Jay Johnston
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Jay Johnston is an American actor and comedian best known for his work on shows like Mr. Show with Bob and David and for voicing Jimmy Pesto Sr. on the animated series Bob’s Burgers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jay Johnston canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4806765 — 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: Jay Johnston Context triple: [Bob Johnston, father, Jay Johnston]
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A.
Matt Shafer
Matt Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
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B.
Phil Johnston
Phil Johnston is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for co-writing animated hits such as Disney's "Zootopia" and "Wreck-It Ralph."
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C.
Dusty Boggess
Dusty Boggess was a prominent Major League Baseball umpire who officiated in multiple World Series during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Chuck Arnold
Chuck Arnold is an American sports executive who serves as the president of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks.
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E.
Mike Schafer
Mike Schafer is a longtime head coach of the Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey team, known for leading the program to sustained success and multiple NCAA tournament appearances.
- 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: Jay Johnston Target entity description: Jay Johnston is an American actor and comedian best known for his work on shows like Mr. Show with Bob and David and for voicing Jimmy Pesto Sr. on the animated series Bob’s Burgers.
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A.
Matt Shafer
Matt Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
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B.
Phil Johnston
Phil Johnston is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for co-writing animated hits such as Disney's "Zootopia" and "Wreck-It Ralph."
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C.
Dusty Boggess
Dusty Boggess was a prominent Major League Baseball umpire who officiated in multiple World Series during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Chuck Arnold
Chuck Arnold is an American sports executive who serves as the president of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks.
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E.
Mike Schafer
Mike Schafer is a longtime head coach of the Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey team, known for leading the program to sustained success and multiple NCAA tournament appearances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
sketch comedy
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voice role as Jimmy Pesto Sr. on Bob’s Burgers ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy ⓘ Arrested Development ⓘ Bob’s Burgers ⓘ
linked to:
Bob's Burgers
Men in Black II ⓘ Mr. Show with Bob and David ⓘ Mr. Show: Hooray for America! (special) ⓘ
linked to:
Mr. Show with Bob and David
The Sarah Silverman Program ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy ⓘ Arrested Development ⓘ Bob’s Burgers ⓘ
linked to:
Bob's Burgers
Men in Black II ⓘ Mr. Show with Bob and David ⓘ The Sarah Silverman Program ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Jay Johnston Description of subject: Jay Johnston is an American actor and comedian best known for his work on shows like Mr. Show with Bob and David and for voicing Jimmy Pesto Sr. on the animated series Bob’s Burgers.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.