Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser
E378378
The Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser is a fictional beverage machine from *The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy* universe, notorious for producing drinks that are almost, but not quite, entirely unlike what the user actually wants.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser canonical | 2 |
| Nutri-Matic | 1 |
| Nutri-Matic Drinks Dispenser | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3658795 — 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: Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser Context triple: [Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, notableProduct, Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser]
-
A.
Robart
Robart is an alternative spelling of the given name Robert, typically used as a personal or family name.
-
B.
Mr. Coffee
Mr. Coffee is a popular American brand best known for its automatic drip coffee makers and related coffee appliances for home use.
-
C.
Pepsi Wave Swinger
Pepsi Wave Swinger is a colorful, family-friendly swing ride located on Chicago’s Navy Pier.
-
D.
Blodgett
Blodgett is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, business, and the arts.
-
E.
SERVEL
SERVEL is Chile's independent electoral service responsible for organizing and overseeing the country’s elections and maintaining its electoral registry.
- 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: Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser Target entity description: The Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser is a fictional beverage machine from *The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy* universe, notorious for producing drinks that are almost, but not quite, entirely unlike what the user actually wants.
-
A.
Robart
Robart is an alternative spelling of the given name Robert, typically used as a personal or family name.
-
B.
Mr. Coffee
Mr. Coffee is a popular American brand best known for its automatic drip coffee makers and related coffee appliances for home use.
-
C.
Pepsi Wave Swinger
Pepsi Wave Swinger is a colorful, family-friendly swing ride located on Chicago’s Navy Pier.
-
D.
Blodgett
Blodgett is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, business, and the arts.
-
E.
SERVEL
SERVEL is Chile's independent electoral service responsible for organizing and overseeing the country’s elections and maintaining its electoral registry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drinks dispenser
ⓘ
fictional device ⓘ fictional machine ⓘ vending machine ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (novel series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
|
| associatedWith |
Arthur Dent
ⓘ
Ford Prefect ⓘ Heart of Gold ⓘ Marvin the Paranoid Android ⓘ Trillian ⓘ Zaphod Beeblebrox ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | part of main Hitchhiker’s Guide continuity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Douglas Adams ⓘ |
| depictsConcept |
miscommunication between humans and machines
ⓘ
overreliance on automation ⓘ |
| famousLine | almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea ⓘ |
| fandom | Hitchhiker’s Guide fandom ⓘ |
| feature |
attempts to analyze what the user wants
ⓘ
produces unsatisfactory drinks ⓘ |
| function | prepares beverages for users ⓘ |
| genre | comic science fiction ⓘ |
| hasGenreElement | science fiction technology parody ⓘ |
| hasNameComponent |
Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nutri-Matic
|
| humorStyle | British absurdist humor ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | real-world vending machines ⓘ |
| inUniverseOutcome | fails to match user expectations ⓘ |
| inUniversePurpose | to provide the perfect drink for any user ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
literature
ⓘ
radio ⓘ television ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
comic device
ⓘ
satirical commentary on technology ⓘ |
| notableFor | producing drinks that are almost, but not quite, entirely unlike what the user wants ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | overly sophisticated but incompetent ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (franchise)
|
| setting |
Heart of Gold (spaceship)
ⓘ
surface form:
spaceship Heart of Gold
|
| technologyType | automated beverage dispenser ⓘ |
| theme |
satire of artificial intelligence
ⓘ
satire of consumer technology ⓘ satire of user-interface design ⓘ |
| universe |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
|
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: Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser Description of subject: The Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser is a fictional beverage machine from *The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy* universe, notorious for producing drinks that are almost, but not quite, entirely unlike what the user actually wants.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser
→
hasNameComponent
→
Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Nutri-Matic
exists only within The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe
→
notableProduct
→
Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
this entity surface form:
Nutri-Matic Drinks Dispenser