Three Stooges
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The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team famous for their slapstick short films and physical humor, particularly popular from the 1930s through the 1950s.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Three Stooges | 6 |
| Ted Healy and His Stooges | 1 |
| The New Three Stooges | 1 |
| The Three Stooges shorts | 1 |
| Three Stooges canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T856073 — 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: Three Stooges Context triple: [Columbia Pictures, associatedWith, Three Stooges]
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A.
Marx Brothers
The Marx Brothers were a legendary American family comedy team known for their anarchic slapstick, rapid-fire wordplay, and influential films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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B.
The Lonely Island
The Lonely Island is an American comedy trio best known for their digital shorts and parody songs on Saturday Night Live, including hits like "Lazy Sunday" and "I'm on a Boat."
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C.
Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo was an American new wave band known for its quirky, high-energy style and theatrical performances, led by composer and singer Danny Elfman.
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D.
The Flintstones
The Flintstones is a classic animated television sitcom that humorously portrays the lives of a Stone Age family and their neighbors in the prehistoric town of Bedrock.
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E.
Addams
Addams is the surname of Jane Addams, the pioneering American social reformer, peace activist, and co-founder of Chicago’s Hull House.
- 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: Three Stooges Target entity description: The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team famous for their slapstick short films and physical humor, particularly popular from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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A.
Marx Brothers
The Marx Brothers were a legendary American family comedy team known for their anarchic slapstick, rapid-fire wordplay, and influential films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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B.
The Lonely Island
The Lonely Island is an American comedy trio best known for their digital shorts and parody songs on Saturday Night Live, including hits like "Lazy Sunday" and "I'm on a Boat."
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C.
Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo was an American new wave band known for its quirky, high-energy style and theatrical performances, led by composer and singer Danny Elfman.
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D.
The Flintstones
The Flintstones is a classic animated television sitcom that humorously portrays the lives of a Stone Age family and their neighbors in the prehistoric town of Bedrock.
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E.
Addams
Addams is the surname of Jane Addams, the pioneering American social reformer, peace activist, and co-founder of Chicago’s Hull House.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy team
ⓘ
slapstick comedy group ⓘ vaudeville act ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1970 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1922 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Three Stooges
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surface form:
The Three Stooges
|
| associatedWith | Ted Healy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalStatus | American pop culture icons ⓘ |
| distribution | Columbia Pictures short subject program ⓘ |
| firstColumbiaShortReleaseYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| formedAs |
Three Stooges
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ted Healy and His Stooges
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| gainedNewPopularityVia | television syndication ⓘ |
| genre |
physical comedy
ⓘ
slapstick comedy ⓘ |
| hasFanBase | international ⓘ |
| influenced |
American television comedy
ⓘ
later sketch comedy shows ⓘ physical comedians worldwide ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastColumbiaShortReleaseYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| laterMembers |
Curly Howard
ⓘ
Joe Besser ⓘ Joe DeRita ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ vaudeville stage ⓘ |
| notableFor | short subject films ⓘ |
| notableMemberRole |
Curly Howard as the childlike stooge
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Larry Fine as the middle stooge ⓘ Moe Howard as the aggressive leader ⓘ |
| notablePeriod |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ |
| numberOfShortsForColumbia | 190 ⓘ |
| originalMembers |
Larry Fine
ⓘ
Moe Howard ⓘ Joe Besser ⓘ
surface form:
Shemp Howard
|
| producedBy | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
exaggerated sound effects
ⓘ
eye pokes ⓘ face slaps ⓘ head bonks ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
biographical films
ⓘ
documentaries ⓘ numerous books ⓘ |
| televisionSyndicationStart | late 1950s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Three Stooges Description of subject: The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team famous for their slapstick short films and physical humor, particularly popular from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Three Stooges
this entity surface form:
The Three Stooges
this entity surface form:
Ted Healy and His Stooges
this entity surface form:
The Three Stooges
this entity surface form:
The Three Stooges shorts
this entity surface form:
The Three Stooges
this entity surface form:
The New Three Stooges
this entity surface form:
The Three Stooges
this entity surface form:
The Three Stooges