Magrathean
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Magratheans are a fictional, highly advanced planet-building species from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Magrathean canonical | 1 |
| Magrathean economy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2695449 — 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: Magrathean Context triple: [Slartibartfast, species, Magrathean]
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A.
Mordaunt
Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
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B.
Malthace
Malthace was a wife of Herod the Great and the mother of several of his children, including Herod Antipas, placing her within the Herodian royal family of Judea.
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C.
Airmyn
Airmyn is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated near the town of Goole and the confluence of the Rivers Aire and Ouse.
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D.
Morrow
"Morrow" is a 2018 introspective, genre-blending single by American artist 070 Shake, known for its emotional lyrics and atmospheric production.
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E.
Morrow
Morrow is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across politics, arts, and academia.
- 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: Magrathean Target entity description: Magratheans are a fictional, highly advanced planet-building species from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series.
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A.
Mordaunt
Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
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B.
Malthace
Malthace was a wife of Herod the Great and the mother of several of his children, including Herod Antipas, placing her within the Herodian royal family of Judea.
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C.
Airmyn
Airmyn is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated near the town of Goole and the confluence of the Rivers Aire and Ouse.
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D.
Morrow
"Morrow" is a 2018 introspective, genre-blending single by American artist 070 Shake, known for its emotional lyrics and atmospheric production.
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E.
Morrow
Morrow is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across politics, arts, and academia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional civilization
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fictional species ⓘ planet-building species ⓘ |
| activity |
custom-built luxury planets
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planet construction for wealthy clients ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ⓘ |
| associatedCharacter |
Arthur Dent
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Ford Prefect ⓘ Trillian ⓘ Zaphod Beeblebrox ⓘ |
| clientele | galactic super-rich ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Douglas Adams ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
inspired use of term "Magrathean" for large-scale engineering in fan communities
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linked to:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy fandom
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| economicModel | bespoke planetary engineering ⓘ |
| fictionalTechnology |
automated planetary design systems
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planet construction factory complexes ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel, 1979)
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linked to:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series, 1978) ⓘ |
| genre | comic science fiction ⓘ |
| homeworld | Magrathea ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film adaptation
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novel ⓘ radio series ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
exposition of Earth's artificial origin
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satire of luxury and custom-made products ⓘ |
| notableMember | Slartibartfast ⓘ |
| notableWork | construction of the planet Earth ⓘ |
| occupation |
planet builder
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planet designer ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (franchise)
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linked to:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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| specialization | design of planetary coastlines ⓘ |
| statusInSeries |
later rediscovered by protagonists
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thought to be mythical by most of the galaxy ⓘ |
| technologyLevel | highly advanced ⓘ |
| universe |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe
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linked to:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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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: Magrathean Description of subject: Magratheans are a fictional, highly advanced planet-building species from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Magrathean