Charles Bassett
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Charles Bassett was an American Air Force test pilot and NASA astronaut selected in the mid-1960s who tragically died in a training jet crash before flying in space.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles Bassett canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13433209 — 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: Charles Bassett Context triple: [NASA Astronaut Group 3, notableMember, Charles Bassett]
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A.
Nathaniel Bladen
Nathaniel Bladen was an English lawyer and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his legal career and service in public office.
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B.
Emelius Browne
Emelius Browne is a charming but initially fraudulent magician and conman who becomes a key protagonist alongside Eglantine Price in Disney’s musical fantasy film "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
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C.
Gulian McEvers
Gulian McEvers was an early American merchant and broker in New York City who was among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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D.
Solomon Breedlove
Solomon Breedlove was the brother of pioneering African American entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C. J. Walker.
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E.
Bartholomew Dandridge
Bartholomew Dandridge was a colonial-era Virginian lawyer and politician who served on the Virginia Governor’s Council and was the brother-in-law of U.S. President George Washington.
- 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: Charles Bassett Target entity description: Charles Bassett was an American Air Force test pilot and NASA astronaut selected in the mid-1960s who tragically died in a training jet crash before flying in space.
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A.
Nathaniel Bladen
Nathaniel Bladen was an English lawyer and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his legal career and service in public office.
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B.
Emelius Browne
Emelius Browne is a charming but initially fraudulent magician and conman who becomes a key protagonist alongside Eglantine Price in Disney’s musical fantasy film "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
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C.
Gulian McEvers
Gulian McEvers was an early American merchant and broker in New York City who was among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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D.
Solomon Breedlove
Solomon Breedlove was the brother of pioneering African American entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C. J. Walker.
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E.
Bartholomew Dandridge
Bartholomew Dandridge was a colonial-era Virginian lawyer and politician who served on the Virginia Governor’s Council and was the brother-in-law of U.S. President George Washington.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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human ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| activeIn | 1960s ⓘ |
| aircraftFlown | Northrop T-38 Talon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| assignedRole | pilot of Gemini 9 ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Air Medal
ⓘ
Distinguished Flying Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | aircraft crash ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewMate | Elliot See NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-12-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1966-02-28 ⓘ |
| deathManner | accidental death ⓘ |
| diedTogetherWith | Elliot See NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Air Force Institute of Technology
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ohio State University NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas Tech University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering ⓘ |
| employer |
NASA
ⓘ
United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Space Race ⓘ |
| familyName | Bassett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | electrical engineering ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| hasNotCompleted | any spaceflight ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Group 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| missionAssignment | Gemini 9 prime crew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableEvent | fatal crash into McDonnell Aircraft Building 101 in St. Louis ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being selected as a NASA astronaut in the mid-1960s
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dying in a T-38 training jet crash before flying in space ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gemini program
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early NASA astronaut corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dayton, Ohio, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Houston, Texas, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | United States Air Force officer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| wasOnBoard | NASA T-38 training flight to St. Louis on 1966-02-28 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Edwards Air Force Base
NERFINISHED
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Houston, Texas, United States of America 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: Charles Bassett Description of subject: Charles Bassett was an American Air Force test pilot and NASA astronaut selected in the mid-1960s who tragically died in a training jet crash before flying in space.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.