Robert A. Schommer
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Robert A. Schommer was an American observational astronomer known for his work on supernovae, galaxy clusters, and the extragalactic distance scale.
All labels observed (1)
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| Robert A. Schommer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11583745 — 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: Robert A. Schommer Context triple: [High-z Supernova Search Team, keyPerson, Robert A. Schommer]
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A.
Robert G. Heft
Robert G. Heft was an American designer best known for creating the 50-star version of the United States flag while still a high school student.
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B.
Ron L. Brinkerhoff
Ron L. Brinkerhoff is an American screenwriter best known for writing the action-drama film "The Guardian" (2006).
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C.
Donald L. Kirkpatrick
Donald L. Kirkpatrick was an American professor and training expert best known for developing the influential four-level model for evaluating training programs.
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D.
Charles F. Wennerstrum
Charles F. Wennerstrum was an American judge best known for serving as a presiding judge at one of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials following World War II.
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E.
Roger K. Ulrich
Roger K. Ulrich is a distinguished solar physicist recognized for his influential contributions to the study of the Sun’s interior and dynamics.
- 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: Robert A. Schommer Target entity description: Robert A. Schommer was an American observational astronomer known for his work on supernovae, galaxy clusters, and the extragalactic distance scale.
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A.
Robert G. Heft
Robert G. Heft was an American designer best known for creating the 50-star version of the United States flag while still a high school student.
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B.
Ron L. Brinkerhoff
Ron L. Brinkerhoff is an American screenwriter best known for writing the action-drama film "The Guardian" (2006).
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C.
Donald L. Kirkpatrick
Donald L. Kirkpatrick was an American professor and training expert best known for developing the influential four-level model for evaluating training programs.
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D.
Charles F. Wennerstrum
Charles F. Wennerstrum was an American judge best known for serving as a presiding judge at one of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials following World War II.
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E.
Roger K. Ulrich
Roger K. Ulrich is a distinguished solar physicist recognized for his influential contributions to the study of the Sun’s interior and dynamics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American astronomer
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astronomer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedIn | astronomy ⓘ |
| familyName | Schommer ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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extragalactic distance scale ⓘ galaxy clusters ⓘ observational astronomy ⓘ supernovae ⓘ |
| genre | scientific research ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasResearchArea |
cosmology
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extragalactic astronomy ⓘ supernova cosmology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
observational studies of supernovae
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research on galaxy clusters ⓘ work on the extragalactic distance scale ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
measurements contributing to the cosmic distance scale
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observations of Type Ia supernovae ⓘ studies of galaxy cluster properties ⓘ |
| occupation | astronomer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Robert A. Schommer Description of subject: Robert A. Schommer was an American observational astronomer known for his work on supernovae, galaxy clusters, and the extragalactic distance scale.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.