R. S. McMillan
E381548
R. S. McMillan is an astronomer best known for discovering the trans-Neptunian object Varuna.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| R. S. McMillan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3724017 — 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: R. S. McMillan Context triple: [Varuna, discoveredBy, R. S. McMillan]
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A.
Robert McMillan
Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
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B.
B. H. McCampbell
B. H. McCampbell is an author whose work served as the literary basis for the classic Western film "Rio Bravo."
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C.
A. A. Edmonston
A. A. Edmonston was an individual significant enough in the history of California water development or engineering that a major pumping plant in the California State Water Project was named in his honor.
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D.
H.B. Gilmour
H.B. Gilmour was an American writer best known for her work as a screenwriter and author of numerous young adult and tie-in novels.
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E.
Joseph McHardy
Joseph McHardy is a musician and choral director known for his work with prominent British church and cathedral choirs.
- 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: R. S. McMillan Target entity description: R. S. McMillan is an astronomer best known for discovering the trans-Neptunian object Varuna.
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A.
Robert McMillan
Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
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B.
B. H. McCampbell
B. H. McCampbell is an author whose work served as the literary basis for the classic Western film "Rio Bravo."
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C.
A. A. Edmonston
A. A. Edmonston was an individual significant enough in the history of California water development or engineering that a major pumping plant in the California State Water Project was named in his honor.
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D.
H.B. Gilmour
H.B. Gilmour was an American writer best known for her work as a screenwriter and author of numerous young adult and tie-in novels.
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E.
Joseph McHardy
Joseph McHardy is a musician and choral director known for his work with prominent British church and cathedral choirs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | astronomer ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of Arizona ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| discovered | trans-Neptunian object Varuna ⓘ |
| employer | University of Arizona ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
ⓘ
minor planet discovery ⓘ planetary science ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasDiscovered |
minor planets
ⓘ
trans-Neptunian objects ⓘ |
| hasNameAbbreviation | R. S. McMillan ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
small bodies of the Solar System
ⓘ
trans-Neptunian region ⓘ |
| isAlive | true ⓘ |
| knownFor | discovery of the trans-Neptunian object Varuna ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | co-discovery of several small Solar System bodies ⓘ |
| notableFor | contributions to the study of distant Solar System objects ⓘ |
| notableWork | observational studies of trans-Neptunian objects ⓘ |
| occupation | astronomer ⓘ |
| studies |
Kuiper belt objects
ⓘ
linked to:
Kuiper Belt objects
outer Solar System ⓘ |
| workLocation | Lunar and Planetary Laboratory ⓘ |
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: R. S. McMillan Description of subject: R. S. McMillan is an astronomer best known for discovering the trans-Neptunian object Varuna.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.