comedian
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concept
A comedian is a performer who creates and delivers humorous content, often through stand-up, sketches, or other media, to entertain and provoke laughter from an audience.
All labels observed (49)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| comedian canonical | 1,966 |
| stand-up comedian | 397 |
| radio personality | 255 |
| American comedian | 97 |
| vaudeville performer | 77 |
| Monty Python sketch | 18 |
| political satirist | 14 |
| British comedian | 12 |
| Filipino comedian | 5 |
| film comedian | 5 |
| slapstick comedian | 5 |
| jester | 4 |
| vaudeville comedian | 4 |
| comedic persona | 3 |
| comedienne | 3 |
| member of Monty Python | 3 |
| parodist | 3 |
| African-American comedian | 2 |
| comedy actor | 2 |
| musical comedian | 2 |
| sketch comedian | 2 |
| stage comedian | 2 |
| television comedian | 2 |
| American comedic actor | 1 |
| American stand-up comedian | 1 |
| Australian comedian | 1 |
| Belgian comedian | 1 |
| Canadian comedian | 1 |
| Chinese xiangsheng performer | 1 |
| Comedic persona | 1 |
| Egyptian comedian | 1 |
| English comedian | 1 |
| Indian comedian | 1 |
| Japanese comedians | 1 |
| South African comedian | 1 |
| Tamil comedian | 1 |
| alternative comedian | 1 |
| comedian character | 1 |
| comedian filmmaker | 1 |
| comedic alter ego | 1 |
| comedy double act | 1 |
| comic entertainer | 1 |
| comic gentleman | 1 |
| country comedian | 1 |
| member of comedy group | 1 |
| screen comedian | 1 |
| stand-up comedian persona | 1 |
| stand-up comedy persona | 1 |
| television comedy persona | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: comedian
Generated description
A comedian is a performer who creates and delivers humorous content, often through stand-up, sketches, or other media, to entertain and provoke laughter from an audience.
Instances (2,610)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Sandy Baron | stand-up comedian |
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Epps
surface form:
Mike Epps
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David Claessen
surface form:
Whoopi Goldberg
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| Ben Zook | — |
| Flip Wilson | — |
| Tom Green | — |
| Jean Poiret | — |
| Josephine Edwina Jaques | — |
| Charles Peckham Day | — |
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Mary Anne Dalton
surface form:
Tim Conway
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American comedian |
| DJ Laz | radio personality |
| Walter John Matthow | — |
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Mariah Epps
surface form:
Mike Epps
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American stand-up comedian |
| Albert James Freed | radio personality |
| Moondog | radio personality |
| Glenn Howerton | — |
| Jim Gaffigan | stand-up comedian |
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Minnie Riperton
surface form:
Maya Rudolph
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— |
| Michael Elliot Epps | stand-up comedian |
| Dudley Moore | — |
| Howard Stern | radio personality |
| Jack Smith | radio personality |
| Kathleen Madigan | stand-up comedian |
| Doug Benson | stand-up comedian |
| Tom McGuire | comedy actor |
| Kevin Allison | — |
| Michael Showalter | — |
| David Wain | — |
| Kerri Kenney-Silver | — |
| A.D. Miles | — |
| Riki Lindhome | — |
| Lauren Flans | — |
| Jay Scott Greenspan | — |
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Moriah Epps
surface form:
Mike Epps
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stand-up comedian |
| Andy Kindler | stand-up comedian |
| Taran Killam | — |
| Bridget Sarah Veronica Kelly | — |
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Carlin
surface form:
George Carlin
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stand-up comedian |
| Louis C.K. | stand-up comedian |
| Todd Holoubek | — |
| Kevin Sussman | — |
| Natasha Leggero | stand-up comedian |
| Robert Edward Crane | radio personality |
| Mindy Rickles | stand-up comedian |
| Jeff Ross | stand-up comedian |
| Aubrey Plaza | — |
| Hayes MacArthur | — |
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Crystal family
surface form:
Billy Crystal
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| Janet Vivian Hooks | — |
| Mort Sahl | stand-up comedian |