David M. Brown
E108517
David M. Brown was a U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David M. Brown canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T590721 — 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: David M. Brown Context triple: [Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial, dedicatedTo, David M. Brown]
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A.
Martin J. Hillenbrand
Martin J. Hillenbrand was an American career diplomat who held several key Cold War-era posts, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and later to the Federal Republic of Germany.
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B.
Michael P. Brenner
Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
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C.
W. Craig Jelinek
W. Craig Jelinek is an American business executive best known for serving as the CEO of Costco Wholesale Corporation.
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D.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
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E.
David G. Bradley
David G. Bradley is an American businessman and publisher best known as the owner and longtime chairman of Atlantic Media, the parent company of The Atlantic.
- 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: David M. Brown Target entity description: David M. Brown was a U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission.
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A.
Martin J. Hillenbrand
Martin J. Hillenbrand was an American career diplomat who held several key Cold War-era posts, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and later to the Federal Republic of Germany.
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B.
Michael P. Brenner
Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
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C.
W. Craig Jelinek
W. Craig Jelinek is an American business executive best known for serving as the CEO of Costco Wholesale Corporation.
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D.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
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E.
David G. Bradley
David G. Bradley is an American businessman and publisher best known as the owner and longtime chairman of Atlantic Media, the parent company of The Atlantic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
ⓘ
U.S. Navy officer ⓘ human ⓘ military physician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Congressional Space Medal of Honor
ⓘ
Defense Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ NASA Space Flight Medal ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbia disaster
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1956-04-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2003-02-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
College of William & Mary
ⓘ
Eastern Virginia Medical School ⓘ |
| employer | NASA ⓘ |
| familyName | Brown ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | medicine ⓘ |
| fullName | David McDowell Brown ⓘ |
| genreOfActivity | human spaceflight ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasHonorificSuffix | M.D. ⓘ |
| hasOccupationSpecialization | aerospace medicine ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | accidental death ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Captain ⓘ |
| militaryStatus | active duty at time of death ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableEvent | died during re-entry of Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107 ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the seven astronauts killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ⓘ |
| notableWork | research on microgravity effects on physiology during STS-107 ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
ⓘ
naval flight surgeon ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| partOf | crew of Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Arlington, Virginia, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Arlington, Virginia
|
| placeOfDeath | over Texas, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld | mission specialist ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| residence |
Houston, Texas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Houston
|
| selectedAsAstronaut | 1996 ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | United States Navy officer (exact number not publicly notable) ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spaceAgency |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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linked to:
NASA
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| spaceMission | STS-107 ⓘ |
| workLocation | Johnson Space Center ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: David M. Brown Description of subject: David M. Brown was a U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.