Krikkit war
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The Krikkit war is a catastrophic interstellar conflict in Douglas Adams' "Life, the Universe and Everything," sparked by the xenophobic inhabitants of the planet Krikkit attempting to destroy the entire universe.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Krikkit | 5 |
| Krikkiters | 3 |
| Krikkit robots | 2 |
| Krikkit Wars | 1 |
| Krikkit supernova bomb | 1 |
| Krikkit system | 1 |
| Krikkit war canonical | 1 |
| Krikkitmen | 1 |
| planet Krikkit | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T450075 — 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.
Target entity: Krikkit war Context triple: [Life, the Universe and Everything, plotElement, Krikkit war]
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A.
The Egg
The Egg is a modern, student-centered dining and learning facility at the Culinary Institute of America’s Hyde Park campus that showcases culinary education in a real-world restaurant environment.
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B.
Krinkelt
Krinkelt is a village in eastern Belgium’s Ardennes region, known for its proximity to the strategic Elsenborn Ridge and its role in the World War II Battle of the Bulge.
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C.
The Snail
The Snail is a late-career cut-out collage by Henri Matisse that arranges bold, colorful paper shapes into a semi-abstract spiral composition.
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D.
The Germ
The Germ was a short-lived 1850 periodical founded by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to promote their artistic and literary ideals.
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E.
The Burning Giraffe
The Burning Giraffe is a surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts distorted human figures and a flaming giraffe against a dreamlike, desolate landscape, often interpreted as reflecting inner psychological conflict and pre-war anxiety.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Krikkit war Target entity description: The Krikkit war is a catastrophic interstellar conflict in Douglas Adams' "Life, the Universe and Everything," sparked by the xenophobic inhabitants of the planet Krikkit attempting to destroy the entire universe.
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A.
The Egg
The Egg is a modern, student-centered dining and learning facility at the Culinary Institute of America’s Hyde Park campus that showcases culinary education in a real-world restaurant environment.
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B.
Krinkelt
Krinkelt is a village in eastern Belgium’s Ardennes region, known for its proximity to the strategic Elsenborn Ridge and its role in the World War II Battle of the Bulge.
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C.
The Snail
The Snail is a late-career cut-out collage by Henri Matisse that arranges bold, colorful paper shapes into a semi-abstract spiral composition.
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D.
The Germ
The Germ was a short-lived 1850 periodical founded by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to promote their artistic and literary ideals.
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E.
The Burning Giraffe
The Burning Giraffe is a surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts distorted human figures and a flaming giraffe against a dreamlike, desolate landscape, often interpreted as reflecting inner psychological conflict and pre-war anxiety.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event in a work of fiction
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fictional interstellar war ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ |
| cause | xenophobia of the inhabitants of Krikkit ⓘ |
| chronologicalPositionInSeries | third book events ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Krikkit war
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Krikkit
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| conflictScope | entire universe ⓘ |
| consequenceIfSuccessful | total destruction of the universe ⓘ |
| createdBy | Douglas Adams ⓘ |
| depicts | attempted annihilation of all stars and planets ⓘ |
| featuresObject | Wikkit Gate ⓘ |
| featuresSpecies |
Krikkit war
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Krikkiters
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| featuresTechnology | Krikkit war robots ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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surface form:
Hitchhiker's universe
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| firstPublicationContext |
Life, the Universe and Everything
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surface form:
Life, the Universe and Everything (1982 novel)
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| genre | comic science fiction ⓘ |
| goalOfBelligerent | destruction of the universe ⓘ |
| hasAntagonists | Krikkit war robots ⓘ |
| hasBelligerent |
Krikkit war
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Krikkit
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| initiatedBy | inhabitants of Krikkit ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| motivationOfKrikkit | desire to restore cosmic isolation ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | drives quest for Wikkit Gate components ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central plot element ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Arthur Dent
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Ford Prefect ⓘ Slartibartfast ⓘ Trillian ⓘ Zaphod Beeblebrox ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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surface form:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise
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| relatedConcept |
Krikkit war
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Krikkit robots
Krikkit war self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Krikkit supernova bomb
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| relatedWork |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
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surface form:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series (adapted elements)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy television adaptation (referenced)
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| resolutionInvolves |
intervention by main protagonists
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reassembly of the Wikkit Gate ⓘ |
| scale | galactic ⓘ |
| setting |
Milky Way
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surface form:
Milky Way galaxy (fictionalized)
Krikkit war self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
planet Krikkit
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| theme |
absurdity of total war
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satire of xenophobia ⓘ |
| threatLevel | existential threat to all life ⓘ |
| tone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| triggerEvent | Krikkiters discovering the existence of the universe beyond their dust cloud ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Krikkit war Description of subject: The Krikkit war is a catastrophic interstellar conflict in Douglas Adams' "Life, the Universe and Everything," sparked by the xenophobic inhabitants of the planet Krikkit attempting to destroy the entire universe.
Referenced by (16)
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