Philip John Clapp
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Philip John Clapp is the American actor, stunt performer, and comedian best known by his stage name Johnny Knoxville, the co-creator and star of the MTV reality stunt show "Jackass."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Philip John Clapp canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6960015 — 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: Philip John Clapp Context triple: [Johnny Knoxville, birthName, Philip John Clapp]
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A.
Charles R. Fenwick
Charles R. Fenwick was a Virginia lawyer and long-serving state legislator known for his influence on transportation policy, for whom the Charles R. Fenwick Bridge is named.
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B.
James N. Hallock
James N. Hallock is an American physicist and aerospace safety expert known for his work in flight dynamics and his role in high-level investigations of space shuttle safety.
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C.
Frank W. Gibb
Frank W. Gibb was an American architect known for designing prominent public buildings in Arkansas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Albert W. Gilchrist
Albert W. Gilchrist was an early 20th-century governor of Florida and political leader after whom Gilchrist County is named.
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E.
John A. Hardenbrook
John A. Hardenbrook was one of the early New York City brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
- 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: Philip John Clapp Target entity description: Philip John Clapp is the American actor, stunt performer, and comedian best known by his stage name Johnny Knoxville, the co-creator and star of the MTV reality stunt show "Jackass."
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A.
Charles R. Fenwick
Charles R. Fenwick was a Virginia lawyer and long-serving state legislator known for his influence on transportation policy, for whom the Charles R. Fenwick Bridge is named.
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B.
James N. Hallock
James N. Hallock is an American physicist and aerospace safety expert known for his work in flight dynamics and his role in high-level investigations of space shuttle safety.
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C.
Frank W. Gibb
Frank W. Gibb was an American architect known for designing prominent public buildings in Arkansas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Albert W. Gilchrist
Albert W. Gilchrist was an early 20th-century governor of Florida and political leader after whom Gilchrist County is named.
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E.
John A. Hardenbrook
John A. Hardenbrook was one of the early New York City brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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comedian ⓘ human ⓘ stunt performer ⓘ television personality ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Dukes of Hazzard (2005 film)
NERFINISHED
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Walking Tall (2004 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Philip John Clapp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coCreatorOf | Jackass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1971-03-11 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | American of English and Irish descent ⓘ |
| genre |
reality
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slapstick comedy ⓘ stunt show ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Arlo Clapp
NERFINISHED
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Madison Clapp NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocko Akira Clapp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Jackass franchise
NERFINISHED
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performing dangerous stunts ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Dirty Shame
NERFINISHED
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Jackass NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackass 3D NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackass Forever NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackass Number Two NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackass: The Movie NERFINISHED ⓘ Lords of Dogtown NERFINISHED ⓘ Men in Black II NERFINISHED ⓘ Skiptrace NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dukes of Hazzard NERFINISHED ⓘ The Last Stand NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ringer NERFINISHED ⓘ Walking Tall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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comedian ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ stunt performer ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | MTV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Knoxville, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedCharacter |
Luke Duke
NERFINISHED
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Ray Templeton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| spouse |
Melanie Lynn Cates
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Naomi Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Johnny Knoxville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1990s–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: Philip John Clapp Description of subject: Philip John Clapp is the American actor, stunt performer, and comedian best known by his stage name Johnny Knoxville, the co-creator and star of the MTV reality stunt show "Jackass."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.