Rob McKenna
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Rob McKenna is a perpetually rain-plagued lorry driver in Douglas Adams' "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish," humorously revealed to be a Rain God unknowingly worshipped by clouds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rob McKenna canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T467649 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rob McKenna Context triple: [So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, hasCharacter, Rob McKenna]
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A.
Rob McKenna
Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
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B.
Tim McClelland
Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
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C.
Kevin O'Connor
Kevin O'Connor is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the online advertising company DoubleClick.
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D.
Michael Callaghan
Michael Callaghan is one of the children of former UK Prime Minister James Callaghan.
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E.
Richard McCreery
Richard McCreery was a British Army general who commanded the Eighth Army in the final stages of the Italian Campaign during the Second World War.
- 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: Rob McKenna Target entity description: Rob McKenna is a perpetually rain-plagued lorry driver in Douglas Adams' "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish," humorously revealed to be a Rain God unknowingly worshipped by clouds.
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A.
Rob McKenna
Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
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B.
Tim McClelland
Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
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C.
Kevin O'Connor
Kevin O'Connor is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the online advertising company DoubleClick.
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D.
Michael Callaghan
Michael Callaghan is one of the children of former UK Prime Minister James Callaghan.
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E.
Richard McCreery
Richard McCreery was a British Army general who commanded the Eighth Army in the final stages of the Italian Campaign during the Second World War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Rain God
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fictional character ⓘ lorry driver ⓘ |
| ability | attracts rain wherever he goes ⓘ |
| appearsIn | So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | novel ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book series
ⓘ
linked to:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
|
| countryOfSetting | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Douglas Adams ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature | has classified many types of rain by number ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ |
| genre | comic science fiction character ⓘ |
| humorType |
deadpan absurdity
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situational irony ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | minor character ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
keeps a detailed log of different kinds of rain
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perpetually plagued by rain ⓘ unknowingly worshipped by clouds ⓘ |
| occupation | lorry driver ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise
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linked to:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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| perceptionByOthers | identified as a Rain God by a Hitchhiker's Guide researcher ⓘ |
| perceptionBySelf | believes himself to be extremely unlucky with weather ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (in-universe guidebook)
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linked to:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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| themeAssociation |
cosmic irony
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unwitting divinity ⓘ |
| worshippedBy | clouds ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rob McKenna Description of subject: Rob McKenna is a perpetually rain-plagued lorry driver in Douglas Adams' "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish," humorously revealed to be a Rain God unknowingly worshipped by clouds.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.