Who Mourns for Adonais?
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"Who Mourns for Adonais?" is a second-season episode of the original Star Trek series in which the crew of the Enterprise encounters a powerful being claiming to be the Greek god Apollo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Who Mourns for Adonais? canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3096398 — 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: Who Mourns for Adonais? Context triple: [The Changeling, followsEpisode, Who Mourns for Adonais?]
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A.
Adonais
Adonais is Percy Bysshe Shelley’s famous pastoral elegy mourning the death of fellow Romantic poet John Keats.
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B.
In Memoriam
In Memoriam is the annual Academy Awards tribute segment honoring film industry members who have died in the preceding year.
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C.
Ode on Melancholy
Ode on Melancholy is a lyric poem by John Keats that explores the intimate relationship between beauty, joy, and transience in the face of sorrow.
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D.
Lament for the Makaris
Lament for the Makaris is a Middle Scots poem by William Dunbar that mournfully reflects on the mortality of poets and the inevitability of death.
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E.
Thanatopsis
Thanatopsis is a meditative poem by William Cullen Bryant that reflects on death and humanity’s relationship with nature.
- 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: Who Mourns for Adonais? Target entity description: "Who Mourns for Adonais?" is a second-season episode of the original Star Trek series in which the crew of the Enterprise encounters a powerful being claiming to be the Greek god Apollo.
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A.
Adonais
Adonais is Percy Bysshe Shelley’s famous pastoral elegy mourning the death of fellow Romantic poet John Keats.
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B.
In Memoriam
In Memoriam is the annual Academy Awards tribute segment honoring film industry members who have died in the preceding year.
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C.
Ode on Melancholy
Ode on Melancholy is a lyric poem by John Keats that explores the intimate relationship between beauty, joy, and transience in the face of sorrow.
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D.
Lament for the Makaris
Lament for the Makaris is a Middle Scots poem by William Dunbar that mournfully reflects on the mortality of poets and the inevitability of death.
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E.
Thanatopsis
Thanatopsis is a meditative poem by William Cullen Bryant that reflects on death and humanity’s relationship with nature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
ⓘ
television episode ⓘ |
| basedOn | Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry ⓘ |
| chronology | follows the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| depicts | Greek god Apollo as a powerful alien being ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Apollo ⓘ |
| featuresCrew | crew of the USS Enterprise ⓘ |
| featuresSpecies |
Vulcans
ⓘ
humans ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
ancient gods as advanced aliens
ⓘ
conflict between human free will and godlike control ⓘ mythology in science fiction ⓘ |
| fictionalTimeline | 23rd century ⓘ |
| franchise | Star Trek ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasShipRegistry |
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
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surface form:
NCC-1701
|
| hasStarfleetOrganization | Starfleet ⓘ |
| hasStarfleetRankDepicted |
captain
ⓘ
chief medical officer ⓘ first officer ⓘ |
| hasStarship | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) ⓘ |
| hasStarshipClassDepicted | Constitution-class starship ⓘ |
| involvesMythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
James T. Kirk
ⓘ
Leonard McCoy ⓘ Montgomery Scott ⓘ Nyota Uhura ⓘ Pavel Chekov ⓘ Spock ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | encounter with a godlike entity ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Star Trek: The Original Series ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The Enterprise encounters a powerful being claiming to be the Greek god Apollo, who demands worship from the crew. ⓘ |
| portraysApolloAs | extraterrestrial being ⓘ |
| productionEra | 1960s American television ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 31 ⓘ |
| setting |
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
ⓘ
surface form:
starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
|
| targetAudience | television viewers ⓘ |
| title | Who Mourns for Adonais? self-link ⓘ |
| universe |
Star Trek
ⓘ
surface form:
Star Trek universe
|
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Who Mourns for Adonais? Description of subject: "Who Mourns for Adonais?" is a second-season episode of the original Star Trek series in which the crew of the Enterprise encounters a powerful being claiming to be the Greek god Apollo.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Changeling
subject surface form:
Amok Time