Mark L. Polansky
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Mark L. Polansky is a NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, including serving as a mission commander.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mark L. Polansky canonical | 3 |
| Mark Polansky | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10670755 — 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: Mark L. Polansky Context triple: [STS-127, commander, Mark L. Polansky]
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A.
Michael D. Rosenthal
Michael D. Rosenthal is a writer best known as the author whose work inspired the "Twilight Zone" episode "A Kind of Stopwatch."
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B.
J. David Siegel
J. David Siegel is a film editor known for his work on major animated features, including the superhero comedy "DC League of Super-Pets."
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C.
Steven Fierberg
Steven Fierberg is an American cinematographer known for his work on feature films and television series, including the romantic drama "Love & Other Drugs."
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D.
Jay O. Rothman
Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
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E.
Lawrence D. Cohen
Lawrence D. Cohen is an American screenwriter best known for adapting Stephen King's works, including the original film version of "Carrie" and the 1990 television miniseries "It."
- 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: Mark L. Polansky Target entity description: Mark L. Polansky is a NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, including serving as a mission commander.
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A.
Michael D. Rosenthal
Michael D. Rosenthal is a writer best known as the author whose work inspired the "Twilight Zone" episode "A Kind of Stopwatch."
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B.
J. David Siegel
J. David Siegel is a film editor known for his work on major animated features, including the superhero comedy "DC League of Super-Pets."
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C.
Steven Fierberg
Steven Fierberg is an American cinematographer known for his work on feature films and television series, including the romantic drama "Love & Other Drugs."
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D.
Jay O. Rothman
Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
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E.
Lawrence D. Cohen
Lawrence D. Cohen is an American screenwriter best known for adapting Stephen King's works, including the original film version of "Carrie" and the 1990 television miniseries "It."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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Space Shuttle astronaut ⓘ aerospace engineer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| affiliation | United States government ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| degree |
bachelor’s degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering
ⓘ
master’s degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Purdue University ⓘ |
| employer | NASA ⓘ |
| familyName | Polansky ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aerospace engineering
ⓘ
spaceflight ⓘ |
| givenName | Mark ⓘ |
| hasExperience |
ISS assembly and resupply operations
ⓘ
Space Shuttle rendezvous and docking operations ⓘ orbital spaceflight ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
NASA mission commander status
ⓘ
veteran astronaut status ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
commanded a Space Shuttle mission
ⓘ
flew multiple Space Shuttle missions ⓘ participated in International Space Station assembly missions ⓘ |
| notableFor | work on Space Shuttle missions to the International Space Station ⓘ |
| notableRole | leader of a Space Shuttle crew ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Space Shuttle mission STS-116
ⓘ
linked to:
STS-116
Space Shuttle mission STS-127 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-127
Space Shuttle mission STS-98 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-98
|
| occupation |
aerospace engineer
ⓘ
astronaut ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| operatorOf |
Space Shuttle Atlantis
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. human spaceflight program
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA human spaceflight programs
|
| positionHeld |
Space Shuttle mission commander
ⓘ
Space Shuttle pilot ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
STS-116
ⓘ
STS-127 ⓘ STS-98 ⓘ |
| workLocation | Johnson Space Center ⓘ |
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: Mark L. Polansky Description of subject: Mark L. Polansky is a NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, including serving as a mission commander.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.