Gordon Fullerton
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Gordon Fullerton was an American test pilot, NASA astronaut, and Space Shuttle commander known for his contributions to both military and civilian aerospace programs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gordon Fullerton canonical | 5 |
| Charles Gordon Fullerton | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T562833 — 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: Gordon Fullerton Context triple: [United States Air Force Test Pilot School, hasAlumni, Gordon Fullerton]
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A.
James T. Sutherland
James T. Sutherland was a prominent Canadian hockey executive and historian who played a key role in organizing and promoting the sport, including helping to establish the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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B.
Gordon Malloy
Gordon Malloy is a wisecracking, skilled helmsman and loyal crew member aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy-drama series "The Orville."
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C.
William McSweeny
William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
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D.
Oscar R. Ewing
Oscar R. Ewing was an American lawyer and public official who played a key role in shaping mid-20th-century U.S. social welfare and health policy.
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E.
Roger E. Broggie
Roger E. Broggie is a steam locomotive at Walt Disney World Railroad named in honor of Disney Imagineer and master machinist Roger E. Broggie, who was instrumental in developing Disney’s early railroad and ride systems.
- 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: Gordon Fullerton Target entity description: Gordon Fullerton was an American test pilot, NASA astronaut, and Space Shuttle commander known for his contributions to both military and civilian aerospace programs.
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A.
James T. Sutherland
James T. Sutherland was a prominent Canadian hockey executive and historian who played a key role in organizing and promoting the sport, including helping to establish the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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B.
Gordon Malloy
Gordon Malloy is a wisecracking, skilled helmsman and loyal crew member aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy-drama series "The Orville."
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C.
William McSweeny
William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
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D.
Oscar R. Ewing
Oscar R. Ewing was an American lawyer and public official who played a key role in shaping mid-20th-century U.S. social welfare and health policy.
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E.
Roger E. Broggie
Roger E. Broggie is a steam locomotive at Walt Disney World Railroad named in honor of Disney Imagineer and master machinist Roger E. Broggie, who was instrumental in developing Disney’s early railroad and ride systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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aerospace engineer ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
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Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross
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linked to:
Distinguished Flying Cross
Legion of Merit ⓘ NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ NASA Exceptional Service Medal ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-10-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2013-08-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | California Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer |
Dryden Flight Research Center
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ⓘ
linked to:
NASA
United States Air Force ⓘ |
| familyName | Fullerton ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aerospace
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flight test ⓘ spaceflight ⓘ |
| givenName |
Charles
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Gordon ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Group 5 ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| name |
Charles Gordon Fullerton
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linked to:
Gordon Fullerton
|
| notableFor |
commanding Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F
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serving as pilot on early Space Shuttle mission STS-3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
aerospace engineer
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astronaut ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rochester, New York, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Lancaster, California, United States
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linked to:
Lancaster, California
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| roleInMission |
commander of STS-51-F
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pilot of STS-3 ⓘ |
| selectedAsAstronaut | 1969 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
STS-3
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STS-51-F ⓘ |
| spaceShuttleFlown |
Space Shuttle Challenger
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Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ |
| spouse | Marie Fullerton ⓘ |
| testPilotAt | Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ |
| totalTimeInSpace | 382 hours ⓘ |
| workedOnProgram |
B-52 launch aircraft for X-15 and lifting bodies (post-NASA research flying)
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests ⓘ
linked to:
Space Shuttle approach and landing tests
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How these facts were elicited
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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: Gordon Fullerton Description of subject: Gordon Fullerton was an American test pilot, NASA astronaut, and Space Shuttle commander known for his contributions to both military and civilian aerospace programs.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gordon Fullerton