Teller
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Teller is an American magician, illusionist, and silent half of the duo Penn & Teller, renowned for his innovative, often wordless approach to magic and performance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Teller canonical | 26 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T308225 — 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: Teller Context triple: [James Randi, influenced, Teller]
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A.
Leslie
Leslie is a small town in Fife, Scotland, situated near Glenrothes and known historically for its textile and papermaking industries.
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B.
Palmer Joss
Palmer Joss is a central character in Carl Sagan's science fiction novel "Contact," serving as a religious scholar and love interest who embodies the tension between faith and science.
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C.
Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson was a famed Old West lawman, gambler, and later New York City sportswriter known for his colorful life on the American frontier.
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D.
Oracle of Omaha
The Oracle of Omaha is the famous nickname of legendary American investor Warren Buffett, renowned for his long-term value investing success and financial wisdom.
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E.
Earl
An Earl is a noble rank in the British and some European peerage systems, historically positioned below a marquess and above a viscount.
- 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: Teller Target entity description: Teller is an American magician, illusionist, and silent half of the duo Penn & Teller, renowned for his innovative, often wordless approach to magic and performance.
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A.
Leslie
Leslie is a small town in Fife, Scotland, situated near Glenrothes and known historically for its textile and papermaking industries.
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B.
Palmer Joss
Palmer Joss is a central character in Carl Sagan's science fiction novel "Contact," serving as a religious scholar and love interest who embodies the tension between faith and science.
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C.
Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson was a famed Old West lawman, gambler, and later New York City sportswriter known for his colorful life on the American frontier.
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D.
Oracle of Omaha
The Oracle of Omaha is the famous nickname of legendary American investor Warren Buffett, renowned for his long-term value investing success and financial wisdom.
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E.
Earl
An Earl is a noble rank in the British and some European peerage systems, historically positioned below a marquess and above a viscount.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
director
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human ⓘ illusionist ⓘ magician ⓘ stage performer ⓘ television personality ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| activeInField | contemporary magic ⓘ |
| birthName | Raymond Joseph Teller ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Amherst College ⓘ |
| familyName | Teller self-link ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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magic ⓘ |
| givenName | Raymond ⓘ |
| hasAcademicBackgroundIn |
Latin
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classics ⓘ |
| hasDirected |
film and television projects
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stage productions ⓘ |
| hasPerformanceMedium |
live Las Vegas shows
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stage ⓘ television ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
books on magic
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essays on magic ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern close-up magicians
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theatrical magic performance ⓘ |
| knownForCollaborationWith | Penn Jillette ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | primarily nonverbal ⓘ |
| memberOf | Penn & Teller ⓘ |
| name | Teller self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative magic routines
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silent performance style ⓘ wordless approach to magic ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Penn & Teller stage shows
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Penn & Teller: Bullshit! ⓘ Penn & Teller: Fool Us ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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director ⓘ illusionist ⓘ magician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| partner | Penn Jillette ⓘ |
| performingDuo | Penn & Teller ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| residence |
Las Vegas, Nevada
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surface form:
Las Vegas
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| style |
combination of magic and comedy
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silent performance ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Teller Description of subject: Teller is an American magician, illusionist, and silent half of the duo Penn & Teller, renowned for his innovative, often wordless approach to magic and performance.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Raymond Teller