catchphrase "Make it so"
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"Make it so" is the iconic command catchphrase frequently used by Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| catchphrase "Make it so" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7054856 — 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: catchphrase "Make it so" Context triple: [Jean-Luc Picard, knownFor, catchphrase "Make it so"]
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A.
Hotto Motto
Hotto Motto is a Japanese take-out bento chain known for offering a wide variety of freshly prepared boxed meals at affordable prices.
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B.
Ninja
Ninja is a fast, small, and focused build system designed to efficiently handle incremental builds in large software projects.
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C.
Makonnen
Makonnen is an Ethiopian nobleman and military leader best known as the father of Emperor Haile Selassie I.
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D.
M-Code
M-Code is an advanced, encrypted military GPS signal designed to provide more secure and jam-resistant positioning and navigation for authorized users.
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E.
Daijosai
Daijosai is a grand Shinto ritual performed once in a Japanese emperor’s reign to celebrate his enthronement and offer newly harvested rice to the deities.
- 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: catchphrase "Make it so" Target entity description: "Make it so" is the iconic command catchphrase frequently used by Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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A.
Hotto Motto
Hotto Motto is a Japanese take-out bento chain known for offering a wide variety of freshly prepared boxed meals at affordable prices.
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B.
Ninja
Ninja is a fast, small, and focused build system designed to efficiently handle incremental builds in large software projects.
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C.
Makonnen
Makonnen is an Ethiopian nobleman and military leader best known as the father of Emperor Haile Selassie I.
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D.
M-Code
M-Code is an advanced, encrypted military GPS signal designed to provide more secure and jam-resistant positioning and navigation for authorized users.
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E.
Daijosai
Daijosai is a grand Shinto ritual performed once in a Japanese emperor’s reign to celebrate his enthronement and offer newly harvested rice to the deities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Star Trek catchphrase
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catchphrase ⓘ television catchphrase ⓘ |
| appearsInFranchise | Star Trek ⓘ |
| appearsInSpinOffMedia |
Star Trek comics
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Star Trek games ⓘ Star Trek novels ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Star Trek: The Next Generation ⓘ |
| associatedCharacterTrait |
authority
ⓘ
decisiveness ⓘ |
| associatedGenre | science fiction ⓘ |
| associatedMedium | television series ⓘ |
| associatedRank | Starfleet captain ⓘ |
| associatedSeriesEra |
1990s
ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ |
| associatedShip | USS Enterprise-D ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Starfleet captain Jean-Luc Picard
ⓘ
linked to:
Jean-Luc Picard
|
| associatedWithFandom | Star Trek fandom ⓘ |
| associatedWithNetwork | Syndicated television in the United States ⓘ |
| associatedWithProduction |
Paramount Television
ⓘ
linked to:
Paramount Television Studios
|
| associatedWithSetting | 24th century Star Trek timeline ⓘ |
| associatedWithUniverse | Star Trek: The Next Generation continuity ⓘ |
| belongsToFranchise |
Star Trek: The Next Generation television series
ⓘ
linked to:
Star Trek: The Next Generation
|
| culturalImpact |
referenced in popular culture
ⓘ
widely quoted ⓘ |
| fandomStatus |
iconic line
ⓘ
memorable quote ⓘ |
| fandomUsage |
used as humorous command
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used as shorthand for agreement ⓘ |
| firstAppearedInMedium | television ⓘ |
| grammaticalMood | imperative ⓘ |
| hasFandomRecognition | signature Picard line ⓘ |
| hasFourWords | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| oftenParodied | true ⓘ |
| relatedCatchphrase | "Engage" ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | starship bridge command ⓘ |
| semanticRole | order to proceed ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Captain Jean-Luc Picard
ⓘ
linked to:
Jean-Luc Picard
Starfleet officers in later homages ⓘ |
| typicalContext | starship command ⓘ |
| typicalFunction | command ⓘ |
| usedAsEpisodeReference | episode titles and subtitles in derivative works ⓘ |
| usedAsTitleReference | various Star Trek-related articles ⓘ |
| usedByActor | Patrick Stewart ⓘ |
| usedByCharacter | Jean-Luc Picard ⓘ |
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: catchphrase "Make it so" Description of subject: "Make it so" is the iconic command catchphrase frequently used by Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.