David Saint-Jacques
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David Saint-Jacques is a Canadian astronaut, engineer, astrophysicist, and physician who flew to the International Space Station as part of Expedition 58/59.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Saint-Jacques canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10999386 — 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: David Saint-Jacques Context triple: [Canadian Astronaut Corps, hasMember, David Saint-Jacques]
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A.
Marc Garneau
Marc Garneau is a Canadian engineer, former astronaut, and politician who became the first Canadian in space and later served as a federal cabinet minister.
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B.
Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut, former commander of the International Space Station, and popular science communicator known for his spaceflight videos and public outreach.
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C.
Frank De Winne
Frank De Winne is a Belgian aerospace engineer and former Air Force pilot who became a European Space Agency astronaut and the first European commander of the International Space Station.
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D.
Thomas Pesquet
Thomas Pesquet is a French aerospace engineer, airline pilot, and European Space Agency astronaut known for his long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station.
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E.
Luca Parmitano
Luca Parmitano is an Italian astronaut and test pilot with the European Space Agency who has flown multiple missions to the International Space Station and served as its commander.
- 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: David Saint-Jacques Target entity description: David Saint-Jacques is a Canadian astronaut, engineer, astrophysicist, and physician who flew to the International Space Station as part of Expedition 58/59.
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A.
Marc Garneau
Marc Garneau is a Canadian engineer, former astronaut, and politician who became the first Canadian in space and later served as a federal cabinet minister.
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B.
Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut, former commander of the International Space Station, and popular science communicator known for his spaceflight videos and public outreach.
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C.
Frank De Winne
Frank De Winne is a Belgian aerospace engineer and former Air Force pilot who became a European Space Agency astronaut and the first European commander of the International Space Station.
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D.
Thomas Pesquet
Thomas Pesquet is a French aerospace engineer, airline pilot, and European Space Agency astronaut known for his long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station.
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E.
Luca Parmitano
Luca Parmitano is an Italian astronaut and test pilot with the European Space Agency who has flown multiple missions to the International Space Station and served as its commander.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronaut
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astrophysicist ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| employer | Canadian Space Agency ⓘ |
| familyName | Saint-Jacques ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astrophysics
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medicine ⓘ space exploration ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree |
degree in astrophysics
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degree in engineering ⓘ medical degree ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| launchedTo | International Space Station ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Corps
ⓘ
linked to:
Canadian Astronaut Corps
|
| name | David Saint-Jacques ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a Canadian astronaut on Expedition 58/59
ⓘ
long-duration mission on the International Space Station ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
ⓘ
astrophysicist ⓘ engineer ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| partOf |
Expedition 58/59
ⓘ
linked to:
Expedition 58
|
| selectedAsAstronautBy | Canadian Space Agency ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Canadian Space Agency ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
Expedition 58
ⓘ
Expedition 59 ⓘ
linked to:
Expedition 58
Soyuz MS-11 ⓘ |
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: David Saint-Jacques Description of subject: David Saint-Jacques is a Canadian astronaut, engineer, astrophysicist, and physician who flew to the International Space Station as part of Expedition 58/59.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.