Yippee-ki-yay
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"Yippee-ki-yay" is the iconic, wisecracking battle cry associated with Bruce Willis’s action hero John McClane in the Die Hard film series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yippee-ki-yay canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18099588 — 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: Yippee-ki-yay Context triple: [John McClane, catchphrase, Yippee-ki-yay]
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A.
Yip Yip Yaphank
Yip Yip Yaphank is a World War I–era military-themed musical revue written and produced by Irving Berlin featuring soldiers as performers.
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B.
Yakky Doodle
Yakky Doodle is a small, yellow cartoon duck character from Hanna-Barbera known for his high-pitched voice and frequent need for protection from predators.
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C.
Whoop-Ti-Ay! (Shivaree)
"Whoop-Ti-Ay! (Shivaree)" is a lively musical number from the 1951 Lerner and Loewe stage musical *Paint Your Wagon*, known for its raucous, celebratory depiction of frontier life.
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D.
Yah Yah
"Yah Yah" is a track by Eminem featuring Royce da 5'9", Black Thought, Q-Tip, and Denaun, known for its rapid-fire lyricism and old-school hip-hop influences.
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E.
Yank
Yank is a central character in John Patrick's wartime drama "The Hasty Heart," portrayed as a tough, emotionally guarded American soldier whose interactions with fellow patients reveal his vulnerability and capacity for friendship.
- 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: Yippee-ki-yay Target entity description: "Yippee-ki-yay" is the iconic, wisecracking battle cry associated with Bruce Willis’s action hero John McClane in the Die Hard film series.
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A.
Yip Yip Yaphank
Yip Yip Yaphank is a World War I–era military-themed musical revue written and produced by Irving Berlin featuring soldiers as performers.
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B.
Yakky Doodle
Yakky Doodle is a small, yellow cartoon duck character from Hanna-Barbera known for his high-pitched voice and frequent need for protection from predators.
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C.
Whoop-Ti-Ay! (Shivaree)
"Whoop-Ti-Ay! (Shivaree)" is a lively musical number from the 1951 Lerner and Loewe stage musical *Paint Your Wagon*, known for its raucous, celebratory depiction of frontier life.
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D.
Yah Yah
"Yah Yah" is a track by Eminem featuring Royce da 5'9", Black Thought, Q-Tip, and Denaun, known for its rapid-fire lyricism and old-school hip-hop influences.
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E.
Yank
Yank is a central character in John Patrick's wartime drama "The Hasty Heart," portrayed as a tough, emotionally guarded American soldier whose interactions with fellow patients reveal his vulnerability and capacity for friendship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.