Leroy Chiao
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Leroy Chiao is an American engineer, former NASA astronaut, and veteran of multiple Space Shuttle flights and a long-duration mission on the International Space Station.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leroy Chiao canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7815404 — 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: Leroy Chiao Context triple: [International Microgravity Laboratory 2, missionSpecialist, Leroy Chiao]
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A.
Cecil Chao
Cecil Chao is a Hong Kong billionaire property developer best known internationally for offering large monetary rewards to any man who could successfully marry his lesbian daughter.
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B.
Johnny Chiang
Johnny Chiang is a Taiwanese politician who has served as a prominent leader within the Kuomintang (KMT) party and as a legislator in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan.
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C.
Don Lee
Don Lee was a prominent early 20th-century American broadcasting pioneer and automobile dealer whose influence in Los Angeles led to Mount Lee being named in his honor.
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D.
Hancock Lee
Hancock Lee was a colonial Virginian planter and politician from the prominent Lee family of Virginia.
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E.
Won Pat
Won Pat is the surname of Antonio Borja Won Pat, the first Delegate from Guam to the U.S. House of Representatives and a prominent Guamanian political figure.
- 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: Leroy Chiao Target entity description: Leroy Chiao is an American engineer, former NASA astronaut, and veteran of multiple Space Shuttle flights and a long-duration mission on the International Space Station.
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A.
Cecil Chao
Cecil Chao is a Hong Kong billionaire property developer best known internationally for offering large monetary rewards to any man who could successfully marry his lesbian daughter.
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B.
Johnny Chiang
Johnny Chiang is a Taiwanese politician who has served as a prominent leader within the Kuomintang (KMT) party and as a legislator in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan.
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C.
Don Lee
Don Lee was a prominent early 20th-century American broadcasting pioneer and automobile dealer whose influence in Los Angeles led to Mount Lee being named in his honor.
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D.
Hancock Lee
Hancock Lee was a colonial Virginian planter and politician from the prominent Lee family of Virginia.
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E.
Won Pat
Won Pat is the surname of Antonio Borja Won Pat, the first Delegate from Guam to the U.S. House of Representatives and a prominent Guamanian political figure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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astronaut ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
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Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering ⓘ Master of Science in Chemical Engineering ⓘ |
| astronautSelectionYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1960-08-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of California, Berkeley
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University of California, Santa Barbara ⓘ |
| employer | NASA ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Chinese American ⓘ |
| expeditionNumber | 10 ⓘ |
| familyName | Chiao ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aerospace engineering
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spaceflight operations ⓘ |
| givenName | Leroy ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| name | Leroy Chiao ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first NASA astronaut of full Chinese heritage to command the International Space Station ⓘ |
| numberOfSpacewalks | 6 ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
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consultant ⓘ engineer ⓘ public speaker ⓘ |
| performedExtravehicularActivity | yes ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
International Space Station commander
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linked to:
Commander of the International Space Station
|
| retiredFrom | NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ |
| retirementYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| selectedAsAstronautBy | NASA ⓘ |
| servedOnSpaceStation | International Space Station ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
Expedition 10
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STS-65 ⓘ STS-72 ⓘ STS-92 ⓘ Soyuz TMA-5 ⓘ |
| spaceMissionRole |
commander of Expedition 10
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flight engineer on Soyuz TMA-5 ⓘ mission specialist on STS-65 ⓘ mission specialist on STS-72 ⓘ mission specialist on STS-92 ⓘ |
| totalTimeInSpace | about 229 days ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Leroy Chiao Description of subject: Leroy Chiao is an American engineer, former NASA astronaut, and veteran of multiple Space Shuttle flights and a long-duration mission on the International Space Station.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.