Ray Jackson
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Ray Jackson is a British musician best known as the mandolin and harmonica player for the folk-rock band Lindisfarne and for his uncredited mandolin work on Rod Stewart’s hit “Maggie May.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ray Jackson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17342124 — 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: Ray Jackson Context triple: [Maggie May, notablePerformerOnMandolin, Ray Jackson]
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A.
Ray Jackson
Ray Jackson is a former American college basketball player best known as one of the University of Michigan's famed "Fab Five" in the early 1990s.
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B.
Jeremy Jackson
Jeremy Jackson is an American actor best known for playing Hobie Buchannon on the television series Baywatch.
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C.
Rip Taylor
Rip Taylor was an American comedian and actor known for his flamboyant personality, wild mustache, and energetic, confetti-filled performances on television and stage.
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D.
Leo Parker
Leo Parker was an American baritone saxophonist known for his work in the bebop and hard bop jazz scenes of the 1940s and 1950s.
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E.
James Clemons
James Clemons is an individual whose specific public notability or distinguishing background is not clearly identifiable from the given information.
- 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: Ray Jackson Target entity description: Ray Jackson is a British musician best known as the mandolin and harmonica player for the folk-rock band Lindisfarne and for his uncredited mandolin work on Rod Stewart’s hit “Maggie May.”
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A.
Ray Jackson
Ray Jackson is a former American college basketball player best known as one of the University of Michigan's famed "Fab Five" in the early 1990s.
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B.
Jeremy Jackson
Jeremy Jackson is an American actor best known for playing Hobie Buchannon on the television series Baywatch.
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C.
Rip Taylor
Rip Taylor was an American comedian and actor known for his flamboyant personality, wild mustache, and energetic, confetti-filled performances on television and stage.
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D.
Leo Parker
Leo Parker was an American baritone saxophonist known for his work in the bebop and hard bop jazz scenes of the 1940s and 1950s.
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E.
James Clemons
James Clemons is an individual whose specific public notability or distinguishing background is not clearly identifiable from the given information.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.