LEM
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LEM is the original abbreviation for the Apollo Lunar Module, the spacecraft used by NASA astronauts to land on and ascend from the Moon during the Apollo missions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| LEM canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2293367 — 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: LEM Context triple: [Apollo Lunar Module, earlierAbbreviation, LEM]
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A.
Le
Le is a common Vietnamese surname shared by many notable figures in the country’s history and culture.
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B.
LM
LM is the IATA airline designator assigned to Loganair, a regional airline based in Scotland.
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C.
LEG
LEG is the International Maritime Organization’s Legal Committee, responsible for developing and maintaining international maritime law and liability conventions.
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D.
LEMD
LEMD is the ICAO airport code for Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, the main international airport serving Madrid, Spain.
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E.
LEX
LEX is the abbreviation for the Léman Express, a cross-border commuter rail network serving the Greater Geneva region in Switzerland and France.
- 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: LEM Target entity description: LEM is the original abbreviation for the Apollo Lunar Module, the spacecraft used by NASA astronauts to land on and ascend from the Moon during the Apollo missions.
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A.
Le
Le is a common Vietnamese surname shared by many notable figures in the country’s history and culture.
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B.
LM
LM is the IATA airline designator assigned to Loganair, a regional airline based in Scotland.
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C.
LEG
LEG is the International Maritime Organization’s Legal Committee, responsible for developing and maintaining international maritime law and liability conventions.
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D.
LEMD
LEMD is the ICAO airport code for Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, the main international airport serving Madrid, Spain.
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E.
LEX
LEX is the abbreviation for the Léman Express, a cross-border commuter rail network serving the Greater Geneva region in Switzerland and France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apollo Lunar Module
ⓘ
crewed lunar lander ⓘ spacecraft type ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor |
Apollo Lunar Module
ⓘ
surface form:
Lunar Excursion Module
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCapacity | 2 astronauts ⓘ |
| designedForEnvironment |
lunar surface operations
ⓘ
vacuum of space ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Grumman
ⓘ
surface form:
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
|
| developedFor | NASA ⓘ |
| dockedWith |
Apollo command and service module
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollo Command and Service Module
|
| firstCrewedUseMission | Apollo 11 ⓘ |
| firstLunarLanding |
Apollo Lunar Module
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle
|
| fullName |
Apollo Lunar Module
ⓘ
surface form:
Lunar Excursion Module
|
| guidanceSystem | Apollo Guidance Computer ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
ascent stage
ⓘ
crew cabin ⓘ descent stage ⓘ landing gear ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
enabled multiple Apollo lunar surface expeditions
ⓘ
first crewed vehicle to land humans on the Moon ⓘ |
| laterName |
Apollo Lunar Module
ⓘ
surface form:
Lunar Module
|
| launchVehicle |
Saturn V
ⓘ
surface form:
Saturn V (as part of Apollo stack)
|
| notableVehicle |
Antares
ⓘ
Aquarius ⓘ Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ
surface form:
Challenger (Apollo 17 LM)
Eagle ⓘ Intrepid ⓘ Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ
surface form:
Orion (Apollo 16 LM)
|
| notDesignedFor | Earth atmospheric flight ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
NASA Astronaut Corps
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA astronauts
|
| operationalPeriod | late 1960s to early 1970s ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
lunar ascent
ⓘ
lunar landing ⓘ |
| program | Apollo program ⓘ |
| propulsionType | bipropellant rocket engines ⓘ |
| roleOnApollo13 | emergency life-support and propulsion system ⓘ |
| shape | asymmetric, non-aerodynamic configuration ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| usedAsLifeboatOnMission | Apollo 13 ⓘ |
| usedFor | transporting astronauts between lunar orbit and lunar surface ⓘ |
| usedOnMission |
Apollo 11
ⓘ
Apollo 12 ⓘ Apollo 14 ⓘ Apollo 15 ⓘ Apollo 16 ⓘ Apollo 17 ⓘ |
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: LEM Description of subject: LEM is the original abbreviation for the Apollo Lunar Module, the spacecraft used by NASA astronauts to land on and ascend from the Moon during the Apollo missions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.