Richard Jeni
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Richard Jeni was an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his sharp observational humor and roles in films and television, including a supporting part in the 1994 comedy "The Mask."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard Jeni canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5485854 — 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: Richard Jeni Context triple: [The Mask, starring, Richard Jeni]
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A.
Robin Bartlett
Robin Bartlett is an American character actress known for her work in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "Shutter Island," "Mad About You," and "Inside Llewyn Davis."
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B.
Robin Urquhart
Robin Urquhart is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Urquhart.
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C.
Chris Jasper
Chris Jasper is an American R&B and funk keyboardist, songwriter, and producer best known for his influential work with the Isley Brothers and the splinter group Isley-Jasper-Isley.
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D.
David Sinnott
David Sinnott was a military leader associated with the defense of Wexford during the Irish Confederate Wars.
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E.
Lee Richards
Lee Richards is a guitarist best known for being an early member of the American rock band Godsmack.
- 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: Richard Jeni Target entity description: Richard Jeni was an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his sharp observational humor and roles in films and television, including a supporting part in the 1994 comedy "The Mask."
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A.
Robin Bartlett
Robin Bartlett is an American character actress known for her work in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "Shutter Island," "Mad About You," and "Inside Llewyn Davis."
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B.
Robin Urquhart
Robin Urquhart is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Urquhart.
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C.
Chris Jasper
Chris Jasper is an American R&B and funk keyboardist, songwriter, and producer best known for his influential work with the Isley Brothers and the splinter group Isley-Jasper-Isley.
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D.
David Sinnott
David Sinnott was a military leader associated with the defense of Wexford during the Irish Confederate Wars.
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E.
Lee Richards
Lee Richards is a guitarist best known for being an early member of the American rock band Godsmack.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ stand-up comedian ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian American ⓘ |
| familyName | Jeni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comedy
ⓘ
entertainment industry ⓘ |
| genre |
improvisational comedy
ⓘ
observational comedy ⓘ political satire ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| hasGenre | stand-up special ⓘ |
| industry |
film industry
ⓘ
stand-up comedy circuit ⓘ television industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
energetic stage presence
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roles in comedy films ⓘ sharp observational humor ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
stand-up comedy ⓘ television ⓘ |
| name | Richard Jeni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAppearance |
Late Night with David Letterman
NERFINISHED
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The Tonight Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole | Charlie Schumaker in The Mask NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Big Steaming Pile of Me
NERFINISHED
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Crazy from the Heat NERFINISHED ⓘ Platypus Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Jeni: A Big Steaming Pile of Me (HBO special) NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Jeni: Crazy from the Heat (Showtime special) NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Jeni: Platypus Man (HBO special) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Aristocrats NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mask NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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screenwriter ⓘ stand-up comedian ⓘ |
| performedIn |
A Big Steaming Pile of Me
NERFINISHED
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Crazy from the Heat NERFINISHED ⓘ Platypus Man NERFINISHED ⓘ The Aristocrats NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mask NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Los Angeles
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New York City ⓘ |
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: Richard Jeni Description of subject: Richard Jeni was an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his sharp observational humor and roles in films and television, including a supporting part in the 1994 comedy "The Mask."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.