Bill Payne
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Bill Payne is an American keyboardist and founding member of the rock band Little Feat, renowned for his session work with numerous artists including the Doobie Brothers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bill Payne canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13615609 — 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: Bill Payne Context triple: [The Doobie Brothers, member, Bill Payne]
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A.
Jerry Payne
Jerry Payne is the introspective college student protagonist of the novel and film "The Sterile Cuckoo," whose relationship with the eccentric Pookie Adams drives the story’s emotional core.
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B.
Bruce Payne
Bruce Payne is a British character actor best known for playing intense villains in action and genre films, including the antagonist in "Passenger 57."
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C.
Andrew Payne
Andrew Payne is a British television writer best known for creating the crime drama series "Pie in the Sky."
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D.
Tom Payne
Tom Payne is an English actor best known for his television roles, including starring in the crime drama series "Prodigal Son" and playing Paul "Jesus" Rovia on "The Walking Dead."
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E.
Denis Payton
Denis Payton was an English saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist best known as a key member of the 1960s British Invasion band The Dave Clark Five.
- 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: Bill Payne Target entity description: Bill Payne is an American keyboardist and founding member of the rock band Little Feat, renowned for his session work with numerous artists including the Doobie Brothers.
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A.
Jerry Payne
Jerry Payne is the introspective college student protagonist of the novel and film "The Sterile Cuckoo," whose relationship with the eccentric Pookie Adams drives the story’s emotional core.
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B.
Bruce Payne
Bruce Payne is a British character actor best known for playing intense villains in action and genre films, including the antagonist in "Passenger 57."
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C.
Andrew Payne
Andrew Payne is a British television writer best known for creating the crime drama series "Pie in the Sky."
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D.
Tom Payne
Tom Payne is an English actor best known for his television roles, including starring in the crime drama series "Prodigal Son" and playing Paul "Jesus" Rovia on "The Walking Dead."
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E.
Denis Payton
Denis Payton was an English saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist best known as a key member of the 1960s British Invasion band The Dave Clark Five.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.