The Conscience of the King
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"The Conscience of the King" is a first-season episode of the original Star Trek series that explores themes of guilt, justice, and identity when Captain Kirk confronts a former mass murderer hiding as a Shakespearean actor.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Conscience of the King canonical | 3 |
| "The Conscience of the King" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17862049 — 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: The Conscience of the King Context triple: [Yeoman Janice Rand, lastRegularTOSAppearance, The Conscience of the King]
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King's Counsel
King's Counsel is a senior rank of barrister in some Commonwealth legal systems, traditionally appointed by the monarch to recognize exceptional advocacy and expertise in the law.
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King in Council
King in Council is the formal constitutional body in certain monarchies, notably Norway, where the monarch meets with the government to make official state decisions.
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C.
King's Ransom
"King's Ransom" is a 2005 crime-comedy film about a wealthy businessman who plots his own kidnapping, directed by Doug McHenry.
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The King’s Men
The King’s Men was the acting company in early 17th-century England that included William Shakespeare as a leading member and performed many of his plays.
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E.
King's Peace
The King's Peace was a 387 BC treaty brokered by the Persian king that ended the Corinthian War and reasserted Persian influence over Greek city-states by imposing terms favorable to Sparta.
- 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Conscience of the King Target entity description: "The Conscience of the King" is a first-season episode of the original Star Trek series that explores themes of guilt, justice, and identity when Captain Kirk confronts a former mass murderer hiding as a Shakespearean actor.
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A.
King's Counsel
King's Counsel is a senior rank of barrister in some Commonwealth legal systems, traditionally appointed by the monarch to recognize exceptional advocacy and expertise in the law.
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B.
King in Council
King in Council is the formal constitutional body in certain monarchies, notably Norway, where the monarch meets with the government to make official state decisions.
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C.
King's Ransom
"King's Ransom" is a 2005 crime-comedy film about a wealthy businessman who plots his own kidnapping, directed by Doug McHenry.
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D.
The King’s Men
The King’s Men was the acting company in early 17th-century England that included William Shakespeare as a leading member and performed many of his plays.
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E.
King's Peace
The King's Peace was a 387 BC treaty brokered by the Persian king that ended the Corinthian War and reasserted Persian influence over Greek city-states by imposing terms favorable to Sparta.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Conscience of the King
subject linked to:
Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Menagerie, Part II"