Expedition 20
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Expedition 20 was a long-duration International Space Station mission that marked the first time the station was continuously staffed by a six-person crew.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Expedition 20 canonical | 5 |
| ISS Expedition 20 | 1 |
| International Space Station Expedition 20 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9635298 — 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: Expedition 20 Context triple: [Douglas Hurley, participantIn, Expedition 20]
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A.
Expedition 15
Expedition 15 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in 2007 that included NASA astronaut Sunita Williams among its crew.
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B.
Expedition 14
Expedition 14 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which NASA astronaut Sunita Williams began her first spaceflight and set early records for spacewalking by a woman.
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C.
Expedition 28
Expedition 28 was a long-duration crewed mission to the International Space Station in 2011, overseeing scientific research and station operations during the final flights of the Space Shuttle program.
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D.
Expedition 13
Expedition 13 was a long-duration crew mission to the International Space Station in 2006, focused on station maintenance, scientific research, and preparation for future exploration.
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E.
Expedition 6
Expedition 6 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in the early 2000s that conducted scientific research and station maintenance with a three-person crew.
- 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: Expedition 20 Target entity description: Expedition 20 was a long-duration International Space Station mission that marked the first time the station was continuously staffed by a six-person crew.
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A.
Expedition 15
Expedition 15 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in 2007 that included NASA astronaut Sunita Williams among its crew.
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B.
Expedition 14
Expedition 14 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which NASA astronaut Sunita Williams began her first spaceflight and set early records for spacewalking by a woman.
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C.
Expedition 28
Expedition 28 was a long-duration crewed mission to the International Space Station in 2011, overseeing scientific research and station operations during the final flights of the Space Shuttle program.
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D.
Expedition 13
Expedition 13 was a long-duration crew mission to the International Space Station in 2006, focused on station maintenance, scientific research, and preparation for future exploration.
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E.
Expedition 6
Expedition 6 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in the early 2000s that conducted scientific research and station maintenance with a three-person crew.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
International Space Station expedition
ⓘ
space mission ⓘ |
| commander | Gennady Padalka ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Belgium
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Japan ⓘ Russia ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewMember |
Frank De Winne
ⓘ
Gennady Padalka ⓘ Koichi Wakata ⓘ Michael Barratt ⓘ Robert Thirsk ⓘ Roman Romanenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 6 ⓘ |
| durationDaysApprox | 135 ⓘ |
| endDate | 2009-10-11 ⓘ |
| endEvent | undocking of Soyuz TMA-16 from the ISS ⓘ |
| flightEngineer |
Frank De Winne
ⓘ
Koichi Wakata ⓘ Michael Barratt ⓘ Robert Thirsk ⓘ Roman Romanenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Expedition 21
ⓘ
linked to:
ISS Expedition 21
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| missionGoal |
conduct scientific research in microgravity
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continue assembly and maintenance of the International Space Station ⓘ |
| missionType | long-duration ISS mission ⓘ |
| notableAspect | first ISS expedition with crew members from five different space agencies simultaneously ⓘ |
| notableFor | first time the ISS was continuously staffed by a six-person crew ⓘ |
| partOf | International Space Station program ⓘ |
| precededBy | Expedition 19 ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOnboard |
English
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| sequenceNumber | 20 ⓘ |
| spaceAgencyInvolved |
ESA
ⓘ
JAXA ⓘ
linked to:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
NASA ⓘ Roscosmos ⓘ |
| spacecraftUsed |
Soyuz TMA-14
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Soyuz TMA-15 ⓘ Soyuz TMA-16 ⓘ |
| spaceStation | International Space Station ⓘ |
| startDate | 2009-05-29 ⓘ |
| startEvent | undocking of Soyuz TMA-14 from the ISS ⓘ |
| tookPlaceInYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| visitingVehicle |
Progress M-02M
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Progress M-67 ⓘ Space Shuttle Discovery STS-128 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-128
Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-127 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-127
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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: Expedition 20 Description of subject: Expedition 20 was a long-duration International Space Station mission that marked the first time the station was continuously staffed by a six-person crew.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Expedition 20
linked to: Expedition 20