Glottis
E744028
Glottis is a lovable, hot-rod-obsessed demon mechanic who serves as Manny Calavera’s loyal sidekick in the adventure game Grim Fandango.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glottis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8562109 — 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: Glottis Context triple: [Grim Fandango, character, Glottis]
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A.
The Adam’s Apple
The Adam’s Apple is a prominent secondary summit on Vermont’s Mount Mansfield, known for contributing to the mountain’s distinctive human-profile silhouette.
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B.
Cilicia Trachea
Cilicia Trachea was the rugged, mountainous western part of ancient Cilicia in southeastern Asia Minor, known for its steep coastline, forests, and historical reputation as a haven for pirates.
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C.
Syrinx
Syrinx is a nymph from Greek mythology who, to escape the god Pan’s advances, was transformed into reeds from which he fashioned the first pan flute.
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D.
Tongue
"Tongue" is a notable musical work by British singer, songwriter, and producer Uzoechi Emenike, better known as MNEK.
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E.
Glossa
Glossa is a traditional hillside village on the Greek island of Skopelos, known for its picturesque architecture and views over the Aegean Sea.
- 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: Glottis Target entity description: Glottis is a lovable, hot-rod-obsessed demon mechanic who serves as Manny Calavera’s loyal sidekick in the adventure game Grim Fandango.
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A.
The Adam’s Apple
The Adam’s Apple is a prominent secondary summit on Vermont’s Mount Mansfield, known for contributing to the mountain’s distinctive human-profile silhouette.
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B.
Cilicia Trachea
Cilicia Trachea was the rugged, mountainous western part of ancient Cilicia in southeastern Asia Minor, known for its steep coastline, forests, and historical reputation as a haven for pirates.
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C.
Syrinx
Syrinx is a nymph from Greek mythology who, to escape the god Pan’s advances, was transformed into reeds from which he fashioned the first pan flute.
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D.
Tongue
"Tongue" is a notable musical work by British singer, songwriter, and producer Uzoechi Emenike, better known as MNEK.
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E.
Glossa
Glossa is a traditional hillside village on the Greek island of Skopelos, known for its picturesque architecture and views over the Aegean Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
demon
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ mechanic ⓘ video game character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Grim Fandango NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Calavera Café
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Department of Death NERFINISHED ⓘ Edge of the World NERFINISHED ⓘ Rubacava NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| companionOf | Manny Calavera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Tim Schafer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drives | Bone Wagon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Grim Fandango NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Grim Fandango series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gameReleaseYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| genre | adventure game character ⓘ |
| hasAlignment | good ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Manny Calavera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | video game ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
comic relief
ⓘ
supporting character ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
lovable personality
ⓘ
obsessed with hot rods ⓘ |
| occupation |
driver
ⓘ
mechanic ⓘ |
| platform |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo Switch ⓘ PlayStation NERFINISHED ⓘ PlayStation 4 ⓘ PlayStation Vita NERFINISHED ⓘ Xbox One NERFINISHED ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| publisherOfWork | LucasArts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | sidekick ⓘ |
| setting | Land of the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| species | demon ⓘ |
| vehicle | Bone Wagon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| videoGameDeveloper | LucasArts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| videoGamePublisher | LucasArts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worksOn |
cars
ⓘ
hot rods ⓘ vehicles in the Land of the Dead ⓘ |
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: Glottis Description of subject: Glottis is a lovable, hot-rod-obsessed demon mechanic who serves as Manny Calavera’s loyal sidekick in the adventure game Grim Fandango.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.