"Phage"
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"Phage" is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager that introduces the Vidiians, a species afflicted by a devastating disease that drives them to harvest organs from other beings.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the Phage | 3 |
| "Phage" canonical | 1 |
| Phage (Vidiian disease) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12901680 — 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: "Phage" Context triple: [Vidiians, notableEpisode, "Phage"]
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A.
Dictator of Bacteria
Dictator of Bacteria is the fictional authoritarian ruler of the country of Bacteria in Charlie Chaplin’s satirical film "The Great Dictator," parodying real-world fascist leaders.
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B.
The Virus
"The Virus" is a 1982 political thriller novel by British author Stanley Johnson that imagines a deadly global pandemic and the governmental response to it.
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C.
The Germ
The Germ was a short-lived 1850 periodical founded by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to promote their artistic and literary ideals.
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D.
"The Plaque"
"The Plaque" is a notable track from the 1993 film score of Rudy, likely contributing to the movie’s inspirational and emotional atmosphere.
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E.
"Extinction"
"Extinction" is a 1981 book by biologist Paul R. Ehrlich that examines the causes, consequences, and accelerating rates of species extinction driven largely by human activity.
- 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: "Phage" Target entity description: "Phage" is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager that introduces the Vidiians, a species afflicted by a devastating disease that drives them to harvest organs from other beings.
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A.
Dictator of Bacteria
Dictator of Bacteria is the fictional authoritarian ruler of the country of Bacteria in Charlie Chaplin’s satirical film "The Great Dictator," parodying real-world fascist leaders.
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B.
The Virus
"The Virus" is a 1982 political thriller novel by British author Stanley Johnson that imagines a deadly global pandemic and the governmental response to it.
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C.
The Germ
The Germ was a short-lived 1850 periodical founded by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to promote their artistic and literary ideals.
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D.
"The Plaque"
"The Plaque" is a notable track from the 1993 film score of Rudy, likely contributing to the movie’s inspirational and emotional atmosphere.
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E.
"Extinction"
"Extinction" is a 1981 book by biologist Paul R. Ehrlich that examines the causes, consequences, and accelerating rates of species extinction driven largely by human activity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Star Trek: Voyager episode
ⓘ
television episode ⓘ |
| captainDecision | Janeway spares the Vidiians despite their actions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| episodeNumberInSeason | 5 ⓘ |
| featuresCaptain | Kathryn Janeway ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
B'Elanna Torres
ⓘ
linked to:
B’Elanna Torres
Chakotay ⓘ Harry Kim ⓘ Kathryn Janeway ⓘ Kes ⓘ Neelix ⓘ The Doctor ⓘ Tom Paris ⓘ Tuvok ⓘ |
| featuresDisease |
Phage (Vidiian disease)
ⓘ
linked to:
"Phage"
|
| featuresSpecies |
Vidiians
ⓘ
linked to:
the Vidiians
|
| featuresStarship | USS Voyager ⓘ |
| featuresTechnology |
Vidiian organ-harvesting technology
ⓘ
holographic lungs ⓘ |
| followsEpisode | Time and Again ⓘ |
| franchiseContinuity | first appearance of the Vidiians in Star Trek: Voyager ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction television episode ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
medical ethics
ⓘ
organ transplantation ethics ⓘ survival at any cost ⓘ |
| introducesSpecies |
Vidiians
ⓘ
linked to:
the Vidiians
|
| notableEvent |
Neelix loses his lungs to Vidiian organ harvesting
ⓘ
The Doctor creates a holographic lung for Neelix ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | UPN ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Star Trek ⓘ |
| plotFocus | organ harvesting by Vidiians ⓘ |
| precedesEpisode | The Cloud ⓘ |
| productionCode | 105 ⓘ |
| season | 1 ⓘ |
| series | Star Trek: Voyager ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Delta Quadrant ⓘ |
| title | Phage ⓘ |
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: "Phage" Description of subject: "Phage" is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager that introduces the Vidiians, a species afflicted by a devastating disease that drives them to harvest organs from other beings.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the Vidiians
linked to: "Phage"
subject linked to:
Star Trek: Voyager episode "Phage"
linked to: "Phage"