Voight-Kampff machine
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The Voight-Kampff machine is a fictional diagnostic device used in the Blade Runner universe to distinguish humans from replicants by measuring involuntary emotional and physiological responses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Voight-Kampff machine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16100192 — 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: Voight-Kampff machine Context triple: [Rick Deckard, usesDevice, Voight-Kampff machine]
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A.
Replicants
Replicants were a 1990s American alternative rock supergroup known for recording a self-titled album of cover songs by artists like Neil Young, The Cars, and David Bowie.
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B.
Mother Box
Mother Box is a sentient, portable supercomputer from DC Comics’ New Gods mythology, capable of immense energy manipulation, teleportation, and communication across dimensions.
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C.
Nexus-6 replicant
A Nexus-6 replicant is a highly advanced, bioengineered android model from the Blade Runner universe, designed to closely mimic humans in appearance and behavior while possessing superior physical capabilities.
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D.
Mentats
Mentats are human computers in the Dune universe, specially trained to perform complex logical analysis and strategic planning with superhuman speed and accuracy.
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E.
positronic brain
A positronic brain is a fictional, highly advanced artificial intelligence device conceived by Isaac Asimov to serve as the thinking mechanism of robots in his Robot series.
- 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: Voight-Kampff machine Target entity description: The Voight-Kampff machine is a fictional diagnostic device used in the Blade Runner universe to distinguish humans from replicants by measuring involuntary emotional and physiological responses.
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A.
Replicants
Replicants were a 1990s American alternative rock supergroup known for recording a self-titled album of cover songs by artists like Neil Young, The Cars, and David Bowie.
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B.
Mother Box
Mother Box is a sentient, portable supercomputer from DC Comics’ New Gods mythology, capable of immense energy manipulation, teleportation, and communication across dimensions.
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C.
Nexus-6 replicant
A Nexus-6 replicant is a highly advanced, bioengineered android model from the Blade Runner universe, designed to closely mimic humans in appearance and behavior while possessing superior physical capabilities.
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D.
Mentats
Mentats are human computers in the Dune universe, specially trained to perform complex logical analysis and strategic planning with superhuman speed and accuracy.
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E.
positronic brain
A positronic brain is a fictional, highly advanced artificial intelligence device conceived by Isaac Asimov to serve as the thinking mechanism of robots in his Robot series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.