Tom Lehrer
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Tom Lehrer is an American singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician known for his darkly humorous, politically charged songs from the 1950s and 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tom Lehrer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15472340 — 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 Lehrer Context triple: [hungry i, hasNotablePerformer, Tom Lehrer]
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A.
Mort Sahl
Mort Sahl was a pioneering American stand-up comedian known for his sharp, politically charged, conversational style that helped transform modern comedy.
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B.
Peter Schickele
Peter Schickele was an American composer, musician, and satirist best known for his humorous works as the fictional composer P.D.Q. Bach.
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C.
Allan Sherman
Allan Sherman was an American comedy writer and song parodist best known for his hit novelty records in the early 1960s, including the chart-topping single "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh."
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D.
Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens is an American country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian best known for his novelty hits like "The Streak" and "Gitarzan."
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E.
Emo Philips
Emo Philips is an American stand-up comedian known for his absurdist one-liners, distinctive falsetto voice, and eccentric stage persona.
- 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 Lehrer Target entity description: Tom Lehrer is an American singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician known for his darkly humorous, politically charged songs from the 1950s and 1960s.
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A.
Mort Sahl
Mort Sahl was a pioneering American stand-up comedian known for his sharp, politically charged, conversational style that helped transform modern comedy.
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B.
Peter Schickele
Peter Schickele was an American composer, musician, and satirist best known for his humorous works as the fictional composer P.D.Q. Bach.
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C.
Allan Sherman
Allan Sherman was an American comedy writer and song parodist best known for his hit novelty records in the early 1960s, including the chart-topping single "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh."
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D.
Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens is an American country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian best known for his novelty hits like "The Streak" and "Gitarzan."
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E.
Emo Philips
Emo Philips is an American stand-up comedian known for his absurdist one-liners, distinctive falsetto voice, and eccentric stage persona.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
hungry i