Dollar a Second
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Dollar a Second was a 1950s American television game show hosted by comedian Jan Murray, in which contestants answered questions against a ticking clock to earn one dollar for every second they remained in the game.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dollar a Second canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11735798 — 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: Dollar a Second Context triple: [Jan Murray, notableWork, Dollar a Second]
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A.
A Billion
"A Billion" is a song featured on the soundtrack of the musical film "The King & I."
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B.
Million Dollar Bill
"Million Dollar Bill" is an upbeat dance-pop and R&B song by Whitney Houston, released as a single from her 2009 comeback album "I Look to You."
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C.
Money Is King
"Money Is King" is a calypso song, most famously recorded by Mighty Sparrow, that satirically critiques the power and influence of money in society.
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D.
The Day the Dollar Die
"The Day the Dollar Die" is a politically charged reggae track by Peter Tosh that critiques economic oppression and imagines the collapse of the global financial system.
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E.
Money in the Way
"Money in the Way" is a song by American rapper 2 Chainz from his studio album "Rap or Go to the League."
- 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: Dollar a Second Target entity description: Dollar a Second was a 1950s American television game show hosted by comedian Jan Murray, in which contestants answered questions against a ticking clock to earn one dollar for every second they remained in the game.
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A.
A Billion
"A Billion" is a song featured on the soundtrack of the musical film "The King & I."
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B.
Million Dollar Bill
"Million Dollar Bill" is an upbeat dance-pop and R&B song by Whitney Houston, released as a single from her 2009 comeback album "I Look to You."
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C.
Money Is King
"Money Is King" is a calypso song, most famously recorded by Mighty Sparrow, that satirically critiques the power and influence of money in society.
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D.
The Day the Dollar Die
"The Day the Dollar Die" is a politically charged reggae track by Peter Tosh that critiques economic oppression and imagines the collapse of the global financial system.
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E.
Money in the Way
"Money in the Way" is a song by American rapper 2 Chainz from his studio album "Rap or Go to the League."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television game show ⓘ |
| audioFormat | monophonic sound ⓘ |
| basedOn | radio program Dollar a Minute ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | black-and-white television ⓘ |
| broadcastLive | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| decadeOfBroadcast | 1950s ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1953 ⓘ |
| format | quiz show ⓘ |
| gameMechanic |
contestants answered questions against a ticking clock
ⓘ
contestants earned one dollar for every second they remained in the game ⓘ |
| genre | game show ⓘ |
| hasContestantType | civilian contestants ⓘ |
| hasHostRole | comedian ⓘ |
| hasPrizeType | cash prize ⓘ |
| hasTitleStyle | stylized with dollar sign in promotional materials ⓘ |
| host | Jan Murray ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1957 ⓘ |
| locationOfFilming | New York City ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
time-based cash accumulation at one dollar per second
ⓘ
use of a ticking clock as a central game element ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalMedium | television ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
ABC
ⓘ
DuMont Television Network ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | 480i ⓘ |
| presenter | Jan Murray ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Game Show Productions ⓘ |
| starring | Jan Murray ⓘ |
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: Dollar a Second Description of subject: Dollar a Second was a 1950s American television game show hosted by comedian Jan Murray, in which contestants answered questions against a ticking clock to earn one dollar for every second they remained in the game.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.