exists only within The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe
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Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is a satirical, fictional megacorporation in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, notorious for producing annoyingly flawed robots and technology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| exists only within The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3658818 — 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)
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Target entity: exists only within The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe Context triple: [Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, fictionalStatus, exists only within The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe]
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A.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedic science fiction series following the misadventures of an unwitting human and his alien friend as they travel through an absurd and satirical universe.
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B.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a 1981 BBC television adaptation of Douglas Adams' comic science fiction saga, following Arthur Dent's absurd adventures through space after Earth's destruction.
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C.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) is a 1984 interactive fiction adventure co-designed by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky, known for its humorous, punishingly difficult text-based puzzles adapted from the original radio and book series.
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D.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a landmark British science fiction comedy radio series created by Douglas Adams, following the absurd intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent after Earth's destruction.
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E.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show) is a theatrical adaptation of Douglas Adams' cult science-fiction comedy, bringing the absurd intergalactic adventures and dry British humor of the original story to the live stage.
- 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: exists only within The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe Target entity description: Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is a satirical, fictional megacorporation in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, notorious for producing annoyingly flawed robots and technology.
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A.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedic science fiction series following the misadventures of an unwitting human and his alien friend as they travel through an absurd and satirical universe.
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B.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a 1981 BBC television adaptation of Douglas Adams' comic science fiction saga, following Arthur Dent's absurd adventures through space after Earth's destruction.
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C.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) is a 1984 interactive fiction adventure co-designed by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky, known for its humorous, punishingly difficult text-based puzzles adapted from the original radio and book series.
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D.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a landmark British science fiction comedy radio series created by Douglas Adams, following the absurd intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent after Earth's destruction.
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E.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show) is a theatrical adaptation of Douglas Adams' cult science-fiction comedy, bringing the absurd intergalactic adventures and dry British humor of the original story to the live stage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional corporation
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megacorporation ⓘ satirical organization ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
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surface form:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981 TV adaptation)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film) ⓘ 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) ⓘ |
| associatedCharacter |
Eddie the shipboard computer
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Marvin the Paranoid Android ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom (real-world author origin) ⓘ |
| creator | Douglas Adams ⓘ |
| feature |
builds devices with human-like personalities
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emphasizes cheerful user interaction over functionality ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
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surface form:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (original radio series, 1978)
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| hasDepartment |
Complaints Division
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Design Department ⓘ Marketing Department ⓘ |
| hasMottoDepiction | company logo with broken "Share and Enjoy" sign ⓘ |
| industry |
artificial intelligence
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consumer electronics ⓘ robotics ⓘ |
| inUniverseStatus |
major supplier of robots in the Galaxy
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widely disliked by users ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | radio comedy series ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
Genuine People Personalities
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Happy Vertical People Transporters ⓘ Marvin the Paranoid Android ⓘ Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser ⓘ
surface form:
Nutri-Matic Drinks Dispenser
door with cheerful personality ⓘ shipboard computers with personality ⓘ |
| parodiedAspect |
corporate bureaucracy
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customer service culture ⓘ marketing-driven design ⓘ planned obsolescence ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
example of dysfunctional corporate culture
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satire of technology companies ⓘ |
| relationship |
responsible for Genuine People Personalities technology
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responsible for creation of Marvin the Paranoid Android ⓘ |
| reputation |
produces annoyingly flawed products
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products are fundamentally unreliable ⓘ products are irritating to users ⓘ |
| slogan | Share and Enjoy ⓘ |
| theme |
absurdity of corporate optimism
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critique of over-personalized technology ⓘ critique of user-hostile design ⓘ |
| universe | 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: exists only within The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe Description of subject: Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is a satirical, fictional megacorporation in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, notorious for producing annoyingly flawed robots and technology.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
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fictionalStatus
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exists only within The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe
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