Thomas K. Mattingly II
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Thomas K. Mattingly II was a U.S. Navy rear admiral and NASA astronaut best known for his roles on the Apollo and Space Shuttle missions, including serving as command module pilot for Apollo 16.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas K. Mattingly II canonical | 11 |
| Dr. Thomas K. Mattingly II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10454703 — 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: Thomas K. Mattingly II Context triple: [Descartes Highlands, astronautVisitor, Thomas K. Mattingly II]
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A.
Richard F. Gordon Jr.
Richard F. Gordon Jr. was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, NASA astronaut, and command module pilot of Apollo 12 who played a key role in the early Apollo lunar program.
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B.
Charles F. Bolden Jr.
Charles F. Bolden Jr. is a former NASA astronaut, retired U.S. Marine Corps major general, and former NASA Administrator who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
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C.
Dr. Jerome Lovell
Dr. Jerome Lovell is a fictional physician and central character in the film "Nell," who discovers and attempts to help a reclusive young woman raised in isolation.
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D.
Charles M. Duke Jr.
Charles M. Duke Jr. is an American astronaut, U.S. Air Force officer, and test pilot best known for walking on the Moon during the Apollo 16 mission.
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E.
Joe Engle
Joe Engle is an American astronaut and test pilot best known for flying the X-15 rocket plane and commanding early Space Shuttle missions.
- 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: Thomas K. Mattingly II Target entity description: Thomas K. Mattingly II was a U.S. Navy rear admiral and NASA astronaut best known for his roles on the Apollo and Space Shuttle missions, including serving as command module pilot for Apollo 16.
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A.
Richard F. Gordon Jr.
Richard F. Gordon Jr. was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, NASA astronaut, and command module pilot of Apollo 12 who played a key role in the early Apollo lunar program.
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B.
Charles F. Bolden Jr.
Charles F. Bolden Jr. is a former NASA astronaut, retired U.S. Marine Corps major general, and former NASA Administrator who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
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C.
Dr. Jerome Lovell
Dr. Jerome Lovell is a fictional physician and central character in the film "Nell," who discovers and attempts to help a reclusive young woman raised in isolation.
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D.
Charles M. Duke Jr.
Charles M. Duke Jr. is an American astronaut, U.S. Air Force officer, and test pilot best known for walking on the Moon during the Apollo 16 mission.
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E.
Joe Engle
Joe Engle is an American astronaut and test pilot best known for flying the X-15 rocket plane and commanding early Space Shuttle missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
ⓘ
United States Navy officer ⓘ human ⓘ rear admiral ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA
United States Navy ⓘ |
| familyName | Mattingly ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aerospace engineering
ⓘ
human spaceflight ⓘ |
| fullName |
Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II
ⓘ
linked to:
Ken Mattingly
|
| genre | space exploration ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
naval aviation
ⓘ
spaceflight ⓘ |
| hasHonor | military decorations of the United States Navy ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | rear admiral ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableEvent | served as command module pilot in lunar orbit during Apollo 16 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
participation in Apollo program
ⓘ
participation in Space Shuttle program ⓘ serving as command module pilot for Apollo 16 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Apollo 16 mission
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo 16
STS-4 mission ⓘ
linked to:
STS-4
STS-51-C mission ⓘ
linked to:
STS-51-C
|
| occupation |
astronaut
ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
command module pilot of Apollo 16
ⓘ
commander of STS-4 ⓘ commander of STS-51-C ⓘ |
| program |
Apollo program
ⓘ
Space Shuttle program ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| serviceEntry | United States Navy ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
Apollo 16
ⓘ
STS-4 ⓘ STS-51-C ⓘ |
| wasCrewMemberOf |
Apollo 16
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ |
| wasSelectedAsAstronautBy | NASA ⓘ |
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: Thomas K. Mattingly II Description of subject: Thomas K. Mattingly II was a U.S. Navy rear admiral and NASA astronaut best known for his roles on the Apollo and Space Shuttle missions, including serving as command module pilot for Apollo 16.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Thomas K. Mattingly II