Wavy Gravy
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Wavy Gravy is an American peace activist, clown, and counterculture icon best known for his role in the 1960s hippie movement and as the official clown of the Grateful Dead.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wavy Gravy canonical | 3 |
| Wavy Gravy the Clown | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13080242 — 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: Wavy Gravy Context triple: [Merry Pranksters, member, Wavy Gravy]
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A.
Ed Sanders
Ed Sanders is an English actor and singer best known for his role as Toby in Tim Burton’s 2007 film adaptation of the musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
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B.
Chet Helms
Chet Helms was a key figure in the 1960s San Francisco music scene, best known as a rock concert promoter and manager who helped launch the careers of bands like Big Brother and the Holding Company and Janis Joplin.
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C.
Japhy Ryder
Japhy Ryder is a free-spirited, mountain-climbing poet and Buddhist-influenced bohemian based on Gary Snyder in Jack Kerouac’s novel "The Dharma Bums."
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D.
Ralph Steadman
Ralph Steadman is a British illustrator and cartoonist best known for his wild, splattered ink drawings and long-running collaboration with writer Hunter S. Thompson on works of gonzo journalism.
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E.
Paul Grilley
Paul Grilley is a yoga teacher best known for popularizing Yin Yoga and for his influential work on anatomy and skeletal variation in yoga practice.
- 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: Wavy Gravy Target entity description: Wavy Gravy is an American peace activist, clown, and counterculture icon best known for his role in the 1960s hippie movement and as the official clown of the Grateful Dead.
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A.
Ed Sanders
Ed Sanders is an English actor and singer best known for his role as Toby in Tim Burton’s 2007 film adaptation of the musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
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B.
Chet Helms
Chet Helms was a key figure in the 1960s San Francisco music scene, best known as a rock concert promoter and manager who helped launch the careers of bands like Big Brother and the Holding Company and Janis Joplin.
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C.
Japhy Ryder
Japhy Ryder is a free-spirited, mountain-climbing poet and Buddhist-influenced bohemian based on Gary Snyder in Jack Kerouac’s novel "The Dharma Bums."
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D.
Ralph Steadman
Ralph Steadman is a British illustrator and cartoonist best known for his wild, splattered ink drawings and long-running collaboration with writer Hunter S. Thompson on works of gonzo journalism.
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E.
Paul Grilley
Paul Grilley is a yoga teacher best known for popularizing Yin Yoga and for his influential work on anatomy and skeletal variation in yoga practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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clown ⓘ counterculture icon ⓘ human ⓘ peace activist ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hugh N. Romney
ⓘ
linked to:
Hugh Romney
Hugh Romney ⓘ Wavy Gravy the Clown ⓘ
linked to:
Wavy Gravy
|
| associatedAct | Grateful Dead ⓘ |
| birthName |
Hugh Nanton Romney
ⓘ
linked to:
Hugh Romney
|
| charitableWork | fundraising to prevent blindness ⓘ |
| coFounded | Camp Winnarainbow ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-05-15 ⓘ |
| focusOfWork |
children's performing arts education
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humanitarian work ⓘ peace activism ⓘ |
| founded | Seva Foundation ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
performance art
ⓘ
political humor ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Beat Generation
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Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ nonviolent philosophy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
colorful clown persona
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humorous and theatrical approach to activism ⓘ work with the Grateful Dead community ⓘ |
| memberOf | Hog Farm collective ⓘ |
| movement |
American counterculture
ⓘ
anti-war movement ⓘ civil rights movement ⓘ
linked to:
American civil rights movement
hippie movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
1960s hippie movement
ⓘ
being the official clown of the Grateful Dead ⓘ counterculture activism ⓘ role at the Woodstock Festival ⓘ |
| occupation |
clown
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entertainer ⓘ peace activist ⓘ poet ⓘ radio host ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Woodstock Festival
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linked to:
Woodstock Festival 1969
|
| placeOfBirth |
East Greenbush, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
East Greenbush, New York
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| residence | Berkeley, California, United States ⓘ |
| role | leader of the Hog Farm collective ⓘ |
| roleAtEvent |
emcee at Woodstock Festival
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security coordinator at Woodstock Festival ⓘ |
| securityPhilosophy | Please Force ⓘ |
| spouse | Jahanara Romney ⓘ |
| subjectOf | documentary film "Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie" ⓘ |
| title | official clown of the Grateful Dead ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wavy Gravy Description of subject: Wavy Gravy is an American peace activist, clown, and counterculture icon best known for his role in the 1960s hippie movement and as the official clown of the Grateful Dead.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Wavy Gravy