USS Defiant (NX-74205)
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The USS Defiant (NX-74205) is a heavily armed, compact Starfleet warship best known as Deep Space 9’s primary tactical vessel during the Dominion War in the Star Trek universe.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Defiant | 2 |
| USS Defiant (NX-74205) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5143457 — 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)
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Target entity: USS Defiant (NX-74205) Context triple: [Starfleet, notableVessel, USS Defiant (NX-74205)]
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A.
USS Enterprise-E
The USS Enterprise-E is a Sovereign-class Federation starship and the flagship of Starfleet in several Star Trek: The Next Generation films, commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
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B.
USS Enterprise-D
The USS Enterprise-D is the Galaxy-class Federation starship commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard and serves as the primary setting for much of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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C.
USS Enterprise-B
The USS Enterprise-B is a 23rd-century Excelsior-class Federation starship in the Star Trek universe, known for its ill-fated maiden voyage during which Captain Kirk is presumed lost.
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D.
USS Discovery (NCC-1031)
USS Discovery (NCC-1031) is a 23rd-century Federation starship in the Star Trek universe, notable for its experimental spore drive and central role in the series Star Trek: Discovery.
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E.
USS Voyager NCC-74656
USS Voyager NCC-74656 is the Intrepid-class Federation starship that serves as the central setting and main exploration vessel in the television series Star Trek: Voyager.
- 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: USS Defiant (NX-74205) Target entity description: The USS Defiant (NX-74205) is a heavily armed, compact Starfleet warship best known as Deep Space 9’s primary tactical vessel during the Dominion War in the Star Trek universe.
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A.
USS Enterprise-E
The USS Enterprise-E is a Sovereign-class Federation starship and the flagship of Starfleet in several Star Trek: The Next Generation films, commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
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B.
USS Enterprise-D
The USS Enterprise-D is the Galaxy-class Federation starship commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard and serves as the primary setting for much of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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C.
USS Enterprise-B
The USS Enterprise-B is a 23rd-century Excelsior-class Federation starship in the Star Trek universe, known for its ill-fated maiden voyage during which Captain Kirk is presumed lost.
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D.
USS Discovery (NCC-1031)
USS Discovery (NCC-1031) is a 23rd-century Federation starship in the Star Trek universe, notable for its experimental spore drive and central role in the series Star Trek: Discovery.
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E.
USS Voyager NCC-74656
USS Voyager NCC-74656 is the Intrepid-class Federation starship that serves as the central setting and main exploration vessel in the television series Star Trek: Voyager.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Defiant-class starship
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Starfleet starship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| affiliation | United Federation of Planets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Star Trek: First Contact NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armament |
phaser arrays
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phaser cannons ⓘ photon torpedoes ⓘ quantum torpedoes ⓘ |
| baseOfOperations | Deep Space 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| captain | Benjamin Sisko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Defiant-class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cloakingDeviceAgreement | limited use in the Gamma Quadrant ⓘ |
| cloakingDeviceFrom | Romulan Star Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 50 ⓘ |
| defenseSystem |
ablative armor
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deflector shields ⓘ |
| designCompromise |
limited science facilities
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reduced comfort ⓘ |
| designedAt | Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedBy | Benjamin Sisko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | Borg threat ⓘ |
| designGoal |
high maneuverability
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maximized firepower ⓘ |
| era | 24th century ⓘ |
| feature | cloaking device ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Star Trek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceEpisode | The Search, Part I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceSeason | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequentCommander | Worf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequentHelmsman |
Jadzia Dax
NERFINISHED
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Nog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableConflict | Dominion War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMission |
Klingon–Federation conflict operations
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exploration of the Gamma Quadrant ⓘ operations against the Dominion ⓘ |
| operator | Starfleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine television series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAssignment | Deep Space 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse | combat operations ⓘ |
| propulsion |
impulse engines
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warp drive ⓘ |
| registryNumber | NX-74205 ⓘ |
| role |
escort vessel
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tactical vessel ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| size | compact ⓘ |
| statusDuringSeries | active ⓘ |
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: USS Defiant (NX-74205) Description of subject: The USS Defiant (NX-74205) is a heavily armed, compact Starfleet warship best known as Deep Space 9’s primary tactical vessel during the Dominion War in the Star Trek universe.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
USS Defiant