Eddie the shipboard computer
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Eddie the shipboard computer is the overly cheerful and somewhat dim-witted onboard computer of the starship Heart of Gold in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series.
All labels observed (1)
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| Eddie the shipboard computer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15032330 — 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: Eddie the shipboard computer Context triple: [Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, associatedCharacter, Eddie the shipboard computer]
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A.
Johnny 5
Johnny 5 is the sentient, wisecracking robot protagonist from the 1980s science-fiction comedy film series "Short Circuit."
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B.
Hopper
Hopper is a surname most famously associated with Edward Hopper, the American realist painter known for his evocative depictions of modern urban life and isolation.
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C.
Hopper
Hopper is the ruthless grasshopper leader and main villain in Pixar's animated film "A Bug's Life," known for terrorizing an ant colony to maintain his power.
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D.
Hopper
Hopper is an NVIDIA GPU architecture designed for high-performance computing and AI workloads, featuring advanced capabilities such as enhanced Tensor Core acceleration.
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E.
R.O.B.
R.O.B. is a robotic accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System designed to interact with specially programmed games as an early experiment in console-compatible robotics.
- 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: Eddie the shipboard computer Target entity description: Eddie the shipboard computer is the overly cheerful and somewhat dim-witted onboard computer of the starship Heart of Gold in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series.
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A.
Johnny 5
Johnny 5 is the sentient, wisecracking robot protagonist from the 1980s science-fiction comedy film series "Short Circuit."
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B.
Hopper
Hopper is a surname most famously associated with Edward Hopper, the American realist painter known for his evocative depictions of modern urban life and isolation.
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C.
Hopper
Hopper is the ruthless grasshopper leader and main villain in Pixar's animated film "A Bug's Life," known for terrorizing an ant colony to maintain his power.
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D.
Hopper
Hopper is an NVIDIA GPU architecture designed for high-performance computing and AI workloads, featuring advanced capabilities such as enhanced Tensor Core acceleration.
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E.
R.O.B.
R.O.B. is a robotic accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System designed to interact with specially programmed games as an early experiment in console-compatible robotics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
exists only within The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe
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Eddie the shipboard computer
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subject surface form:
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation