Steven A. Hawley
E238219
Steven A. Hawley is an American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut who flew on five Space Shuttle missions, including the landmark STS-31 flight that deployed the Hubble Space Telescope.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steven A. Hawley canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2139234 — 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: Steven A. Hawley Context triple: [STS-31, missionSpecialist, Steven A. Hawley]
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A.
John V. L. Hogan
John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
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B.
Daniel P. Higgins
Daniel P. Higgins was an architect associated with the design work on the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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C.
Patrick E. Haggerty
Patrick E. Haggerty was an American engineer and business executive who played a pivotal role in the early semiconductor industry and the growth of Texas Instruments into a major technology company.
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D.
Daniel P. Hanley
Daniel P. Hanley is an American film editor best known for his long-time collaboration with director Ron Howard on numerous major Hollywood films.
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E.
Michael H. Moloney
Michael H. Moloney is a physics-focused science policy and leadership professional who serves as the chief executive officer of the American Institute of Physics.
- 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: Steven A. Hawley Target entity description: Steven A. Hawley is an American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut who flew on five Space Shuttle missions, including the landmark STS-31 flight that deployed the Hubble Space Telescope.
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A.
John V. L. Hogan
John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
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B.
Daniel P. Higgins
Daniel P. Higgins was an architect associated with the design work on the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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C.
Patrick E. Haggerty
Patrick E. Haggerty was an American engineer and business executive who played a pivotal role in the early semiconductor industry and the growth of Texas Instruments into a major technology company.
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D.
Daniel P. Hanley
Daniel P. Hanley is an American film editor best known for his long-time collaboration with director Ron Howard on numerous major Hollywood films.
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E.
Michael H. Moloney
Michael H. Moloney is a physics-focused science policy and leadership professional who serves as the chief executive officer of the American Institute of Physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
astronaut ⓘ astrophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Science in Physics and Astronomy
ⓘ
Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy and Astrophysics ⓘ |
| affiliation |
NASA Johnson Space Center
ⓘ
linked to:
Johnson Space Center
University of Kansas Department of Physics and Astronomy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of California, Santa Cruz
ⓘ
University of Kansas ⓘ |
| employer |
NASA
ⓘ
University of Kansas ⓘ |
| familyName | Hawley ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ |
| givenName | Steven ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | unknown ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ |
| missionSpecialistOn |
STS-31
ⓘ
STS-41D ⓘ
linked to:
STS-41-D
STS-61C ⓘ
linked to:
STS-61-C
STS-82 ⓘ STS-93 ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
flying on five Space Shuttle missions
ⓘ
participation in Hubble Space Telescope servicing and deployment missions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Space Shuttle mission STS-31
ⓘ
linked to:
STS-31
contributions to observational astronomy through space-based instruments ⓘ deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
ⓘ
astrophysicist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Space Shuttle mission STS-31
ⓘ
linked to:
STS-31
Space Shuttle mission STS-41D ⓘ
linked to:
STS-41-D
Space Shuttle mission STS-61C ⓘ
linked to:
STS-61-C
Space Shuttle mission STS-82 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-82
Space Shuttle mission STS-93 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-93
|
| positionHeld |
director of engineering at the University of Kansas School of Engineering
ⓘ
professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Kansas ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spaceShuttleFlownOn |
Space Shuttle Columbia
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Houston, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Houston, Texas, United States
Lawrence, Kansas ⓘ |
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: Steven A. Hawley Description of subject: Steven A. Hawley is an American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut who flew on five Space Shuttle missions, including the landmark STS-31 flight that deployed the Hubble Space Telescope.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.