Stella

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comedy trio sketch comedy group

Stella is an American comedy trio and sketch group best known for its absurdist humor and for featuring comedians Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Stella canonical	4

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1910206 — 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: Stella
Context triple: [Michael Ian Black, memberOf, Stella]

A. Stella
Stella is the central character in the British television drama film "Gideon's Daughter," around whom the story's emotional and familial conflicts revolve.
B. Stella
Stella is a key character in Guy Ritchie's crime film "RocknRolla," known as a sharp, stylish accountant entangled in the London underworld.
C. Carla
Carla is a feminine given name commonly used in various languages, often considered the female form of Carl or Charles.
D. Barbara
Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.
E. Hilda
Hilda is the middle name of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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: Stella
Target entity description: Stella is an American comedy trio and sketch group best known for its absurdist humor and for featuring comedians Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain.

A. Stella
Stella is the central character in the British television drama film "Gideon's Daughter," around whom the story's emotional and familial conflicts revolve.
B. Stella
Stella is a key character in Guy Ritchie's crime film "RocknRolla," known as a sharp, stylish accountant entangled in the London underworld.
C. Carla
Carla is a feminine given name commonly used in various languages, often considered the female form of Carl or Charles.
D. Barbara
Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.
E. Hilda
Hilda is the middle name of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comedy trio ⓘ sketch comedy group ⓘ
basedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fieldOfWork	entertainment ⓘ live comedy performance ⓘ television comedy ⓘ
genre	absurdist humor ⓘ comedy ⓘ sketch comedy ⓘ
hasCreativeContributor	Michael Ian Black ⓘ Michael Showalter ⓘ
hasCreativeDirector	David Wain ⓘ
hasGenreCharacteristic	deadpan delivery ⓘ meta-comedy ⓘ surreal humor ⓘ
hasMember	David Wain ⓘ Michael Ian Black ⓘ Michael Showalter ⓘ
hasPart	live sketch performances ⓘ short comedy films ⓘ television series ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
notableFor	absurdist humor ⓘ featuring Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain ⓘ
performer	David Wain ⓘ Michael Ian Black ⓘ Michael Showalter ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Michael Ian Black → memberOf → Stella ⓘ

Michael Ian Black → knownFor → Stella ⓘ

Michael Ian Schwartz → notableWork → Stella ⓘ

subject surface form: Michael Ian Black

michaelianblack → notableWork → Stella ⓘ