documentary "The Captains"
E1018382
"The Captains" is a documentary film directed by William Shatner in which he interviews the actors who have played Starfleet captains in the Star Trek franchise, exploring their careers and personal lives.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| documentary "The Captains" canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13051872 — 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: documentary "The Captains" Context triple: [William Shatner, portrayedIn, documentary "The Captains"]
-
A.
The Documentary
The Documentary is the debut studio album by American rapper The Game, widely regarded as a landmark West Coast hip-hop release of the mid-2000s.
-
B.
documentary "The Show"
The documentary "The Show" is a mid-1990s hip-hop film that chronicles the lives, performances, and culture of prominent rap artists, including Slick Rick, during the genre’s golden era.
-
C.
documentary film "Howard"
"Howard" is a documentary film that explores the life, creative legacy, and untimely death of lyricist Howard Ashman, best known for his work on Disney classics like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.
-
D.
documentary "On Borrowed Time"
"On Borrowed Time" is a documentary film that explores the life, philosophy, and artistic legacy of Australian filmmaker Paul Cox, particularly in the face of his serious health struggles.
-
E.
documentary film "The Final Quarter"
"The Final Quarter" is an Australian documentary film that examines the final years of Indigenous AFL star Adam Goodes’ career, focusing on the racism and media controversy he faced.
- 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: documentary "The Captains" Target entity description: "The Captains" is a documentary film directed by William Shatner in which he interviews the actors who have played Starfleet captains in the Star Trek franchise, exploring their careers and personal lives.
-
A.
The Documentary
The Documentary is the debut studio album by American rapper The Game, widely regarded as a landmark West Coast hip-hop release of the mid-2000s.
-
B.
documentary "The Show"
The documentary "The Show" is a mid-1990s hip-hop film that chronicles the lives, performances, and culture of prominent rap artists, including Slick Rick, during the genre’s golden era.
-
C.
documentary film "Howard"
"Howard" is a documentary film that explores the life, creative legacy, and untimely death of lyricist Howard Ashman, best known for his work on Disney classics like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.
-
D.
documentary "On Borrowed Time"
"On Borrowed Time" is a documentary film that explores the life, philosophy, and artistic legacy of Australian filmmaker Paul Cox, particularly in the face of his serious health struggles.
-
E.
documentary film "The Final Quarter"
"The Final Quarter" is an Australian documentary film that examines the final years of Indigenous AFL star Adam Goodes’ career, focusing on the racism and media controversy he faced.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian documentary film
ⓘ
documentary film ⓘ |
| about |
careers of Star Trek captains actors
ⓘ
personal lives of Star Trek captains actors ⓘ |
| basedOn | Star Trek ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| director | William Shatner ⓘ |
| distributor | Epix ⓘ |
| explores |
effects of Star Trek fame on actors’ lives
ⓘ
relationship between actors and their Star Trek roles ⓘ |
| features |
Avery Brooks
ⓘ
Chris Pine ⓘ Kate Mulgrew ⓘ Patrick Stewart ⓘ Scott Bakula ⓘ William Shatner ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Las Vegas
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Los Angeles ⓘ New York City ⓘ Toronto ⓘ |
| focusesOn | actors who portrayed Starfleet captains in Star Trek television series and films ⓘ |
| follows | William Shatner interviewing other Star Trek captains ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical documentary
ⓘ
documentary ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Avery Brooks
ⓘ
Chris Pine ⓘ Kate Mulgrew ⓘ Patrick Stewart ⓘ Scott Bakula ⓘ William Shatner ⓘ |
| hasInterviewSubject |
Avery Brooks
ⓘ
Chris Pine ⓘ Kate Mulgrew ⓘ Patrick Stewart ⓘ Scott Bakula ⓘ William Shatner ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
acting career
ⓘ
fame and its impact ⓘ personal reflection ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Star Trek franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
Star Trek
Starfleet captains ⓘ actors who played Starfleet captains ⓘ |
| partOf | Star Trek documentary films ⓘ |
| producer | William Shatner ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
The Captains: Close Up
ⓘ
linked to:
The Captains
|
| writer | William Shatner ⓘ |
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: documentary "The Captains" Description of subject: "The Captains" is a documentary film directed by William Shatner in which he interviews the actors who have played Starfleet captains in the Star Trek franchise, exploring their careers and personal lives.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.