Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is a weekly NPR news quiz show that blends current events with comedy, panel games, and celebrity guests.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2742951 — 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: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Context triple: [National Public Radio, hasProgram, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!]
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A.
The Great American Broadcast
The Great American Broadcast is a 1941 musical comedy film about the early days of radio, featuring Gary Merrill among its cast.
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B.
The Show of Shows
The Show of Shows is a 1929 Warner Bros. all-star revue film from the early sound era, featuring numerous studio contract players in musical and comedy sketches.
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C.
Pillow Talk
"Pillow Talk" is a 1959 romantic comedy film starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson, celebrated for its witty screenplay, split-screen telephone gags, and Thelma Ritter’s memorable supporting performance.
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D.
If I Told You That
"If I Told You That" is an R&B duet by Whitney Houston and George Michael that gained popularity as a single from Houston’s late-1990s musical era.
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E.
Tell Me Something Good
"Tell Me Something Good" is a 1974 funk and R&B hit song performed by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, known for its distinctive groove and Khan’s powerful vocals.
- 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: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Target entity description: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is a weekly NPR news quiz show that blends current events with comedy, panel games, and celebrity guests.
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A.
The Great American Broadcast
The Great American Broadcast is a 1941 musical comedy film about the early days of radio, featuring Gary Merrill among its cast.
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B.
The Show of Shows
The Show of Shows is a 1929 Warner Bros. all-star revue film from the early sound era, featuring numerous studio contract players in musical and comedy sketches.
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C.
Pillow Talk
"Pillow Talk" is a 1959 romantic comedy film starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson, celebrated for its witty screenplay, split-screen telephone gags, and Thelma Ritter’s memorable supporting performance.
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D.
If I Told You That
"If I Told You That" is an R&B duet by Whitney Houston and George Michael that gained popularity as a single from Houston’s late-1990s musical era.
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E.
Tell Me Something Good
"Tell Me Something Good" is a 1974 funk and R&B hit song performed by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, known for its distinctive groove and Khan’s powerful vocals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
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: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Description of subject: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is a weekly NPR news quiz show that blends current events with comedy, panel games, and celebrity guests.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.