Babel fish
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The Babel fish is a tiny, telepathic, fictional creature from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" that instantly translates any spoken language for its host.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Babel fish canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16843084 — 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: Babel fish Context triple: [Milky Way Galaxy (fictional setting), hasTechnology, Babel fish]
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A.
Slartibartfast
Slartibartfast is a whimsical, elderly Magrathean planet designer from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, best known for his fondness for crafting fjords.
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B.
Vogon
Vogons are a fictional alien species from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," notorious for their bureaucratic cruelty and infamously bad poetry.
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C.
Heptapods
Heptapods are a fictional extraterrestrial species from the science fiction film "Arrival," characterized by their seven-limbed physiology and complex, non-linear written language.
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D.
Deep Thought
Deep Thought was an early IBM-developed chess computer that became famous for competing at a grandmaster level, including high-profile matches against world champion Garry Kasparov.
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E.
Marvin the Paranoid Android
Marvin the Paranoid Android is a chronically depressed, hyper-intelligent robot from Douglas Adams' science fiction comedy series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
- 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: Babel fish Target entity description: The Babel fish is a tiny, telepathic, fictional creature from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" that instantly translates any spoken language for its host.
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A.
Slartibartfast
Slartibartfast is a whimsical, elderly Magrathean planet designer from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, best known for his fondness for crafting fjords.
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B.
Vogon
Vogons are a fictional alien species from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," notorious for their bureaucratic cruelty and infamously bad poetry.
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C.
Heptapods
Heptapods are a fictional extraterrestrial species from the science fiction film "Arrival," characterized by their seven-limbed physiology and complex, non-linear written language.
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D.
Deep Thought
Deep Thought was an early IBM-developed chess computer that became famous for competing at a grandmaster level, including high-profile matches against world champion Garry Kasparov.
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E.
Marvin the Paranoid Android
Marvin the Paranoid Android is a chronically depressed, hyper-intelligent robot from Douglas Adams' science fiction comedy series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.