Megadodo Publications
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Megadodo Publications is the fictional publishing house responsible for producing The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy within Douglas Adams’ comic science fiction universe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Megadodo Publications canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T671297 — 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: Megadodo Publications Context triple: [The Guide, publisherInUniverse, Megadodo Publications]
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A.
Prometheus Books
Prometheus Books is an American publishing company known for its focus on humanism, skepticism, and science-oriented non-fiction.
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B.
Locus Publications
Locus Publications is a prominent science fiction and fantasy publishing company best known for producing Locus Magazine and organizing the annual Locus Awards.
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C.
Scribe Publications
Scribe Publications is an independent Australian publishing house known for releasing a wide range of literary fiction and narrative non-fiction, including international bestsellers.
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D.
Harmony Books
Harmony Books is a publishing imprint known for releasing a range of popular nonfiction and literary titles, including works in science, culture, and contemporary thought.
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E.
Foris Publications
Foris Publications is an academic publishing house known for producing influential works in theoretical linguistics and related fields.
- 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: Megadodo Publications Target entity description: Megadodo Publications is the fictional publishing house responsible for producing The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy within Douglas Adams’ comic science fiction universe.
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A.
Prometheus Books
Prometheus Books is an American publishing company known for its focus on humanism, skepticism, and science-oriented non-fiction.
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B.
Locus Publications
Locus Publications is a prominent science fiction and fantasy publishing company best known for producing Locus Magazine and organizing the annual Locus Awards.
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C.
Scribe Publications
Scribe Publications is an independent Australian publishing house known for releasing a wide range of literary fiction and narrative non-fiction, including international bestsellers.
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D.
Harmony Books
Harmony Books is a publishing imprint known for releasing a range of popular nonfiction and literary titles, including works in science, culture, and contemporary thought.
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E.
Foris Publications
Foris Publications is an academic publishing house known for producing influential works in theoretical linguistics and related fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional organization
ⓘ
fictional publishing company ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
ⓘ
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984 video game)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film) ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film, referenced)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Betelgeuse system (in-universe) ⓘ |
| createdBy | Douglas Adams ⓘ |
| employs |
Eccentrica Gallumbits's biographer (implied Guide researcher)
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Ford Prefect ⓘ Zarniwoop ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | exists only within the narrative of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ |
| genre |
reference guide
ⓘ
travel guide ⓘ |
| hasEmployeeRole |
field researcher
ⓘ
researcher for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ sub-editor for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ |
| hasFormat | electronic, constantly updated guidebook (in-universe) ⓘ |
| hasMotto | implied association with 'DON'T PANIC' on the Guide's cover ⓘ |
| hasNotableEmployee |
Ford Prefect
ⓘ
Zarniwoop ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
customs and cultures of the Galaxy
ⓘ
hitchhiking in space ⓘ planets of the Galaxy ⓘ species of the Galaxy ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Ursa Minor Beta ⓘ |
| industry | publishing ⓘ |
| inUniverseFunction | publisher of electronic guidebook for hitchhikers ⓘ |
| inUniverseReputation | large and influential publishing house ⓘ |
| inUniverseTechnology | electronic book production ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Galactic (in-universe common tongue) ⓘ |
| medium | electronic publishing ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | explains origin and authority of the Guide ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (electronic guidebook)
|
| partOf | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise lore ⓘ |
| product |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (in-universe book)
|
| relatedWork |
Life, the Universe and Everything
ⓘ
Mostly Harmless ⓘ So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ⓘ |
| setting | Milky Way Galaxy (fictional setting) ⓘ |
| targetAudience | interstellar hitchhikers (in-universe) ⓘ |
| universe |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe
|
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: Megadodo Publications Description of subject: Megadodo Publications is the fictional publishing house responsible for producing The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy within Douglas Adams’ comic science fiction universe.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.