Richard F. Gordon Jr. (Gemini 11 crewmate: Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr.)
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Richard F. Gordon Jr. was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy aviator best known as the command module pilot of Apollo 12 and for his earlier spaceflight on Gemini 11.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard F. Gordon Jr. (Gemini 11 crewmate: Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr.) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11023607 — 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. (Gemini 11 crewmate: Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr.) Context triple: [Dick Gordon, crewmate, Richard F. Gordon Jr. (Gemini 11 crewmate: Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr.)]
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A.
Alfred M. Worden
Alfred M. Worden was an American astronaut and test pilot best known for serving as the command module pilot on NASA's Apollo 15 lunar mission.
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B.
Pete Conrad
Pete Conrad was an American astronaut, naval officer, and the third person to walk on the Moon, best known for his role in NASA’s Gemini and Apollo programs.
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C.
Michael C. Collins
Michael C. Collins is a music producer best known for his work on the reggae album "Mystic Man."
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D.
Jack Swigert
Jack Swigert was an American astronaut, test pilot, and politician best known as the command module pilot of NASA’s ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission.
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E.
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin is an American astronaut and engineer who served as the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11 and became one of the first two humans to walk on the Moon.
- 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. (Gemini 11 crewmate: Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr.) Target entity description: Richard F. Gordon Jr. was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy aviator best known as the command module pilot of Apollo 12 and for his earlier spaceflight on Gemini 11.
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A.
Alfred M. Worden
Alfred M. Worden was an American astronaut and test pilot best known for serving as the command module pilot on NASA's Apollo 15 lunar mission.
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B.
Pete Conrad
Pete Conrad was an American astronaut, naval officer, and the third person to walk on the Moon, best known for his role in NASA’s Gemini and Apollo programs.
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C.
Michael C. Collins
Michael C. Collins is a music producer best known for his work on the reggae album "Mystic Man."
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D.
Jack Swigert
Jack Swigert was an American astronaut, test pilot, and politician best known as the command module pilot of NASA’s ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission.
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E.
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin is an American astronaut and engineer who served as the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11 and became one of the first two humans to walk on the Moon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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U.S. Navy officer ⓘ human ⓘ naval aviator ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Distinguished Flying Cross
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NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ NASA Exceptional Service Medal ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewmate |
Alan L. Bean
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Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
Pete Conrad
|
| crewMemberOf |
Apollo 12
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Gemini 11 ⓘ |
| employer |
NASA
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| familyName | Gordon ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aerospace
ⓘ
space exploration ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Group 3 ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain (United States Navy) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Apollo 12 mission
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo 12
Gemini 11 mission ⓘ
linked to:
Gemini 11
|
| occupation |
astronaut
ⓘ
naval aviator ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Apollo program
ⓘ
Gemini program ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
command module pilot of Apollo 12
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pilot of Gemini 11 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
Apollo 12
ⓘ
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. (Gemini 11 crewmate: Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr.) Description of subject: Richard F. Gordon Jr. was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy aviator best known as the command module pilot of Apollo 12 and for his earlier spaceflight on Gemini 11.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.