Robert L. Stewart
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Robert L. Stewart is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Army brigadier general best known as one of the first astronauts to perform an untethered spacewalk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert L. Stewart canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1583755 — 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: Robert L. Stewart Context triple: [STS-41B, missionSpecialist, Robert L. Stewart]
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A.
Robert N. Fitch
Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
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B.
Allen M. Davey
Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
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C.
Robert H. Richards
Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
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D.
Alan S. Boyd
Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
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E.
Stephen F. Windon
Stephen F. Windon is an Australian cinematographer known for his work on major action and science fiction films, including entries in the Fast & Furious franchise and Star Trek Beyond.
- 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: Robert L. Stewart Target entity description: Robert L. Stewart is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Army brigadier general best known as one of the first astronauts to perform an untethered spacewalk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
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A.
Robert N. Fitch
Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
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B.
Allen M. Davey
Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
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C.
Robert H. Richards
Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
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D.
Alan S. Boyd
Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
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E.
Stephen F. Windon
Stephen F. Windon is an Australian cinematographer known for his work on major action and science fiction films, including entries in the Fast & Furious franchise and Star Trek Beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
ⓘ
brigadier general ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Army Aviator Badge
NERFINISHED
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Defense Superior Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Distinguished Flying Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ NASA Space Flight Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Auburn University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| employer | NASA ⓘ |
| familyName | Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aerospace operations
ⓘ
human spaceflight ⓘ |
| genreOfOccupation | space exploration ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | degree in engineering ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
helicopter pilot
ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being among the first to fly the Manned Maneuvering Unit in space
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service as U.S. Army aviator ⓘ untethered spacewalk ⓘ |
| notableWork | first untethered spacewalks using MMU ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ |
| participantIn | untethered spacewalk with Manned Maneuvering Unit ⓘ |
| positionHeld | NASA astronaut ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
STS-41-B
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
STS-51-J NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| used | Manned Maneuvering Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasAboard |
Space Shuttle Atlantis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Challenger 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: Robert L. Stewart Description of subject: Robert L. Stewart is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Army brigadier general best known as one of the first astronauts to perform an untethered spacewalk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.