Hikaru Kato Sulu
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Hikaru Kato Sulu is a fictional Starfleet officer and helmsman of the starship USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise, known for his calm professionalism and later command of the USS Excelsior.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hikaru Kato Sulu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5271368 — 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: Hikaru Kato Sulu Context triple: [Hikaru Sulu, fullName, Hikaru Kato Sulu]
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A.
Kaoru Ushijima
Kaoru Ushijima is a Japanese individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Ushijima.
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B.
Mako Kamitsuna
Mako Kamitsuna is a Japanese-born film editor and filmmaker known for her work on critically acclaimed independent films, including the period drama "Mudbound."
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C.
Mitsuru Ushijima
Mitsuru Ushijima was a Japanese Imperial Army general best known for leading the island’s defending forces during World War II’s Battle of Okinawa.
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D.
Hiroo
Hiroo is an upscale residential and shopping district in central Tokyo known for its international community, embassies, cafes, and boutiques.
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E.
Hiroshi
Hiroshi is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by numerous notable figures in fields such as art, politics, and entertainment.
- 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: Hikaru Kato Sulu Target entity description: Hikaru Kato Sulu is a fictional Starfleet officer and helmsman of the starship USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise, known for his calm professionalism and later command of the USS Excelsior.
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A.
Kaoru Ushijima
Kaoru Ushijima is a Japanese individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Ushijima.
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B.
Mako Kamitsuna
Mako Kamitsuna is a Japanese-born film editor and filmmaker known for her work on critically acclaimed independent films, including the period drama "Mudbound."
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C.
Mitsuru Ushijima
Mitsuru Ushijima was a Japanese Imperial Army general best known for leading the island’s defending forces during World War II’s Battle of Okinawa.
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D.
Hiroo
Hiroo is an upscale residential and shopping district in central Tokyo known for its international community, embassies, cafes, and boutiques.
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E.
Hiroshi
Hiroshi is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by numerous notable figures in fields such as art, politics, and entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Starfleet officer
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fictional character ⓘ human ⓘ |
| affiliation | Starfleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Star Trek (2009 film)
NERFINISHED
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Star Trek Beyond NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek III: The Search for Spock NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek Into Darkness NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek V: The Final Frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Animated Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Motion Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Original Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Gene Roddenberry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 23rd century ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Sulu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Star Trek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friendOf |
James T. Kirk
NERFINISHED
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Leonard McCoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Montgomery Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyota Uhura NERFINISHED ⓘ Pavel Chekov NERFINISHED ⓘ Spock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Hikaru Kato Sulu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Hikaru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeworld | Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
calm professionalism
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expert helmsman skills ⓘ |
| loyalty | United Federation of Planets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Kato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalityInUniverse | Federation citizen ⓘ |
| occupation | starship officer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
George Takei
NERFINISHED
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John Cho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position |
captain of the USS Excelsior
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helmsman of the USS Enterprise ⓘ |
| rank |
Captain
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Commander ⓘ Lieutenant ⓘ Lieutenant Commander ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
Command Division
NERFINISHED
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Operations Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starshipCommanded | USS Excelsior (NCC-2000) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starshipServedOn |
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
NERFINISHED
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USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) 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: Hikaru Kato Sulu Description of subject: Hikaru Kato Sulu is a fictional Starfleet officer and helmsman of the starship USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise, known for his calm professionalism and later command of the USS Excelsior.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.