Kevin P. Chilton
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Kevin P. Chilton is a retired U.S. Air Force four-star general, former NASA astronaut, and veteran of three Space Shuttle missions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kevin P. Chilton canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6121634 — 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: Kevin P. Chilton Context triple: [STS-76, commander, Kevin P. Chilton]
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A.
Kevin Hageman
Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
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B.
Gregory R. Choppin
Gregory R. Choppin was an American nuclear chemist best known as one of the co-discoverers of several transuranium elements and a co-author of the influential textbook "Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry."
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C.
David Scearce
David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
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D.
Michael Potts
Michael Potts is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in projects like "The Wire," "True Detective," and various Broadway productions.
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E.
Phil Wenneck
Phil Wenneck is a charismatic, fast-talking schoolteacher and member of the "Wolfpack" whose misadventures drive much of the comedy in The Hangover film series.
- 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: Kevin P. Chilton Target entity description: Kevin P. Chilton is a retired U.S. Air Force four-star general, former NASA astronaut, and veteran of three Space Shuttle missions.
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A.
Kevin Hageman
Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
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B.
Gregory R. Choppin
Gregory R. Choppin was an American nuclear chemist best known as one of the co-discoverers of several transuranium elements and a co-author of the influential textbook "Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry."
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C.
David Scearce
David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
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D.
Michael Potts
Michael Potts is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in projects like "The Wire," "True Detective," and various Broadway productions.
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E.
Phil Wenneck
Phil Wenneck is a charismatic, fast-talking schoolteacher and member of the "Wolfpack" whose misadventures drive much of the comedy in The Hangover film series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ retired United States Air Force general ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
NERFINISHED
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Defense Distinguished Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Defense Superior Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Distinguished Flying Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ NASA Space Flight Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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United States Air Force Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Chilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
engineering
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engineering sciences ⓘ mechanical engineering ⓘ |
| givenName | Kevin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Patrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
four-star general
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general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding U.S. Strategic Command
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flying three Space Shuttle missions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Space Shuttle mission STS-49
NERFINISHED
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Space Shuttle mission STS-59 NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle mission STS-76 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
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engineer ⓘ military officer ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| participantIn |
STS-49
NERFINISHED
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STS-59 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-76 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Commander, 8th Air Force
NERFINISHED
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Commander, 9th Reconnaissance Wing NERFINISHED ⓘ Commander, Air Force Space Command ⓘ Commander, U.S. Strategic Command NERFINISHED ⓘ Deputy Director of Politico-Military Affairs for Asia, Joint Staff ⓘ Director of Air Force Programs ⓘ |
| serviceNumberOfSpaceFlights | 3 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
STS-49
NERFINISHED
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STS-59 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-76 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: Kevin P. Chilton Description of subject: Kevin P. Chilton is a retired U.S. Air Force four-star general, former NASA astronaut, and veteran of three Space Shuttle missions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.