Roy Blount Jr.
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Roy Blount Jr. is an American humorist, author, and panelist known for his witty commentary on shows like NPR’s “Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roy Blount Jr. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12559963 — 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: Roy Blount Jr. Context triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Roy Blount Jr.]
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A.
John Jarrell
John Jarrell is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the action film "Romeo Must Die."
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B.
Tawatha Agee
Tawatha Agee is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist for the R&B/funk group Mtume and for her extensive work as a session and background vocalist.
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C.
Roy Hinson
Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
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D.
Earl Thomas Conley
Earl Thomas Conley was an American country music singer-songwriter known for his string of 1980s hits and his influential role in the neotraditional country movement.
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E.
Strother Martin
Strother Martin was an American character actor best known for his memorable supporting roles in classic films of the 1960s and 1970s, often portraying quirky or villainous authority figures.
- 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: Roy Blount Jr. Target entity description: Roy Blount Jr. is an American humorist, author, and panelist known for his witty commentary on shows like NPR’s “Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!”
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A.
John Jarrell
John Jarrell is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the action film "Romeo Must Die."
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B.
Tawatha Agee
Tawatha Agee is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist for the R&B/funk group Mtume and for her extensive work as a session and background vocalist.
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C.
Roy Hinson
Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
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D.
Earl Thomas Conley
Earl Thomas Conley was an American country music singer-songwriter known for his string of 1980s hits and his influential role in the neotraditional country movement.
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E.
Strother Martin
Strother Martin was an American character actor best known for his memorable supporting roles in classic films of the 1960s and 1970s, often portraying quirky or villainous authority figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.