Paul Desmond Scully-Power
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Paul Desmond Scully-Power is an Australian-born oceanographer and former NASA astronaut who became the first Australian to fly in space.
All labels observed (1)
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| Paul Desmond Scully-Power canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10170698 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Desmond Scully-Power Context triple: [Paul D. Scully-Power, name, Paul Desmond Scully-Power]
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Anthony Heald
Anthony Heald is an American character actor known for his versatile supporting roles in film, television, and theater, including notable appearances in movies like "The Silence of the Lambs" and "8MM."
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B.
Philip Mason
Philip Mason, better known by his pen name Philip Woodruff, was a British civil servant and author noted for his influential writings on the British Empire and colonial administration.
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C.
Terry Coombs
Terry Coombs is a character in Stephen King and Owen King's novel "Sleeping Beauties," involved in the mysterious global phenomenon that causes women to fall into an otherworldly sleep.
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D.
Ray Merrimen
Ray Merrimen is a disciplined, battle-hardened ex-Marine and mastermind leader of a crew of professional bank robbers in the crime film "Den of Thieves."
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E.
David Sills
David Sills was an American jurist and former mayor of Irvine, California, who later served as the presiding justice of the California Court of Appeal.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Desmond Scully-Power Target entity description: Paul Desmond Scully-Power is an Australian-born oceanographer and former NASA astronaut who became the first Australian to fly in space.
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A.
Anthony Heald
Anthony Heald is an American character actor known for his versatile supporting roles in film, television, and theater, including notable appearances in movies like "The Silence of the Lambs" and "8MM."
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B.
Philip Mason
Philip Mason, better known by his pen name Philip Woodruff, was a British civil servant and author noted for his influential writings on the British Empire and colonial administration.
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C.
Terry Coombs
Terry Coombs is a character in Stephen King and Owen King's novel "Sleeping Beauties," involved in the mysterious global phenomenon that causes women to fall into an otherworldly sleep.
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D.
Ray Merrimen
Ray Merrimen is a disciplined, battle-hardened ex-Marine and mastermind leader of a crew of professional bank robbers in the crime film "Den of Thieves."
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E.
David Sills
David Sills was an American jurist and former mayor of Irvine, California, who later served as the presiding justice of the California Court of Appeal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian-American
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NASA astronaut ⓘ human ⓘ oceanographer ⓘ |
| alive | true ⓘ |
| areaOfExpertise |
marine science
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satellite oceanography ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1944-06-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Australia
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New South Wales ⓘ Sydney ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Australia
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United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Sydney ⓘ |
| employer |
NASA
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United States Navy ⓘ |
| familyName | Scully-Power ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
oceanography
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remote sensing ⓘ space oceanography ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Paul ⓘ |
| honor |
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
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Member of the Order of Australia ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1984-10-13 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| laterNationality | American ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1984-10-05 ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Australian Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| missionRole | payload specialist ⓘ |
| name | Paul Desmond Scully-Power ⓘ |
| nationality | Australian ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first Australian-born person to fly in space
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first oceanographer to fly in space ⓘ |
| notableFor | contributions to understanding ocean surface features from space ⓘ |
| notableWork | spaceborne oceanographic observations on STS-41-G ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
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oceanographer ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| spaceMission | STS-41-G ⓘ |
| spaceShuttleFlown | Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ |
| timeInSpace | about 8 days ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Paul Desmond Scully-Power Description of subject: Paul Desmond Scully-Power is an Australian-born oceanographer and former NASA astronaut who became the first Australian to fly in space.
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