Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
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Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez is a Cuban cosmonaut, military officer, and politician who became the first person of African descent and the first Cuban to travel into space.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8638538 — 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: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez Context triple: [Hero of the Republic of Cuba, notableRecipient, Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez]
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A.
Ernesto Tamariz
Ernesto Tamariz was a prominent Mexican sculptor known for his monumental public works and contributions to 20th-century Mexican commemorative art.
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B.
Francisco Angones
Francisco Angones is a television writer and producer best known as the co-developer and story editor of the 2017 reboot of Disney’s DuckTales.
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C.
Bernardo Echeverría
Bernardo Echeverría is a notable individual who carries the Echeverría surname, recognized for his prominence among people with that family name.
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D.
Manuel Artime
Manuel Artime was a Cuban exile leader and CIA-backed organizer who became a prominent figure in anti-Castro activities, most notably as a key civilian leader of the Bay of Pigs invasion.
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E.
Raúl Zurita
Raúl Zurita is a renowned Chilean poet and performance artist known for his experimental, politically charged works that confront the trauma of the Pinochet dictatorship.
- 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: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez Target entity description: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez is a Cuban cosmonaut, military officer, and politician who became the first person of African descent and the first Cuban to travel into space.
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A.
Ernesto Tamariz
Ernesto Tamariz was a prominent Mexican sculptor known for his monumental public works and contributions to 20th-century Mexican commemorative art.
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B.
Francisco Angones
Francisco Angones is a television writer and producer best known as the co-developer and story editor of the 2017 reboot of Disney’s DuckTales.
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C.
Bernardo Echeverría
Bernardo Echeverría is a notable individual who carries the Echeverría surname, recognized for his prominence among people with that family name.
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D.
Manuel Artime
Manuel Artime was a Cuban exile leader and CIA-backed organizer who became a prominent figure in anti-Castro activities, most notably as a key civilian leader of the Bay of Pigs invasion.
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E.
Raúl Zurita
Raúl Zurita is a renowned Chilean poet and performance artist known for his experimental, politically charged works that confront the trauma of the Pinochet dictatorship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cuban military personnel
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cosmonaut ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ space traveler ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hero of the Republic of Cuba
ⓘ
linked to:
Héroe de la República de Cuba
Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ Order of Georgi Dimitrov ⓘ Order of Karl Marx ⓘ
linked to:
Karl-Marx-Orden
Order of Lenin ⓘ Order of Playa Girón ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Cuba
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1942-01-29 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Afro-Cuban ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aeronautics
ⓘ
space exploration ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle |
Hero of the Republic of Cuba
ⓘ
cosmonaut of the USSR ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1980-09-26 ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
Russian
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1980-09-18 ⓘ |
| memberOf |
National Assembly of People's Power
ⓘ
linked to:
National Assembly of People’s Power
|
| militaryBranch |
Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba
|
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 7 days 20 hours 43 minutes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first Cuban in space
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being the first person of African descent in space ⓘ |
| occupation |
cosmonaut
ⓘ
engineer ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Intercosmos program
ⓘ
Soviet–Cuban spaceflight cooperation ⓘ |
| partOf | Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces officer corps ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Cuba
ⓘ
Guantánamo ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
deputy of the National Assembly of People's Power
ⓘ
head of the Cuban Institute of Aeronautics and Space ⓘ |
| residence |
Havana
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linked to:
Havana, Cuba
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spaceAgency |
Intercosmos
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linked to:
Intercosmos program
Soviet space program ⓘ |
| spaceMission | Soyuz 38 ⓘ |
| spaceStationVisited | Salyut 6 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez Description of subject: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez is a Cuban cosmonaut, military officer, and politician who became the first person of African descent and the first Cuban to travel into space.
Referenced by (1)
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