Michael J. Bloomfield
E949102
Michael J. Bloomfield is a retired NASA astronaut and former U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in the early 2000s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael J. Bloomfield canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11856560 — 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: Michael J. Bloomfield Context triple: [STS-110, commander, Michael J. Bloomfield]
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A.
Mike Bloomfield
Mike Bloomfield was an influential American blues and rock guitarist best known for his work with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and his pioneering electric guitar contributions in the 1960s.
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B.
Jim Hall
Jim Hall is a software developer best known as the founder and project coordinator of the FreeDOS operating system.
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C.
Jim Hall
Jim Hall was an influential American jazz guitarist renowned for his subtle, lyrical playing and innovative contributions to modern jazz.
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D.
Paul Butterfield
Paul Butterfield was an influential American blues harmonica player and bandleader known for pioneering electric Chicago blues and blues-rock in the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Elvin Bishop
Elvin Bishop is an American blues and rock guitarist and singer known for his work with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and his hit song "Fooled Around and Fell in Love."
- 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: Michael J. Bloomfield Target entity description: Michael J. Bloomfield is a retired NASA astronaut and former U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in the early 2000s.
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A.
Mike Bloomfield
Mike Bloomfield was an influential American blues and rock guitarist best known for his work with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and his pioneering electric guitar contributions in the 1960s.
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B.
Jim Hall
Jim Hall is a software developer best known as the founder and project coordinator of the FreeDOS operating system.
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C.
Jim Hall
Jim Hall was an influential American jazz guitarist renowned for his subtle, lyrical playing and innovative contributions to modern jazz.
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D.
Paul Butterfield
Paul Butterfield was an influential American blues harmonica player and bandleader known for pioneering electric Chicago blues and blues-rock in the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Elvin Bishop
Elvin Bishop is an American blues and rock guitarist and singer known for his work with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and his hit song "Fooled Around and Fell in Love."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Old Dominion University
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Air Force Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | NASA ⓘ |
| familyName | Bloomfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aerospace
ⓘ
spaceflight ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree |
Bachelor of Science in engineering
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Master of Science in engineering management ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| notableAward |
Air Medal
NERFINISHED
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Defense Meritorious Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Defense Superior Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Legion of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ Meritorious Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ NASA Exceptional Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ NASA Space Flight Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | flying three Space Shuttle missions in the early 2000s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
STS-110 ISS assembly mission
NERFINISHED
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STS-86 mission to Mir NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-97 ISS assembly mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| operatorOfSpacecraft |
Space Shuttle Atlantis
NERFINISHED
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Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle Endeavour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantIn |
International Space Station assembly missions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Space Shuttle commander
ⓘ
Space Shuttle pilot ⓘ |
| retiredFrom |
NASA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
STS-110
NERFINISHED
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STS-86 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-97 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Michael J. Bloomfield Description of subject: Michael J. Bloomfield is a retired NASA astronaut and former U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in the early 2000s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.