Bill Bryan
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Bill Bryan is an American actor and puppeteer best known for physically performing the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in the 1984 film "Ghostbusters."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bill Bryan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15681353 — 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 Bryan Context triple: [Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, portrayedBy, Bill Bryan]
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A.
Ben Young Mason
Ben Young Mason is a television writer and producer best known for creating the science fiction series "Mars."
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B.
William Joel Bryan
William Joel Bryan was a 19th-century Texas landowner and nephew of Stephen F. Austin, recognized as an early settler and community figure in the region that now includes the city of Bryan, Texas.
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C.
Tom Barnett
Tom Barnett is an actor known for his role in the Canadian drama film "Take This Waltz."
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D.
Ben Young
Ben Young is the son of Canadian singer-songwriter Pegi Young and her former husband, musician Neil Young.
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E.
Brian Berry
Brian Berry is a prominent British geographer known for his influential work in urban and regional analysis and contributions to quantitative geography.
- 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 Bryan Target entity description: Bill Bryan is an American actor and puppeteer best known for physically performing the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in the 1984 film "Ghostbusters."
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A.
Ben Young Mason
Ben Young Mason is a television writer and producer best known for creating the science fiction series "Mars."
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B.
William Joel Bryan
William Joel Bryan was a 19th-century Texas landowner and nephew of Stephen F. Austin, recognized as an early settler and community figure in the region that now includes the city of Bryan, Texas.
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C.
Tom Barnett
Tom Barnett is an actor known for his role in the Canadian drama film "Take This Waltz."
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D.
Ben Young
Ben Young is the son of Canadian singer-songwriter Pegi Young and her former husband, musician Neil Young.
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E.
Brian Berry
Brian Berry is a prominent British geographer known for his influential work in urban and regional analysis and contributions to quantitative geography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.