Tom Bodett
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Tom Bodett is an American author, humorist, and radio personality best known as the longtime spokesperson for Motel 6 and a frequent panelist on NPR programs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tom Bodett canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12559956 — 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: Tom Bodett Context triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Tom Bodett]
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A.
Tim Bessolo
Tim Bessolo is an individual recognized by the NCAA with its prestigious Award of Valor for extraordinary courage and heroism.
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B.
Jay Gorney
Jay Gorney was an American composer best known for writing socially conscious songs for Broadway and film, including the music for the classic Depression-era anthem "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
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C.
Marc Wydell
Marc Wydell is a central character in the animated film "Ron's Gone Wrong," depicted as a socially awkward middle-schooler whose malfunctioning robot friend helps him navigate friendship and growing up in a hyper-connected digital world.
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D.
Paul Hackett
Paul Hackett is a former U.S. Marine and Iraq War veteran best known for his high-profile 2005 special election campaign as a Democratic congressional candidate in Ohio.
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E.
Michael Boughen
Michael Boughen is a film producer known for his work on action and thriller movies, including the Jason Statham–starring film "Killer Elite."
- 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: Tom Bodett Target entity description: Tom Bodett is an American author, humorist, and radio personality best known as the longtime spokesperson for Motel 6 and a frequent panelist on NPR programs.
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A.
Tim Bessolo
Tim Bessolo is an individual recognized by the NCAA with its prestigious Award of Valor for extraordinary courage and heroism.
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B.
Jay Gorney
Jay Gorney was an American composer best known for writing socially conscious songs for Broadway and film, including the music for the classic Depression-era anthem "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
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C.
Marc Wydell
Marc Wydell is a central character in the animated film "Ron's Gone Wrong," depicted as a socially awkward middle-schooler whose malfunctioning robot friend helps him navigate friendship and growing up in a hyper-connected digital world.
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D.
Paul Hackett
Paul Hackett is a former U.S. Marine and Iraq War veteran best known for his high-profile 2005 special election campaign as a Democratic congressional candidate in Ohio.
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E.
Michael Boughen
Michael Boughen is a film producer known for his work on action and thriller movies, including the Jason Statham–starring film "Killer Elite."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
advertising spokesperson
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author ⓘ human ⓘ humorist ⓘ radio personality ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| catchphrase | We’ll leave the light on for you NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1955-02-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Michigan Technological University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Motel 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Bodett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comedy
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literature ⓘ radio broadcasting ⓘ |
| genre | humor ⓘ |
| givenName | Tom ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
public speaking
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storytelling ⓘ |
| hasParticipatedIn |
NPR program All Things Considered
NERFINISHED
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NPR program Car Talk NERFINISHED ⓘ NPR program Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVoiceRoleIn |
Motel 6 radio commercials
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Motel 6 television commercials ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://tombodett.com ⓘ |
| hasWrittenWork |
As Far As You Can Go Without a Passport
NERFINISHED
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Norman Tuttle on the Last Frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ Small Comforts NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Garage on Clear Shot Road NERFINISHED ⓘ The End of the Road NERFINISHED ⓘ The End of the Road (short stories) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Free Fall of Webster Cummings NERFINISHED ⓘ The High Road NERFINISHED ⓘ Williwaw! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| livedIn | Homer, Alaska, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Tom Bodett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableRole | spokesperson for Motel 6 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Motel 6 advertising campaign ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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commentator ⓘ humorist ⓘ radio personality ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Champaign, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Dummerston, Vermont, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Rita Bodett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Tom Bodett Description of subject: Tom Bodett is an American author, humorist, and radio personality best known as the longtime spokesperson for Motel 6 and a frequent panelist on NPR programs.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.