leadership roles within NASA and the aerospace industry.
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A.
William C. Shaw
William C. Shaw is a co-founder of IMAX and a key pioneer in the development of large-format cinema technology.
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B.
Henry Ware Lawton
Henry Ware Lawton was a highly decorated U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient who served in multiple conflicts, including the Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish–American War, and ultimately the Philippine–American War, where he was killed in action.
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C.
Samuel E. Wright
Samuel E. Wright was an American actor and singer best known for voicing Sebastian the crab and performing the Oscar-winning song "Under the Sea" in Disney’s The Little Mermaid.
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D.
Frank Irving Cobb
Frank Irving Cobb was an influential American journalist and editor best known for leading the New York World’s editorial page in the early 20th century.
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E.
Henry B. Walthall
Henry B. Walthall was an American stage and silent film actor best known for his leading role in D.W. Griffith’s landmark and controversial film "The Birth of a Nation."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Distinguished Flying Cross
NERFINISHED
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NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ NASA Space Flight Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
United States Air Force Test Pilot School
NERFINISHED
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University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| employer |
Boeing
NERFINISHED
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aerospace engineering
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human spaceflight ⓘ |
| givenName | Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | aerospace industry ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| militaryUnit | USAF fighter squadron ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
flew on three Space Shuttle missions
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held senior leadership roles in Boeing’s space and defense programs ⓘ held senior leadership roles in NASA human spaceflight operations ⓘ |
| notableRole |
commander of STS-61-B mission deploying multiple communications satellites
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commander of classified Department of Defense Space Shuttle mission STS-28 ⓘ pilot of Spacelab 1 mission STS-9 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Space Shuttle mission STS-28
NERFINISHED
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Space Shuttle mission STS-61-B NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle mission STS-9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
aerospace executive
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astronaut ⓘ fighter pilot ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| participantIn |
STS-28
NERFINISHED
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STS-61-B NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-9 NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Space Shuttle commander
NERFINISHED
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Space Shuttle pilot NERFINISHED ⓘ manager of Space Shuttle operations at NASA ⓘ senior executive at Boeing ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Houston, Texas
NERFINISHED
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Huntington Beach, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnson Space Center 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: Brewster H. Shaw Description of subject: Brewster H. Shaw is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later held senior leadership roles within NASA and the aerospace industry.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Brewster H. Shaw Jr.