Megan E. Schwamb
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Megan E. Schwamb is an astronomer and planetary scientist known for her work on trans-Neptunian objects and citizen science–driven discoveries in the outer Solar System.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Megan E. Schwamb canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13179973 — 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: Megan E. Schwamb Context triple: [Vanth, discoveredBy, Megan E. Schwamb]
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A.
Jess Remsberg
Jess Remsberg is the tough, skilled frontier scout and central protagonist portrayed by James Garner in the 1966 Western film "Duel at Diablo."
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B.
Suzanne Holman
Suzanne Holman, later known as Suzanne Farrington, was the daughter of famed actress Vivien Leigh and a British woman who largely lived outside the public spotlight.
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C.
Nicole Rocklin
Nicole Rocklin is an American film producer best known for co-producing the Academy Award–winning investigative drama "Spotlight."
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D.
Sarah B. Raymond
Sarah B. Raymond was a notable local figure whose prominence in the community led to her recognition and burial at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery.
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E.
Amanda Askell
Amanda Askell is an AI researcher and ethicist known for her work on AI alignment and safety, including contributions at OpenAI.
- 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: Megan E. Schwamb Target entity description: Megan E. Schwamb is an astronomer and planetary scientist known for her work on trans-Neptunian objects and citizen science–driven discoveries in the outer Solar System.
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A.
Jess Remsberg
Jess Remsberg is the tough, skilled frontier scout and central protagonist portrayed by James Garner in the 1966 Western film "Duel at Diablo."
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B.
Suzanne Holman
Suzanne Holman, later known as Suzanne Farrington, was the daughter of famed actress Vivien Leigh and a British woman who largely lived outside the public spotlight.
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C.
Nicole Rocklin
Nicole Rocklin is an American film producer best known for co-producing the Academy Award–winning investigative drama "Spotlight."
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D.
Sarah B. Raymond
Sarah B. Raymond was a notable local figure whose prominence in the community led to her recognition and burial at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery.
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E.
Amanda Askell
Amanda Askell is an AI researcher and ethicist known for her work on AI alignment and safety, including contributions at OpenAI.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomer
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planetary scientist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
PhD in planetary science
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bachelor’s degree in astrophysics ⓘ |
| affiliation | Astrophysics Research Centre, Queen’s University Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTopic | distant Solar System minor planets and their dynamical properties ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California Institute of Technology
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University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer | Queen’s University Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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citizen science in astronomy ⓘ outer Solar System ⓘ planetary science ⓘ trans-Neptunian objects ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Michael E. Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublicationType |
conference proceedings
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peer-reviewed journal articles ⓘ |
| hasResearchMethod |
crowdsourced visual inspection of astronomical images
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large-scale sky survey data analysis ⓘ |
| hasRole |
science team member of Planet Four
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science team member of Planet Hunters ⓘ science team member of Planet Hunters TESS ⓘ |
| knownFor |
citizen science–driven discoveries in the outer Solar System
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research on trans-Neptunian objects ⓘ work on distant Solar System minor planets ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Zooniverse collaboration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Planet Four citizen science project
NERFINISHED
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Planet Four: Terrains citizen science project NERFINISHED ⓘ Planet Hunters TESS citizen science project NERFINISHED ⓘ Planet Hunters citizen science project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | lecturer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
development of citizen science platforms for exoplanet discovery
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development of citizen science projects for Mars surface features ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Kuiper belt objects
NERFINISHED
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citizen science methodologies in astronomy ⓘ distant Solar System small bodies ⓘ planet formation in the outer Solar System ⓘ scattered disk objects ⓘ |
| studies |
orbital dynamics of trans-Neptunian objects
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population statistics of distant minor planets ⓘ |
| workLocation | Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worksOn |
analysis of volunteer-generated classifications in astronomy
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searches for new trans-Neptunian objects in survey data ⓘ |
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: Megan E. Schwamb Description of subject: Megan E. Schwamb is an astronomer and planetary scientist known for her work on trans-Neptunian objects and citizen science–driven discoveries in the outer Solar System.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.