The Darktown Poker Club (recording)
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"The Darktown Poker Club" is a classic comic monologue recording by vaudeville star Bert Williams, showcasing his dry humor and storytelling about a chaotic poker game.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Darktown Poker Club (recording) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11014098 — 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: The Darktown Poker Club (recording) Context triple: [Bert Williams, notableWork, The Darktown Poker Club (recording)]
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A.
Poker Club
Poker Club was an 18th-century Edinburgh social and political club associated with the Scottish Enlightenment and advocacy for a Scottish militia.
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B.
Cardroom Estate
Cardroom Estate was a former public housing estate in Manchester, England, that was extensively redeveloped into the modern New Islington urban regeneration area.
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C.
Smokin' Aces
Smokin' Aces is a 2006 action-crime film centered on a Las Vegas magician-turned-mob informant whose impending testimony triggers a violent scramble among hitmen, FBI agents, and mobsters.
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D.
Smokin’ at the Half Note
Smokin’ at the Half Note is a landmark live jazz album by guitarist Wes Montgomery, celebrated for its influential improvisations and classic small-group performances.
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E.
Blue Black Jack
Blue Black Jack is a track from Mos Def’s genre-blending hip-hop album *The New Danger*.
- 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: The Darktown Poker Club (recording) Target entity description: "The Darktown Poker Club" is a classic comic monologue recording by vaudeville star Bert Williams, showcasing his dry humor and storytelling about a chaotic poker game.
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A.
Poker Club
Poker Club was an 18th-century Edinburgh social and political club associated with the Scottish Enlightenment and advocacy for a Scottish militia.
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B.
Cardroom Estate
Cardroom Estate was a former public housing estate in Manchester, England, that was extensively redeveloped into the modern New Islington urban regeneration area.
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C.
Smokin' Aces
Smokin' Aces is a 2006 action-crime film centered on a Las Vegas magician-turned-mob informant whose impending testimony triggers a violent scramble among hitmen, FBI agents, and mobsters.
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D.
Smokin’ at the Half Note
Smokin’ at the Half Note is a landmark live jazz album by guitarist Wes Montgomery, celebrated for its influential improvisations and classic small-group performances.
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E.
Blue Black Jack
Blue Black Jack is a track from Mos Def’s genre-blending hip-hop album *The New Danger*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy recording
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comic monologue recording ⓘ spoken word recording ⓘ |
| associatedArtForm |
African-American popular entertainment
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vaudeville ⓘ |
| associatedPerformer | Bert Williams ⓘ |
| characteristic |
slow, deliberate pacing
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use of dialect typical of its era ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| features | comic monologue about a chaotic poker game ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | narrator involved in a poker game ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
monologue ⓘ spoken word ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeTheme |
cheating at cards
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comic chaos at a poker table ⓘ gambling ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 20th-century American vaudeville comedy ⓘ |
| humorStyle | dry humor ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | popular entertainment audiences ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | audio recording ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person storytelling ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | single extended anecdote ⓘ |
| narrator | Bert Williams ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Bert Williams’s dry, understated delivery
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storytelling-driven comedy ⓘ |
| performanceType | vaudeville routine ⓘ |
| performedBy |
vaudeville star Bert Williams
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linked to:
Bert Williams
|
| performer | Bert Williams ⓘ |
| style | vaudeville comedy ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
card game mishaps
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comic misunderstanding ⓘ poker game ⓘ |
| title | The Darktown Poker Club ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
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ironic ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
character-based humor
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exaggeration for comic effect ⓘ situational comedy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Darktown Poker Club (recording) Description of subject: "The Darktown Poker Club" is a classic comic monologue recording by vaudeville star Bert Williams, showcasing his dry humor and storytelling about a chaotic poker game.
Referenced by (1)
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