Anthropomorphic test device Ripley
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Anthropomorphic test device Ripley is a human-shaped test dummy used by SpaceX to assess safety and performance conditions for astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anthropomorphic test device Ripley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11692329 — 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: Anthropomorphic test device Ripley Context triple: [Crew Dragon Demo-1, carriedPayload, Anthropomorphic test device Ripley]
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A.
Man Vehicle Laboratory
Man Vehicle Laboratory is an MIT research lab focused on human factors, human–machine interaction, and human performance in aerospace and other complex vehicle systems.
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B.
Rocketship X-M
Rocketship X-M is a 1950 American science fiction film about a pioneering but perilous manned expedition to Mars.
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C.
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Magoo's Puddle Jumper is a 1956 animated short film featuring the near-sighted character Mr. Magoo in a comedic misadventure with an experimental car.
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D.
Life-Model Decoys
Life-Model Decoys are highly advanced android replicas in the Marvel universe, primarily used by S.H.I.E.L.D. to impersonate individuals for espionage, protection, and deception.
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E.
Robot B-9
Robot B-9 is the iconic, wisecracking robot from the "Lost in Space" franchise, known for protecting the Robinson family and issuing its famous "Danger, Will Robinson!" warning.
- 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: Anthropomorphic test device Ripley Target entity description: Anthropomorphic test device Ripley is a human-shaped test dummy used by SpaceX to assess safety and performance conditions for astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft.
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A.
Man Vehicle Laboratory
Man Vehicle Laboratory is an MIT research lab focused on human factors, human–machine interaction, and human performance in aerospace and other complex vehicle systems.
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B.
Rocketship X-M
Rocketship X-M is a 1950 American science fiction film about a pioneering but perilous manned expedition to Mars.
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C.
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Magoo's Puddle Jumper is a 1956 animated short film featuring the near-sighted character Mr. Magoo in a comedic misadventure with an experimental car.
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D.
Life-Model Decoys
Life-Model Decoys are highly advanced android replicas in the Marvel universe, primarily used by S.H.I.E.L.D. to impersonate individuals for espionage, protection, and deception.
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E.
Robot B-9
Robot B-9 is the iconic, wisecracking robot from the "Lost in Space" franchise, known for protecting the Robinson family and issuing its famous "Danger, Will Robinson!" warning.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropomorphic test device
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spaceflight test article ⓘ test dummy ⓘ |
| associatedAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| associatedProgram |
NASA Commercial Crew Program
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linked to:
Commercial Crew Program
|
| category |
spaceflight dummy
ⓘ
test equipment used on the International Space Station ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewSizeSimulated | 1 ⓘ |
| dataUsedBy |
NASA engineers
ⓘ
SpaceX engineers ⓘ |
| destination | International Space Station ⓘ |
| developer | SpaceX ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
instrumented to record acceleration
ⓘ
instrumented to record acoustic environment ⓘ instrumented to record microgravity effects ⓘ instrumented to record pressure ⓘ instrumented to record vibration ⓘ sensors embedded throughout the body ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2019-03-02 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Falcon 9
ⓘ
linked to:
Falcon 9 rocket
|
| manufacturer | SpaceX ⓘ |
| mission | Crew Dragon Demo-1 ⓘ |
| missionType | uncrewed test flight ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ellen Ripley ⓘ |
| namedAfterCharacterFrom |
Alien film franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
Alien franchise
|
| operator | SpaceX ⓘ |
| orbit | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| partOf | Crew Dragon test program ⓘ |
| purpose | verify crew safety margins before first crewed Crew Dragon flight ⓘ |
| reentryDate | 2019-03-08 ⓘ |
| role | simulated astronaut ⓘ |
| safetyDomain | human spaceflight safety ⓘ |
| seatingPosition | commander seat ⓘ |
| shape | human-shaped ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Crew Dragon ⓘ |
| spacecraftType |
Crew Dragon 2
ⓘ
linked to:
Crew Dragon
|
| status | test hardware ⓘ |
| testEnvironment | pressurized Crew Dragon cabin ⓘ |
| usedFor |
assessing performance conditions for astronauts
ⓘ
assessing safety conditions for astronauts ⓘ measuring accelerations during launch and reentry ⓘ measuring loads on astronaut seats ⓘ testing Crew Dragon spacecraft cabin environment ⓘ validating Crew Dragon life-support conditions ⓘ |
| wore | SpaceX spacesuit ⓘ |
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: Anthropomorphic test device Ripley Description of subject: Anthropomorphic test device Ripley is a human-shaped test dummy used by SpaceX to assess safety and performance conditions for astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.