Joseph M. Acaba
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Joseph M. Acaba is a NASA astronaut, former U.S. Marine and educator who has flown multiple space shuttle and International Space Station missions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joseph M. Acaba canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10670765 — 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: Joseph M. Acaba Context triple: [STS-127, backupCrewMember, Joseph M. Acaba]
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A.
Gregory E. Chamitoff
Gregory E. Chamitoff is a Canadian-American engineer, former NASA astronaut, and International Space Station long-duration crew member who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions.
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B.
Franklin R. Chang-Díaz
Franklin R. Chang-Díaz is a Costa Rican–American physicist, former NASA astronaut, and veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions who is also known for his work on advanced plasma rocket propulsion.
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C.
Daniel M. Tani
Daniel M. Tani is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent extended time aboard the International Space Station.
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D.
Ryan Engle
Ryan Engle is an American screenwriter known for penning high-concept action thrillers such as "Non-Stop," "The Commuter," and "Rampage."
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E.
Ronald Garan
Ronald Garan is a retired NASA astronaut and former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot known for his missions to the International Space Station and his advocacy for global cooperation and sustainability.
- 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: Joseph M. Acaba Target entity description: Joseph M. Acaba is a NASA astronaut, former U.S. Marine and educator who has flown multiple space shuttle and International Space Station missions.
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A.
Gregory E. Chamitoff
Gregory E. Chamitoff is a Canadian-American engineer, former NASA astronaut, and International Space Station long-duration crew member who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions.
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B.
Franklin R. Chang-Díaz
Franklin R. Chang-Díaz is a Costa Rican–American physicist, former NASA astronaut, and veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions who is also known for his work on advanced plasma rocket propulsion.
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C.
Daniel M. Tani
Daniel M. Tani is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent extended time aboard the International Space Station.
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D.
Ryan Engle
Ryan Engle is an American screenwriter known for penning high-concept action thrillers such as "Non-Stop," "The Commuter," and "Rampage."
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E.
Ronald Garan
Ronald Garan is a retired NASA astronaut and former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot known for his missions to the International Space Station and his advocacy for global cooperation and sustainability.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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educator ⓘ former U.S. Marine ⓘ human ⓘ |
| almaMater |
University of Arizona
NERFINISHED
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University of California, Santa Barbara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| astronautGroup | NASA Astronaut Group 19 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1967-05-17 ⓘ |
| degree |
Bachelor of Science in Geology
ⓘ
Master of Science in Geology ⓘ |
| employer | NASA ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Puerto Rican ⓘ |
| familyName | Acaba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
education
ⓘ
geology ⓘ |
| firstSpaceflight | STS-119 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Joseph Michael Acaba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFlownTo | International Space Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Marine Corps Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Sergeant ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the first astronauts of Puerto Rican heritage ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
ⓘ
teacher ⓘ |
| performedExtravehicularActivity | true ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Inglewood, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousOccupation |
high school science teacher
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hydrogeologist ⓘ |
| selectedAsAstronautBy | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
Expedition 32
NERFINISHED
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Expedition 33 NERFINISHED ⓘ Expedition 53 NERFINISHED ⓘ Expedition 54 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-119 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-128 NERFINISHED ⓘ Soyuz MS-06 NERFINISHED ⓘ Soyuz TMA-06M NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtLevel |
high school
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middle school ⓘ |
| taughtSubject | science ⓘ |
| totalEVAs | 3 ⓘ |
| totalTimeInSpace | approximately 306 days ⓘ |
| yearSelectedAsAstronaut | 2004 ⓘ |
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: Joseph M. Acaba Description of subject: Joseph M. Acaba is a NASA astronaut, former U.S. Marine and educator who has flown multiple space shuttle and International Space Station missions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.