Stephen Robinson
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Stephen Robinson is a NASA astronaut and engineer best known for flying on multiple Space Shuttle missions, including the Return to Flight mission after the Columbia disaster.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stephen Robinson canonical | 3 |
| Steve Robinson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1688930 — 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: Stephen Robinson Context triple: [STS-114, crewMember, Stephen Robinson]
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A.
Keith Robinson
Keith Robinson is an American actor and R&B singer best known for his role in the film adaptation of the musical "Dreamgirls."
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B.
Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson is an American businessman and member of the Johnson family who serves as a principal owner and executive of the New York Jets NFL franchise.
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C.
Michael Elliot
Michael Elliot is an American screenwriter best known for his work on romantic comedies and inspirational sports films, including the Queen Latifah–starring movie "Just Wright."
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D.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
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E.
Michael Jenkins
Michael Jenkins is an Australian screenwriter and director known for his work in film and television, including influential Australian dramas.
- 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: Stephen Robinson Target entity description: Stephen Robinson is a NASA astronaut and engineer best known for flying on multiple Space Shuttle missions, including the Return to Flight mission after the Columbia disaster.
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A.
Keith Robinson
Keith Robinson is an American actor and R&B singer best known for his role in the film adaptation of the musical "Dreamgirls."
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B.
Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson is an American businessman and member of the Johnson family who serves as a principal owner and executive of the New York Jets NFL franchise.
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C.
Michael Elliot
Michael Elliot is an American screenwriter best known for his work on romantic comedies and inspirational sports films, including the Queen Latifah–starring movie "Just Wright."
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D.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
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E.
Michael Jenkins
Michael Jenkins is an Australian screenwriter and director known for his work in film and television, including influential Australian dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
ⓘ
aerospace engineer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
PhD in mechanical engineering
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bachelor’s degree in mechanical and aeronautical engineering ⓘ master’s degree in mechanical engineering ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of California, Davis faculty ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
NASA Exceptional Service Medal
ⓘ
NASA Space Flight Medal ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Stanford University
ⓘ
University of California, Davis ⓘ |
| employer | NASA ⓘ |
| familyName | Robinson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aerospace engineering
ⓘ
spaceflight ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ |
| missionRole | mission specialist ⓘ |
| name | Stephen Robinson ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
contributed to on-orbit inspection and repair techniques after Columbia accident
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performed spacewalks to repair Space Shuttle thermal protection system ⓘ |
| notableEvent | flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Return to Flight mission STS-114 after the Columbia disaster
ⓘ
linked to:
STS-114
|
| occupation |
astronaut
ⓘ
engineer ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| positionHeld |
astronaut instructor
ⓘ
research scientist ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
aerospace structures
ⓘ
human spaceflight operations ⓘ space systems engineering ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
STS-114
ⓘ
STS-130 ⓘ STS-85 ⓘ STS-95 ⓘ |
| vehicleFlown |
Space Shuttle Discovery
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Johnson Space Center
ⓘ
NASA Ames Research Center ⓘ
linked to:
Ames Research Center
|
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: Stephen Robinson Description of subject: Stephen Robinson is a NASA astronaut and engineer best known for flying on multiple Space Shuttle missions, including the Return to Flight mission after the Columbia disaster.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Stephen Robinson