comedian
C519
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 |
|---|---|
| Phill Jupitus | stand-up comedian |
| Pat Shortt | — |
| Corbett Monica | stand-up comedian |
| Jackie Gayle | stand-up comedian |
| Paul Gladney | stand-up comedian |
| Joe Pesci | — |
| Howie Rose | radio personality |
|
Laura Deibel
surface form:
Tim Allen
|
American comedian |
| Lucille Ball | — |
| Richard Pryor | stand-up comedian |
| Allen Maldonado | — |
| Bastian Pastewka | — |
| Eddie "Rochester" Anderson | — |
|
Warde Donovan
surface form:
Phyllis Diller
|
stand-up comedian |
| Jamie Kaler | — |
|
Konigsberg
surface form:
Woody Allen
|
— |
| Mom's Mabley | stand-up comedian |
|
Production was disrupted by the death of star Redd Foxx in 1991.
surface form:
Redd Foxx
|
American comedian |
| Godfrey Cambridge | — |
| Agent 0054 | comedic persona |
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Hart family
surface form:
Kevin Hart
|
— |
|
Kash
surface form:
Kevin Hart
|
— |
|
Idle
surface form:
Eric Idle
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— |
| Yvonne Orji | — |
| Carolyn Laurie Kane | — |
| Joey Wells | — |
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Mike Nichols and Elaine May
surface form:
Mike Nichols
|
— |
| Avery Schreiber | — |
|
Tuvim
surface form:
Judy Holliday
|
— |
| Tom Smothers | — |
| Pat Paulsen | — |
| Kenny Lucas | — |
| Keith Lucas | — |
| Kelly Perine | — |
| Anke Engelke | — |
| John Early | — |
| Abbi Jacobson | — |
| Dick Smothers | — |
| Benjamin Walker Davis | stand-up comedian |
|
Locklyn Kyla Vaughn
surface form:
Vince Vaughn
|
— |
| Dave Johns | stand-up comedian |
| David Burns | — |
| Hannah Berner | — |
| Nik Dodani | — |
| Deirdre O'Kane | stand-up comedian |
| Keegan-Michael Key | — |
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Kobe Faison
surface form:
Donald Faison
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— |
| Olli Dittrich | — |
| Jon Lovett | — |
| Judith Tuvim | — |