astronaut David R. Scott
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David R. Scott is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer best known as the commander of Apollo 15 and the seventh person to walk on the Moon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| astronaut David R. Scott canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10792569 — 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: astronaut David R. Scott Context triple: [USS Leonard F. Mason, recovered, astronaut David R. Scott]
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A.
Harrison H. Schmitt
Harrison H. Schmitt is a geologist and former NASA astronaut who became the first professional scientist to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission.
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B.
Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell
Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell was a pioneering English physicist and radio astronomer best known for founding and directing the Jodrell Bank Observatory.
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C.
Andrew Aldrin
Andrew Aldrin is an American executive and academic in the space industry, best known as the son of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
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D.
Edwin Aldrin Sr.
Edwin Aldrin Sr. was an American military aviator and early aviation pioneer, best known as the father of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
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E.
John Young Stewart
John Young Stewart is the birth name of Sir Jackie Stewart, the legendary Scottish Formula One racing driver and three-time World Drivers' Champion.
- 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: astronaut David R. Scott Target entity description: David R. Scott is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer best known as the commander of Apollo 15 and the seventh person to walk on the Moon.
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A.
Harrison H. Schmitt
Harrison H. Schmitt is a geologist and former NASA astronaut who became the first professional scientist to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission.
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B.
Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell
Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell was a pioneering English physicist and radio astronomer best known for founding and directing the Jodrell Bank Observatory.
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C.
Andrew Aldrin
Andrew Aldrin is an American executive and academic in the space industry, best known as the son of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
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D.
Edwin Aldrin Sr.
Edwin Aldrin Sr. was an American military aviator and early aviation pioneer, best known as the father of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
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E.
John Young Stewart
John Young Stewart is the birth name of Sir Jackie Stewart, the legendary Scottish Formula One racing driver and three-time World Drivers' Champion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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U.S. Air Force officer ⓘ aerospace engineer ⓘ human ⓘ test pilot ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NERFINISHED
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United States Military Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
NERFINISHED
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Distinguished Flying Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ NASA Exceptional Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1932-06-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | San Antonio, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| degree |
Bachelor of Science in Military Science
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Engineer’s degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics ⓘ Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ⓘ
United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| employer |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NERFINISHED
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United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | David Randolph Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lunarLandingDate | 1971-07-30 ⓘ |
| lunarMission | Apollo 15 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lunarSurfaceEVAcount | 3 ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Group 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| missionRole |
command module pilot of Apollo 9
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commander of Apollo 15 ⓘ pilot of Gemini 8 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first person to drive the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon
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seventh person to walk on the Moon ⓘ |
| performedExperiment | Galileo’s hammer-and-feather free-fall demonstration on the Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postNASAcareer |
consultant in aerospace and technology fields
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director of NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center ⓘ |
| selectedAsAstronaut | 1963 ⓘ |
| servedAs |
backup commander of Apollo 12
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backup commander of Apollo 17 (initially) ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
Apollo 15
NERFINISHED
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Apollo 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacewalks | 5 ⓘ |
| totalTimeInSpace | about 22 days 18 hours ⓘ |
| totalTimeOnLunarSurface | about 18 hours 33 minutes ⓘ |
| walkedOn | Moon 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: astronaut David R. Scott Description of subject: David R. Scott is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer best known as the commander of Apollo 15 and the seventh person to walk on the Moon.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.