diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/__init__.py b/jedi/evaluate/__init__.py
index 39c2fa61..6bde42b7 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/__init__.py
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ from jedi.evaluate import imports
 from jedi.evaluate import recursion
 from jedi.evaluate import iterable
 from jedi.evaluate.cache import evaluator_function_cache
-from jedi.evaluate import stdlib
 from jedi.evaluate import compiled
 from jedi.evaluate import helpers
 from jedi.evaluate.filters import TreeNameDefinition, ParamName
@@ -202,29 +201,6 @@ class Evaluator(object):
     def _eval_element_cached(self, context, element):
         return eval_node(context, element)
 
-    @debug.increase_indent
-    def execute(self, obj, arguments):
-        if self.is_analysis:
-            arguments.eval_all()
-
-        debug.dbg('execute: %s %s', obj, arguments)
-        try:
-            # Some stdlib functions like super(), namedtuple(), etc. have been
-            # hard-coded in Jedi to support them.
-            return stdlib.execute(self, obj, arguments)
-        except stdlib.NotInStdLib:
-            pass
-
-        try:
-            func = obj.py__call__
-        except AttributeError:
-            debug.warning("no execution possible %s", obj)
-            return NO_CONTEXTS
-        else:
-            context_set = func(arguments)
-            debug.dbg('execute result: %s in %s', context_set, obj)
-            return context_set
-
     def goto_definitions(self, context, name):
         def_ = name.get_definition(import_name_always=True)
         if def_ is not None:
diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/__init__.py b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/__init__.py
index ab9ea8f5..56faef5b 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/__init__.py
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class CompiledObject(Context):
                     # TODO do we?
                     continue
                 bltn_obj = create(self.evaluator, bltn_obj)
-                for result in self.evaluator.execute(bltn_obj, params):
+                for result in bltn_obj.execute(params):
                     yield result
         for type_ in docstrings.infer_return_types(self):
             yield type_
diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/context.py b/jedi/evaluate/context.py
index 117b189d..9d62a51b 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/context.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/context.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-from jedi._compatibility import Python3Method
 from parso.python.tree import ExprStmt, CompFor
+
+from jedi import debug
+from jedi._compatibility import Python3Method
 from jedi.parser_utils import clean_scope_docstring, get_doc_with_call_signature
 from jedi.common import BaseContextSet
 
@@ -32,7 +34,36 @@ class Context(object):
                 return context
             context = context.parent_context
 
+    @debug.increase_indent
     def execute(self, arguments):
+        """
+        In contrast to py__call__ this function is always available.
+
+        `hasattr(x, py__call__)` can also be checked to see if a context is
+        executable.
+        """
+        if self.evaluator.is_analysis:
+            arguments.eval_all()
+
+        debug.dbg('execute: %s %s', self, arguments)
+        from jedi.evaluate import stdlib
+        try:
+            # Some stdlib functions like super(), namedtuple(), etc. have been
+            # hard-coded in Jedi to support them.
+            return stdlib.execute(self.evaluator, self, arguments)
+        except stdlib.NotInStdLib:
+            pass
+
+        try:
+            func = self.py__call__
+        except AttributeError:
+            debug.warning("no execution possible %s", self)
+            return NO_CONTEXTS
+        else:
+            context_set = func(arguments)
+            debug.dbg('execute result: %s in %s', context_set, self)
+            return context_set
+
         return self.evaluator.execute(self, arguments)
 
     def execute_evaluated(self, *value_list):
diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/iterable.py b/jedi/evaluate/iterable.py
index 9e7fec4c..bb9a65f1 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/iterable.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/iterable.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from jedi.evaluate.cache import evaluator_method_cache
 from jedi.evaluate.filters import DictFilter, AbstractNameDefinition, \
     ParserTreeFilter
 from jedi.evaluate import context
-from jedi.evaluate.context import ContextSet, NO_CONTEXTS
+from jedi.evaluate.context import ContextSet, NO_CONTEXTS, Context
 from jedi.parser_utils import get_comp_fors
 
 
@@ -54,22 +54,20 @@ class AbstractSequence(context.Context):
         return compiled.CompiledContextName(self, self.array_type)
 
 
-class BuiltinMethod(object):
+class BuiltinMethod(Context):
     """``Generator.__next__`` ``dict.values`` methods and so on."""
+    api_type = 'function'
+
     def __init__(self, builtin_context, method, builtin_func):
-        self._builtin_context = builtin_context
+        super(BuiltinMethod, self).__init__(
+            builtin_context.evaluator,
+            parent_context=builtin_context
+        )
         self._method = method
         self._builtin_func = builtin_func
 
-    # TODO it seems kind of stupid that we have to overwrite 3 methods here.
     def py__call__(self, params):
-        return self._method(self._builtin_context)
-
-    def execute(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self._builtin_context.evaluator.execute(self, *args, **kwargs)
-
-    def execute_evaluated(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self._builtin_context.evaluator.execute_evaluated(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        return self._method(self.parent_context)
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         return getattr(self._builtin_func, name)