Eric André
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Eric André is an American comedian, actor, and surreal talk-show host best known for creating and starring in the absurdist series "The Eric Andre Show."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eric André canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4521889 — 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: Eric André Context triple: [Trolls Band Together, voiceActor, Eric André]
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A.
Paul F. Tompkins
Paul F. Tompkins is an American comedian, actor, and writer known for his stand-up, podcast appearances, and character roles in television and film.
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B.
Joel McHale
Joel McHale is an American actor, comedian, and television host best known for leading the satirical series "The Soup" and starring on the sitcom "Community."
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C.
Howie Mandel
Howie Mandel is a Canadian comedian, actor, and television host best known for his stand-up comedy, his role on the medical drama "St. Elsewhere," and hosting the game show "Deal or No Deal."
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D.
Andy Richter
Andy Richter is an American comedian and actor best known as Conan O’Brien’s longtime talk-show sidekick and for his roles in various film and television comedies.
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E.
Dane Cook
Dane Cook is an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his energetic, observational comedy and roles in films such as "Good Luck Chuck" and "Employee of the Month."
- 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: Eric André Target entity description: Eric André is an American comedian, actor, and surreal talk-show host best known for creating and starring in the absurdist series "The Eric Andre Show."
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A.
Paul F. Tompkins
Paul F. Tompkins is an American comedian, actor, and writer known for his stand-up, podcast appearances, and character roles in television and film.
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B.
Joel McHale
Joel McHale is an American actor, comedian, and television host best known for leading the satirical series "The Soup" and starring on the sitcom "Community."
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C.
Howie Mandel
Howie Mandel is a Canadian comedian, actor, and television host best known for his stand-up comedy, his role on the medical drama "St. Elsewhere," and hosting the game show "Deal or No Deal."
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D.
Andy Richter
Andy Richter is an American comedian and actor best known as Conan O’Brien’s longtime talk-show sidekick and for his roles in various film and television comedies.
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E.
Dane Cook
Dane Cook is an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his energetic, observational comedy and roles in films such as "Good Luck Chuck" and "Employee of the Month."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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comedian ⓘ human ⓘ producer ⓘ television presenter ⓘ voice actor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| appearedIn | Bad Trip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| birthName | Eric Samuel André NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coProduced | Bad Trip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coWrote | Bad Trip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorOf | The Eric Andre Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1983-04-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Berklee College of Music
NERFINISHED
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Dreyfoos School of the Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin |
Afro-Haitian
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Ashkenazi Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | André NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist comedy
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stand-up comedy ⓘ surreal comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Eric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | double bass ⓘ |
| knownFor |
anti-talk-show format
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prank-based comedy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Eric André NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Eric Andre Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film actor
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screenwriter ⓘ stand-up comedian ⓘ television actor ⓘ television producer ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Boca Raton, Florida, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platformOfSpecial | Netflix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standUpSpecial |
Eric Andre: Destroy Everything
NERFINISHED
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Legalize Everything NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredIn |
2 Broke Girls
NERFINISHED
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Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 NERFINISHED ⓘ Man Seeking Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Eric Andre Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceActedIn | The Lion King (2019 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voicedCharacter | Azizi in The Lion King (2019 film) ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 2000s–present ⓘ |
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: Eric André Description of subject: Eric André is an American comedian, actor, and surreal talk-show host best known for creating and starring in the absurdist series "The Eric Andre Show."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Trolls Band Together