Lisa M. Nowak
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Lisa M. Nowak is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery and later became widely known for her involvement in a high-profile criminal case.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lisa M. Nowak canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8948607 — 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: Lisa M. Nowak Context triple: [STS-121, missionSpecialist, Lisa M. Nowak]
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A.
Ellen M. Pawlikowski
Ellen M. Pawlikowski is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force known for her leadership in military space and acquisition programs.
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B.
Jennifer L. Johnson
Jennifer L. Johnson is a member of the Johnson & Johnson family, associated with the lineage behind the multinational healthcare and consumer goods company.
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C.
Nicole P. Stott
Nicole P. Stott is an American engineer, retired NASA astronaut, and aquanaut known for her long-duration stay on the International Space Station and her work combining space exploration with art and education.
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D.
Karen E. Smith
Karen E. Smith is an American mathematician renowned for her contributions to commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, as well as for her influential expository work and leadership in the mathematical community.
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E.
Kimberly J. Mueller
Kimberly J. Mueller is a United States federal judge who serves as the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.
- 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: Lisa M. Nowak Target entity description: Lisa M. Nowak is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery and later became widely known for her involvement in a high-profile criminal case.
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A.
Ellen M. Pawlikowski
Ellen M. Pawlikowski is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force known for her leadership in military space and acquisition programs.
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B.
Jennifer L. Johnson
Jennifer L. Johnson is a member of the Johnson & Johnson family, associated with the lineage behind the multinational healthcare and consumer goods company.
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C.
Nicole P. Stott
Nicole P. Stott is an American engineer, retired NASA astronaut, and aquanaut known for her long-duration stay on the International Space Station and her work combining space exploration with art and education.
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D.
Karen E. Smith
Karen E. Smith is an American mathematician renowned for her contributions to commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, as well as for her influential expository work and leadership in the mathematical community.
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E.
Kimberly J. Mueller
Kimberly J. Mueller is a United States federal judge who serves as the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Space Shuttle astronaut
ⓘ
United States Navy officer ⓘ former NASA astronaut ⓘ human ⓘ naval flight officer ⓘ |
| causeOfPublicAttention | criminal charges related to confrontation with romantic rival ⓘ |
| charge |
attempted kidnapping
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battery ⓘ burglary with assault ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| criminalCaseOutcome |
plea agreement
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probation sentence ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Naval Postgraduate School
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Naval Test Pilot School NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Naval Academy ⓘ |
| employer |
NASA
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| eventLocation | Orlando, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Nowak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aeronautics
ⓘ
astronautics ⓘ |
| givenName | Lisa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
naval aviation
ⓘ
spaceflight operations ⓘ |
| hasHonor | various U.S. military decorations ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain (United States Navy) ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement in a high-profile criminal case in 2007
ⓘ
service as a NASA astronaut ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| participatedIn | STS-121 Space Shuttle mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resignedFrom |
NASA Astronaut Corps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectedAsAstronautBy | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectedAsAstronautInYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| serviceNumberOfSpaceFlights | 1 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceflightAgency | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceMission | STS-121 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: Lisa M. Nowak Description of subject: Lisa M. Nowak is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery and later became widely known for her involvement in a high-profile criminal case.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.