George Takei
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LGBT rights activist
activist
actor
author
film actor
human
social media personality
television actor
voice actor
George Takei is an American actor, author, and activist best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the original Star Trek television series and films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| George Takei canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4209435 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: George Takei Context triple: [The Terror, notableCastMember, George Takei]
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A.
Richard Hashimoto
Richard Hashimoto is a film producer best known for his work on the 1988 dark comedy-fantasy movie "Beetlejuice."
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B.
Rene Ohashi
Rene Ohashi is an award-winning Canadian cinematographer known for his work on numerous films and television productions, including the acclaimed miniseries "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows."
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C.
Hiro Yamamoto
Hiro Yamamoto is an American bassist best known as a founding member of the Seattle grunge band Soundgarden.
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D.
Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film, television, and theater during the mid-20th century, often portraying memorable supporting roles.
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E.
John Shiban
John Shiban is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as The X-Files, Breaking Bad, and other acclaimed dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Takei Target entity description: George Takei is an American actor, author, and activist best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the original Star Trek television series and films.
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A.
Richard Hashimoto
Richard Hashimoto is a film producer best known for his work on the 1988 dark comedy-fantasy movie "Beetlejuice."
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B.
Rene Ohashi
Rene Ohashi is an award-winning Canadian cinematographer known for his work on numerous films and television productions, including the acclaimed miniseries "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows."
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C.
Hiro Yamamoto
Hiro Yamamoto is an American bassist best known as a founding member of the Seattle grunge band Soundgarden.
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D.
Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film, television, and theater during the mid-20th century, often portraying memorable supporting roles.
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E.
John Shiban
John Shiban is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as The X-Files, Breaking Bad, and other acclaimed dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LGBT rights activist
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activist ⓘ actor ⓘ author ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ social media personality ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| birthName | Hosato Takei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1937-04-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Sophia University
NERFINISHED
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University of California, Berkeley ⓘ University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese American ⓘ |
| familyName | Takei ONNED1 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Japanese American history
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LGBT rights activism ⓘ science fiction television ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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graphic memoir ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | George ONNED1 ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
LGBT rights advocacy
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activism on Japanese American internment ⓘ role of Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 2008-09-14 ⓘ |
| name | George Takei ONNED1 ⓘ |
| notableAward | Hollywood Walk of Fame star ONNED1 ⓘ |
| notableRole | Hikaru Sulu ONNED1 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Allegiance (musical)
ONNED1
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Lions and Tigers and Bears (The Internet Strikes Back) ONNED1 ⓘ Oh Myyy! (There Goes the Internet) ONNED1 ⓘ Star Trek (1966 TV series) ONNED1 ⓘ Star Trek: The Original Series films ONNED1 ⓘ They Called Us Enemy ONNED1 ⓘ To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei ONNED1 ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
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actor ⓘ author ⓘ producer ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Heroes (TV series)
ONNED1
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Mulan (1998 film) ONNED1 ⓘ Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ONNED1 ⓘ Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek V: The Final Frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Animated Series ONNED1 ⓘ Star Trek: The Motion Picture ONNED1 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Los Angeles, California, United States ONNED1 ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| socialMediaPlatform |
Facebook
ONNED1
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Twitter, Inc. ⓘ
surface form:
Twitter
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| spouse |
Brad Altman
NERFINISHED
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Brad Takei ONNED1 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | They Called Us Enemy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voicedCharacter | First Ancestor (Mulan) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasInternedAt |
Rohwer War Relocation Center
ONNED1
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Tule Lake War Relocation Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: George Takei Description of subject: George Takei is an American actor, author, and activist best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the original Star Trek television series and films.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.