David Mays
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David Mays is an American media entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former publisher of the influential hip-hop magazine The Source.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Mays canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21010898 — 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: David Mays Context triple: [The Source, foundedBy, David Mays]
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A.
Chris Mays
Chris Mays is a person after whom the dinosaur genus Utahraptor was named, indicating a notable contribution to its discovery or study.
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B.
Gary Mayse
Gary Mayse is a baseball executive best known for serving as the general manager of the minor league Dayton Dragons.
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C.
David May
David May was an American businessman best known as the founder of the May Department Stores Company, which grew into one of the largest department store chains in the United States.
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D.
David May
David May is a British computer scientist best known for designing the transputer architecture and leading the development of the Occam concurrent programming language.
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E.
Ken Maynard
Ken Maynard was a popular American silent- and early sound-era Western film star and stunt rider known for his roles as a cowboy hero.
- 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: David Mays Target entity description: David Mays is an American media entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former publisher of the influential hip-hop magazine The Source.
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A.
Chris Mays
Chris Mays is a person after whom the dinosaur genus Utahraptor was named, indicating a notable contribution to its discovery or study.
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B.
Gary Mayse
Gary Mayse is a baseball executive best known for serving as the general manager of the minor league Dayton Dragons.
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C.
David May
David May was an American businessman best known as the founder of the May Department Stores Company, which grew into one of the largest department store chains in the United States.
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D.
David May
David May is a British computer scientist best known for designing the transputer architecture and leading the development of the Occam concurrent programming language.
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E.
Ken Maynard
Ken Maynard was a popular American silent- and early sound-era Western film star and stunt rider known for his roles as a cowboy hero.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.