Commodore Matt Decker in Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine"
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Commodore Matt Decker is a tragic, obsessed Starfleet flag officer in the Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine," whose guilt over losing his crew drives him to a desperate, self-sacrificial attempt to destroy the planet-killing weapon.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Commodore Matt Decker in Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23530861 — 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: Commodore Matt Decker in Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine" Context triple: [William Windom, role, Commodore Matt Decker in Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine"]
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Captain Christopher Pike in Star Trek: The Cage
Captain Christopher Pike in "Star Trek: The Cage" is the introspective and duty-bound starship captain who commands the USS Enterprise in the original unaired pilot of the Star Trek franchise.
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Commander John Koenig in "Space: 1999"
Commander John Koenig is the steadfast and morally driven leader of Moonbase Alpha in the 1970s British science fiction television series "Space: 1999."
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Captain Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Captain Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the conflicted Starfleet commander of the USS Reliant who falls under Khan’s mind control, embodying the film’s themes of duty, manipulation, and sacrifice.
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Dr. Simon Van Gelder in Star Trek: The Original Series
Dr. Simon Van Gelder is a Starfleet scientist in Star Trek: The Original Series whose mental breakdown and suffering under an experimental mind-altering device expose the brutal practices at the Tantalus Penal Colony.
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Captain Ronald Tracey in Star Trek: The Original Series
Captain Ronald Tracey is a Starfleet captain in Star Trek: The Original Series known for violating the Prime Directive and descending into ruthless obsession in the episode "The Omega Glory."
- 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: Commodore Matt Decker in Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine" Target entity description: Commodore Matt Decker is a tragic, obsessed Starfleet flag officer in the Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine," whose guilt over losing his crew drives him to a desperate, self-sacrificial attempt to destroy the planet-killing weapon.
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A.
Captain Christopher Pike in Star Trek: The Cage
Captain Christopher Pike in "Star Trek: The Cage" is the introspective and duty-bound starship captain who commands the USS Enterprise in the original unaired pilot of the Star Trek franchise.
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B.
Commander John Koenig in "Space: 1999"
Commander John Koenig is the steadfast and morally driven leader of Moonbase Alpha in the 1970s British science fiction television series "Space: 1999."
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C.
Captain Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Captain Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the conflicted Starfleet commander of the USS Reliant who falls under Khan’s mind control, embodying the film’s themes of duty, manipulation, and sacrifice.
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D.
Dr. Simon Van Gelder in Star Trek: The Original Series
Dr. Simon Van Gelder is a Starfleet scientist in Star Trek: The Original Series whose mental breakdown and suffering under an experimental mind-altering device expose the brutal practices at the Tantalus Penal Colony.
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E.
Captain Ronald Tracey in Star Trek: The Original Series
Captain Ronald Tracey is a Starfleet captain in Star Trek: The Original Series known for violating the Prime Directive and descending into ruthless obsession in the episode "The Omega Glory."
- F. None of above. chosen
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