Alonzo Bodden
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Alonzo Bodden is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television personality known for his sharp observational humor and frequent appearances on NPR’s comedy quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alonzo Bodden canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12559960 — 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: Alonzo Bodden Context triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Alonzo Bodden]
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A.
Alphonso McAuley
Alphonso McAuley is an American actor and comedian known for his roles in television comedies and films, including a starring role in the Netflix series "Girlboss."
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B.
Emelius Browne
Emelius Browne is a charming but initially fraudulent magician and conman who becomes a key protagonist alongside Eglantine Price in Disney’s musical fantasy film "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
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C.
Maurice McEndree
Maurice McEndree is a cinematographer known for his work on the film "Faces."
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D.
Maurice McEndree
Maurice McEndree is a music producer best known for his work on the track "Shadows."
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E.
Clarence McDonald
Clarence McDonald is an American keyboardist, producer, and arranger known for his work in R&B, soul, and pop music with numerous prominent artists.
- 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: Alonzo Bodden Target entity description: Alonzo Bodden is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television personality known for his sharp observational humor and frequent appearances on NPR’s comedy quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
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A.
Alphonso McAuley
Alphonso McAuley is an American actor and comedian known for his roles in television comedies and films, including a starring role in the Netflix series "Girlboss."
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B.
Emelius Browne
Emelius Browne is a charming but initially fraudulent magician and conman who becomes a key protagonist alongside Eglantine Price in Disney’s musical fantasy film "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
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C.
Maurice McEndree
Maurice McEndree is a music producer best known for his work on the track "Shadows."
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D.
Maurice McEndree
Maurice McEndree is a cinematographer known for his work on the film "Faces."
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E.
Clarence McDonald
Clarence McDonald is an American keyboardist, producer, and arranger known for his work in R&B, soul, and pop music with numerous prominent artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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human ⓘ stand-up comedian ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| appearance |
Comedy Central Presents
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Late Night with Conan O'Brien NERFINISHED ⓘ The Late Late Show NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tonight Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
current events
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politics of the United States ⓘ popular culture ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | National Public Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Bodden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comedy
ⓘ
podcasting ⓘ television ⓘ |
| genre |
observational comedy
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political satire ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| givenName | Alonzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | stand-up specials ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.alonzobodden.com/ ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Alonzo Bodden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
frequent panel appearances on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
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sharp observational humor ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alonzo Bodden: Heavy Lightweight
NERFINISHED
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Alonzo Bodden: Historically Incorrect NERFINISHED ⓘ Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention NERFINISHED ⓘ Heavy Lightweight NERFINISHED ⓘ Historically Incorrect NERFINISHED ⓘ Last Comic Standing NERFINISHED ⓘ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! NERFINISHED ⓘ Who's Paying Attention? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
stand-up comedian ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Last Comic Standing season 2
NERFINISHED
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Last Comic Standing season 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| show | Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialMediaPlatform |
Instagram
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Twitter, Inc. ⓘ
surface form:
Twitter
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| winnerOf | Last Comic Standing season 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
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: Alonzo Bodden Description of subject: Alonzo Bodden is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television personality known for his sharp observational humor and frequent appearances on NPR’s comedy quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.