Nicely-Nicely Johnson
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Nicely-Nicely Johnson is a jovial, comic gambler and sidekick character from the musical "Guys and Dolls," known for the showstopping number "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nicely-Nicely Johnson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7904899 — 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: Nicely-Nicely Johnson Context triple: [Stubby Kaye, playedRole, Nicely-Nicely Johnson]
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A.
Roscoe Maples
Roscoe Maples was a benefactor whose contributions to Stanford University led to the campus arena Maples Pavilion being named in his honor.
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B.
Buddy Johnson
Buddy Johnson is a screenwriter best known for his work on the horror-comedy parody film "Scary Movie."
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C.
Lobster Johnson
Lobster Johnson is a pulp-style vigilante superhero from Mike Mignola’s Hellboy universe, known for his fiery claw symbol and battles against gangsters and occult threats in 1930s America.
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D.
Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon was an American blues and jazz singer known for his powerful, soulful voice and influential postwar recordings.
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E.
Don Lockwood
Don Lockwood is the charismatic silent-film star-turned-musical leading man portrayed by Gene Kelly in the classic Hollywood film "Singin' in the Rain."
- 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: Nicely-Nicely Johnson Target entity description: Nicely-Nicely Johnson is a jovial, comic gambler and sidekick character from the musical "Guys and Dolls," known for the showstopping number "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat."
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A.
Roscoe Maples
Roscoe Maples was a benefactor whose contributions to Stanford University led to the campus arena Maples Pavilion being named in his honor.
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B.
Buddy Johnson
Buddy Johnson is a screenwriter best known for his work on the horror-comedy parody film "Scary Movie."
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C.
Lobster Johnson
Lobster Johnson is a pulp-style vigilante superhero from Mike Mignola’s Hellboy universe, known for his fiery claw symbol and battles against gangsters and occult threats in 1930s America.
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D.
Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon was an American blues and jazz singer known for his powerful, soulful voice and influential postwar recordings.
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E.
Don Lockwood
Don Lockwood is the charismatic silent-film star-turned-musical leading man portrayed by Gene Kelly in the classic Hollywood film "Singin' in the Rain."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic sidekick
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ gambler ⓘ musical theatre character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Guys and Dolls
ⓘ
Guys and Dolls (musical) ⓘ
linked to:
Guys and Dolls
|
| associatedWith | crap games ⓘ |
| associatedWorkType | Broadway musical ⓘ |
| basedOn | characters from Damon Runyon stories ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
comic
ⓘ
good-natured ⓘ jovial ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Abe Burrows
ⓘ
Frank Loesser ⓘ Jo Swerling ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Guys and Dolls (1950 Broadway musical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Guys and Dolls
|
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comic relief in Guys and Dolls
ⓘ
song Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat ⓘ
linked to:
Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
comic relief
ⓘ
support to protagonist gamblers ⓘ |
| notableSongInShow | Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat ⓘ |
| occupation | gambler ⓘ |
| performsSong | Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat ⓘ |
| roleInWork | supporting character in Guys and Dolls ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| sidekickOf | Nathan Detroit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nicely-Nicely Johnson Description of subject: Nicely-Nicely Johnson is a jovial, comic gambler and sidekick character from the musical "Guys and Dolls," known for the showstopping number "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.