Richard F. Gordon Jr.
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Richard F. Gordon Jr. was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, NASA astronaut, and command module pilot of Apollo 12 who played a key role in the early Apollo lunar program.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard F. Gordon Jr. canonical | 11 |
| performed by Richard F. Gordon Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2238475 — 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: Richard F. Gordon Jr. Context triple: [Apollo 15, backupCommander, Richard F. Gordon Jr.]
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A.
Vance D. Brand
Vance D. Brand is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and served as command module pilot on the historic Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
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B.
Joe Engle
Joe Engle is an American astronaut and test pilot best known for flying the X-15 rocket plane and commanding early Space Shuttle missions.
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C.
Jeffrey A. Hoffman
Jeffrey A. Hoffman is an American NASA astronaut and astrophysicist best known for his multiple Space Shuttle missions, including the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
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D.
John W. Young
John W. Young was a NASA astronaut, naval officer, and test pilot who flew on six space missions, walked on the Moon during Apollo 16, and later commanded the first Space Shuttle flight.
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E.
F. Story Musgrave
F. Story Musgrave is a former NASA astronaut, physician, and engineer renowned for his extensive spaceflight career and key role in repairing the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 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: Richard F. Gordon Jr. Target entity description: Richard F. Gordon Jr. was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, NASA astronaut, and command module pilot of Apollo 12 who played a key role in the early Apollo lunar program.
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A.
Vance D. Brand
Vance D. Brand is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and served as command module pilot on the historic Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
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B.
Joe Engle
Joe Engle is an American astronaut and test pilot best known for flying the X-15 rocket plane and commanding early Space Shuttle missions.
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C.
Jeffrey A. Hoffman
Jeffrey A. Hoffman is an American NASA astronaut and astrophysicist best known for his multiple Space Shuttle missions, including the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
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D.
John W. Young
John W. Young was a NASA astronaut, naval officer, and test pilot who flew on six space missions, walked on the Moon during Apollo 16, and later commanded the first Space Shuttle flight.
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E.
F. Story Musgrave
F. Story Musgrave is a former NASA astronaut, physician, and engineer renowned for his extensive spaceflight career and key role in repairing the Hubble Space Telescope.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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U.S. Navy officer ⓘ aviator ⓘ human ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Distinguished Flying Cross
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NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ NASA Exceptional Service Medal ⓘ Navy Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewMemberOf |
Apollo 12 crew
ⓘ
Gemini 11 crew ⓘ |
| employer |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA
United States Navy ⓘ |
| familyName | Gordon ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aeronautics
ⓘ
human spaceflight ⓘ naval aviation ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | spacecraft commander candidate ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Group 3 ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Captain ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | flew to lunar orbit during Apollo 12 mission ⓘ |
| notableFor | serving as Command Module Pilot while crewmates walked on the Moon on Apollo 12 ⓘ |
| notableRole | key contributor to early Apollo lunar program ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Command Module Pilot on the Apollo 12 lunar mission
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Pilot on the Gemini 11 mission ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
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fighter pilot ⓘ naval officer ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Apollo program
ⓘ
Gemini program ⓘ Project Apollo era lunar exploration ⓘ |
| performedActivity |
command module operations in lunar orbit on Apollo 12
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orbital rendezvous and docking on Gemini 11 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Command Module Pilot of Apollo 12
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Pilot of Gemini 11 ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | United States Navy aviator ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Yankee Clipper ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
Apollo 12
ⓘ
Gemini 11 ⓘ |
| trainedAt |
Naval Air Training Command
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U.S. Naval Test Pilot School ⓘ |
| wasOnBoard |
Apollo 12
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Gemini 11 ⓘ |
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: Richard F. Gordon Jr. Description of subject: Richard F. Gordon Jr. was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, NASA astronaut, and command module pilot of Apollo 12 who played a key role in the early Apollo lunar program.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.