Hilmers
E817121
Hilmers is the surname of David C. Hilmers, an American engineer, former NASA astronaut, and physician.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hilmers canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9730914 — 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: Hilmers Context triple: [David C. Hilmers, familyName, Hilmers]
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A.
Hellerud
Hellerud is a residential neighborhood in Oslo, Norway, known for its hillside location and proximity to green areas and public transport.
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B.
Helleren
Helleren is a small historic settlement in Norway known for its traditional houses built under a large rock overhang near the Jøssingfjord.
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C.
Hille
Hille is a surname and place name that appears as a variant form of "Hill" in certain linguistic or regional contexts.
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D.
Hirzer
Hirzer is a prominent mountain peak in the Sarntal Alps of South Tyrol, Italy, known for its panoramic hiking routes and scenic alpine views.
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E.
Helvick
Helvick is a small coastal settlement in County Waterford, Ireland, known for its fishing heritage and Irish-speaking community.
- 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: Hilmers Target entity description: Hilmers is the surname of David C. Hilmers, an American engineer, former NASA astronaut, and physician.
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A.
Hellerud
Hellerud is a residential neighborhood in Oslo, Norway, known for its hillside location and proximity to green areas and public transport.
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B.
Helleren
Helleren is a small historic settlement in Norway known for its traditional houses built under a large rock overhang near the Jøssingfjord.
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C.
Hille
Hille is a surname and place name that appears as a variant form of "Hill" in certain linguistic or regional contexts.
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D.
Hirzer
Hirzer is a prominent mountain peak in the Sarntal Alps of South Tyrol, Italy, known for its panoramic hiking routes and scenic alpine views.
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E.
Helvick
Helvick is a small coastal settlement in County Waterford, Ireland, known for its fishing heritage and Irish-speaking community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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human ⓘ physician ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | NASA ⓘ |
| familyName | Hilmers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aerospace engineering
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medicine ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | David C. Hilmers ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
ⓘ
engineer ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| usedBy | David C. Hilmers ⓘ |
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: Hilmers Description of subject: Hilmers is the surname of David C. Hilmers, an American engineer, former NASA astronaut, and physician.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Hilmers