Steven W. Lindsey
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Steven W. Lindsey is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later held leadership roles within the astronaut corps.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steven W. Lindsey canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4986110 — 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 W. Lindsey Context triple: [STS-133, commander, Steven W. Lindsey]
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A.
Craig A. Stough
Craig A. Stough is an American local government leader who serves as the mayor of Sylvania, Ohio.
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B.
David M. Satterfield
David M. Satterfield is an American diplomat and former U.S. ambassador who has held several senior foreign policy roles, including directing Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
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C.
Jeffrey S. Sutton
Jeffrey S. Sutton is a prominent American jurist who serves as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and is known for his influential opinions on constitutional law and federalism.
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D.
Michael T. Williamson
Michael T. Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the film Forrest Gump.
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E.
Gregory J. Reed
Gregory J. Reed is an author best known for co-writing the memoir "Quiet Strength," which chronicles the life and values of NFL coach Tony Dungy.
- 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 W. Lindsey Target entity description: Steven W. Lindsey is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later held leadership roles within the astronaut corps.
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A.
Craig A. Stough
Craig A. Stough is an American local government leader who serves as the mayor of Sylvania, Ohio.
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B.
David M. Satterfield
David M. Satterfield is an American diplomat and former U.S. ambassador who has held several senior foreign policy roles, including directing Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
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C.
Jeffrey S. Sutton
Jeffrey S. Sutton is a prominent American jurist who serves as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and is known for his influential opinions on constitutional law and federalism.
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D.
Michael T. Williamson
Michael T. Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the film Forrest Gump.
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E.
Gregory J. Reed
Gregory J. Reed is an author best known for co-writing the memoir "Quiet Strength," which chronicles the life and values of NFL coach Tony Dungy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Air Force Test Pilot School
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Air Force Test Pilot School
School of Advanced Air and Space Studies ⓘ United States Air Force Academy ⓘ |
| employer | NASA ⓘ |
| familyName | Lindsey ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aeronautics
ⓘ
human spaceflight ⓘ |
| givenName | Steven ⓘ |
| hasExperience |
astronaut corps leadership
ⓘ
spacecraft operations ⓘ test flying military aircraft ⓘ |
| hasHonor | military decorations of the United States ⓘ |
| memberOf | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
flew on five Space Shuttle missions
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served as Chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Space Shuttle missions
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linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| occupation |
astronaut
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Space Shuttle mission STS-104
ⓘ
linked to:
STS-104
Space Shuttle mission STS-121 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-121
Space Shuttle mission STS-133 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-133
Space Shuttle mission STS-87 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-87
Space Shuttle mission STS-95 ⓘ
linked to:
STS-95
Space Shuttle program ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| positionHeld |
Chief of the Astronaut Office
ⓘ
NASA Space Shuttle commander ⓘ NASA Space Shuttle pilot ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spacecraft |
Space Shuttle Atlantis
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ |
| spaceMissionRole |
commander of STS-104
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commander of STS-121 ⓘ commander of STS-133 ⓘ pilot of STS-87 ⓘ pilot of STS-95 ⓘ |
| workLocation | Johnson Space 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: Steven W. Lindsey Description of subject: Steven W. Lindsey is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later held leadership roles within the astronaut corps.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.