Michael Kosta
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Michael Kosta is an American stand-up comedian, television host, and writer best known as a correspondent on The Daily Show.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael Kosta canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9280756 — 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)
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Target entity: Michael Kosta Context triple: [Michael Kosta, name, Michael Kosta]
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A.
Michael Trikilis
Michael Trikilis was an American television and film producer best known for his work on Playboy-related projects and various feature films in the late 20th century.
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B.
Alec R. Costandinos
Alec R. Costandinos is a French disco producer and composer best known as a pioneer of symphonic and concept-album disco in the 1970s.
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C.
Kevin Kropinyeri
Kevin Kropinyeri is an Australian Aboriginal stand-up comedian known for his high-energy storytelling and performances at major comedy festivals and on national television.
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D.
Michael Satrazemis
Michael Satrazemis is a television director and producer best known for his extensive work in The Walking Dead franchise, including directing and producing various spin-off series.
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E.
Jason Mantzoukas
Jason Mantzoukas is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster known for his energetic, offbeat roles in film and television, including standout performances in projects like "The League," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," and various comedy podcasts.
- 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: Michael Kosta Target entity description: Michael Kosta is an American stand-up comedian, television host, and writer best known as a correspondent on The Daily Show.
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A.
Michael Trikilis
Michael Trikilis was an American television and film producer best known for his work on Playboy-related projects and various feature films in the late 20th century.
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B.
Alec R. Costandinos
Alec R. Costandinos is a French disco producer and composer best known as a pioneer of symphonic and concept-album disco in the 1970s.
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C.
Kevin Kropinyeri
Kevin Kropinyeri is an Australian Aboriginal stand-up comedian known for his high-energy storytelling and performances at major comedy festivals and on national television.
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D.
Michael Satrazemis
Michael Satrazemis is a television director and producer best known for his extensive work in The Walking Dead franchise, including directing and producing various spin-off series.
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E.
Jason Mantzoukas
Jason Mantzoukas is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster known for his energetic, offbeat roles in film and television, including standout performances in projects like "The League," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," and various comedy podcasts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
stand-up comedian ⓘ television host ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Comedy Central
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The Daily Show ⓘ |
| familyName | Kosta ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comedy
ⓘ
television ⓘ writing ⓘ |
| genre |
observational comedy
ⓘ
political satire ⓘ stand-up comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| hasPart |
stand-up specials
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television appearances ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Michael Kosta ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
stand-up touring
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television commentary ⓘ |
| notableRole | correspondent on The Daily Show ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Daily Show ⓘ |
| occupation |
stand-up comedian
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television host ⓘ television writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | correspondent on The Daily Show ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| socialMediaPresence |
Instagram
ⓘ
Twitter ⓘ
linked to:
Twitter, Inc.
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| workLocation | 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: Michael Kosta Description of subject: Michael Kosta is an American stand-up comedian, television host, and writer best known as a correspondent on The Daily Show.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Michael Kosta (correspondent, guest host)