USS Grissom (fictional starship in Star Trek)
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The USS Grissom is a Federation science vessel in the Star Trek universe, best known for its appearance in "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock," where it is destroyed while investigating the Genesis Planet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Grissom (fictional starship in Star Trek) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6022931 — 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: USS Grissom (fictional starship in Star Trek) Context triple: [Gus Grissom, hasNamesake, USS Grissom (fictional starship in Star Trek)]
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USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) is a 23rd-century Excelsior-class Federation starship in the Star Trek universe, best known for its role in the film "Star Trek: Generations," where it is involved in the apparent death of Captain James T. Kirk.
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USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) is the iconic Constitution-class starship commanded by Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek television series.
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USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)
The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) is a Constitution-class Federation starship in the Star Trek universe, commanded by Captain James T. Kirk and featured in several of the original-cast films.
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USS Reliant (NCC-1864)
The USS Reliant (NCC-1864) is a Miranda-class Federation starship best known as the vessel commandeered by Khan Noonien Singh in the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) is the Galaxy-class Federation starship commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, serving as Starfleet’s flagship during the late 24th century.
- 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)
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Target entity: USS Grissom (fictional starship in Star Trek) Target entity description: The USS Grissom is a Federation science vessel in the Star Trek universe, best known for its appearance in "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock," where it is destroyed while investigating the Genesis Planet.
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A.
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) is a 23rd-century Excelsior-class Federation starship in the Star Trek universe, best known for its role in the film "Star Trek: Generations," where it is involved in the apparent death of Captain James T. Kirk.
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USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) is the iconic Constitution-class starship commanded by Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek television series.
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USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)
The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) is a Constitution-class Federation starship in the Star Trek universe, commanded by Captain James T. Kirk and featured in several of the original-cast films.
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D.
USS Reliant (NCC-1864)
The USS Reliant (NCC-1864) is a Miranda-class Federation starship best known as the vessel commandeered by Khan Noonien Singh in the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) is the Galaxy-class Federation starship commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, serving as Starfleet’s flagship during the late 24th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Federation starship
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fictional starship ⓘ science vessel ⓘ |
| affiliation | United Federation of Planets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInFranchise | Star Trek films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armament |
phasers
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photon torpedoes ⓘ |
| category | Star Trek starships NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandingOfficer | Captain J.T. Esteban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewMember |
David Marcus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saavik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designFeature |
dual hull configuration
ⓘ
underslung secondary hull ⓘ |
| destroyedBy |
Commander Kruge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Klingon Bird-of-Prey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destroyedIn | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| faction | Federation science division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fate | destroyed in orbit of the Genesis Planet ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Star Trek universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| government | United Federation of Planets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHullType | Oberth-class configuration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | NASA astronaut Gus Grissom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| investigated | Genesis Planet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationDuringNotableEvent | Genesis Planet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| missionType |
scientific research
ⓘ
survey ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Gus Grissom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virgil I. Grissom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being destroyed while investigating the Genesis Planet
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first on-screen appearance of an Oberth-class starship ⓘ |
| onScreenDepictionEra | 23rd century ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Starfleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operationalStatusDuringFilm | active ⓘ |
| primaryRole | science vessel ⓘ |
| propulsion |
impulse engines
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warp drive ⓘ |
| registryNumber | NCC-638 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| registryPrefix | NCC ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
transport for Saavik and David Marcus to Genesis Planet
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vessel destroyed to escalate conflict with Klingons ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Starfleet Sciences division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Milky Way galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starshipClass | Oberth-class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visualEffectsModelCreatedBy | Industrial Light & Magic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 Grissom (fictional starship in Star Trek) Description of subject: The USS Grissom is a Federation science vessel in the Star Trek universe, best known for its appearance in "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock," where it is destroyed while investigating the Genesis Planet.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.