Definite Article
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"Definite Article" is a 1996 stand-up comedy show and filmed performance by British comedian Eddie Izzard, known for its surreal, stream-of-consciousness humor and inventive storytelling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Definite Article canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4313779 — 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: Definite Article Context triple: [Eddie Izzard, notableWork, Definite Article]
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The Definition
The Definition is a 2014 mixtape by American singer, songwriter, and producer Jon Bellion that blends pop, hip-hop, and electronic influences and helped establish his distinctive sound.
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B.
The Definition
"The Definition" is a song from the album *Human* by the American rock band Three Days Grace.
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C.
The D
"The D" is a popular nickname for Detroit, a major U.S. city known for its automotive industry, musical heritage, and role in American industrial history.
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D.
Stavka
Stavka was the high command of the Soviet armed forces during World War II, responsible for overall strategic direction and coordination of military operations.
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E.
Article X
Article X is a provision of the Biological Weapons Convention that promotes international cooperation and assistance in the peaceful development and use of biological science and technology, particularly for developing countries.
- 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: Definite Article Target entity description: "Definite Article" is a 1996 stand-up comedy show and filmed performance by British comedian Eddie Izzard, known for its surreal, stream-of-consciousness humor and inventive storytelling.
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A.
The Definition
The Definition is a 2014 mixtape by American singer, songwriter, and producer Jon Bellion that blends pop, hip-hop, and electronic influences and helped establish his distinctive sound.
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B.
The Definition
"The Definition" is a song from the album *Human* by the American rock band Three Days Grace.
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C.
The D
"The D" is a popular nickname for Detroit, a major U.S. city known for its automotive industry, musical heritage, and role in American industrial history.
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D.
Stavka
Stavka was the high command of the Soviet armed forces during World War II, responsible for overall strategic direction and coordination of military operations.
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E.
Article X
Article X is a provision of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide that addresses procedural or institutional aspects of the treaty’s implementation and operation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
stand-up comedy film
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stand-up comedy show ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Eddie Izzard ⓘ |
| features |
cultural references
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historical references ⓘ improvisation ⓘ nonsensical digressions ⓘ wordplay ⓘ |
| followedBy | Glorious ⓘ |
| follows | Unrepeatable ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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observational comedy ⓘ stand-up comedy ⓘ surreal comedy ⓘ |
| hasAudience | adult ⓘ |
| hasFeature | inventive storytelling ⓘ |
| hasFormat | live performance recording ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
absurdist comedy
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anecdotal comedy ⓘ |
| hasStyle | stream-of-consciousness humor ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfRelease | home video ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
classical history
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everyday life ⓘ history ⓘ language ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| medium |
audio
ⓘ
video ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intellectual humor
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rapid topic shifts ⓘ surreal narrative structure ⓘ |
| notableSegment |
Cake or death routine
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James Bond material ⓘ Latin and the Romans material ⓘ Noah’s Ark material ⓘ The Italian flag routine ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Eddie Izzard stand-up specials ⓘ |
| performer | Eddie Izzard ⓘ |
| star | Eddie Izzard ⓘ |
| title | Definite Article ⓘ |
| yearOfPerformance | 1996 ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 1996 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Definite Article Description of subject: "Definite Article" is a 1996 stand-up comedy show and filmed performance by British comedian Eddie Izzard, known for its surreal, stream-of-consciousness humor and inventive storytelling.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.