Demetri Martin
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Demetri Martin is an American comedian, actor, and writer known for his deadpan delivery, clever wordplay, and work on shows like "Important Things with Demetri Martin" as well as various stand-up specials.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Demetri Martin canonical | 4 |
| Demetri Martin. Person. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5693678 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Demetri Martin Context triple: [Taking Woodstock, portrayedBy, Demetri Martin]
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Hannibal Buress
Hannibal Buress is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer known for his laid-back delivery, sharp observational humor, and roles in shows like "Broad City" and films such as "Spider-Man: Homecoming."
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B.
Adam DeVine
Adam DeVine is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for co-creating and starring in the sitcom "Workaholics" and for his roles in the "Pitch Perfect" film series and various comedy television shows.
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B. J. Novak
B. J. Novak is an American actor, writer, comedian, and director best known for his work on the U.S. version of "The Office."
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D.
Jim Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan is an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his observational, family-friendly humor and roles in both film and television.
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E.
John Mulaney
John Mulaney is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and his acclaimed comedy specials.
- 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: Demetri Martin Target entity description: Demetri Martin is an American comedian, actor, and writer known for his deadpan delivery, clever wordplay, and work on shows like "Important Things with Demetri Martin" as well as various stand-up specials.
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A.
Hannibal Buress
Hannibal Buress is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer known for his laid-back delivery, sharp observational humor, and roles in shows like "Broad City" and films such as "Spider-Man: Homecoming."
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B.
Adam DeVine
Adam DeVine is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for co-creating and starring in the sitcom "Workaholics" and for his roles in the "Pitch Perfect" film series and various comedy television shows.
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C.
B. J. Novak
B. J. Novak is an American actor, writer, comedian, and director best known for his work on the U.S. version of "The Office."
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D.
Jim Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan is an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his observational, family-friendly humor and roles in both film and television.
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E.
John Mulaney
John Mulaney is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and his acclaimed comedy specials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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stand-up comedian ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Perrier Award for Best Newcomer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1973-05-25 ⓘ |
| education |
New York University School of Law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yale University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Comedy Central
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Daily Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek American ⓘ |
| familyName | Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Demetri Evan Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
deadpan comedy
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observational comedy ⓘ wordplay comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Demetri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | two children ⓘ |
| hasCreativeStyle |
use of drawings and visual aids in stand-up
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use of one-liners ⓘ use of palindromes and wordplay ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableRole |
correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
ⓘ
host of Important Things with Demetri Martin ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Demetri Martin: Live (At The Time)
NERFINISHED
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Demetri Martin: Person NERFINISHED ⓘ Demetri Martin: The Overthinker NERFINISHED ⓘ If I NERFINISHED ⓘ Important Things with Demetri Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Point Your Face at This NERFINISHED ⓘ These Are Jokes NERFINISHED ⓘ This Is a Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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author ⓘ comedian ⓘ film director ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| performedIn | Edinburgh Festival Fringe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedOn |
Comedy Central Presents
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Late Night with Conan O'Brien NERFINISHED ⓘ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | Rachael Beame 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: Demetri Martin Description of subject: Demetri Martin is an American comedian, actor, and writer known for his deadpan delivery, clever wordplay, and work on shows like "Important Things with Demetri Martin" as well as various stand-up specials.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Demetri Martin. Person.