Paul McCandless
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Paul McCandless is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer best known as a founding member of the jazz group Oregon and for his innovative work on oboe and other woodwinds in contemporary jazz and world music.
All labels observed (1)
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| Paul McCandless canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18741522 — 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: Paul McCandless Context triple: [Nightnoise, hasMember, Paul McCandless]
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A.
Paul McDaggett
Paul McDaggett is the primary human antagonist in RoboCop 3, a ruthless mercenary leader hired to violently clear out Detroit neighborhoods for corporate redevelopment.
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B.
Eric Lamonsoff
Eric Lamonsoff is a bumbling yet big-hearted family man and close friend of Lenny Feder in the Grown Ups comedy film series.
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C.
David Ludden
David Ludden is an American historian and academic known for his scholarship on South Asian history and development.
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D.
David Scearce
David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
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E.
Ian Dunn
Ian Dunn is a British actor known for his work in television, film, and theatre, and for being married to the late actress Emma Chambers.
- 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: Paul McCandless Target entity description: Paul McCandless is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer best known as a founding member of the jazz group Oregon and for his innovative work on oboe and other woodwinds in contemporary jazz and world music.
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A.
Paul McDaggett
Paul McDaggett is the primary human antagonist in RoboCop 3, a ruthless mercenary leader hired to violently clear out Detroit neighborhoods for corporate redevelopment.
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B.
Eric Lamonsoff
Eric Lamonsoff is a bumbling yet big-hearted family man and close friend of Lenny Feder in the Grown Ups comedy film series.
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C.
David Ludden
David Ludden is an American historian and academic known for his scholarship on South Asian history and development.
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D.
David Scearce
David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
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E.
Ian Dunn
Ian Dunn is a British actor known for his work in television, film, and theatre, and for being married to the late actress Emma Chambers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Street Dreams (1988 album)