Bill McKay
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Bill McKay is a musician best known as a member of the Grateful Dead–related ensemble The Heart of Gold Band.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bill McKay canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22499549 — 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 McKay Context triple: [The Heart of Gold Band, hasMember, Bill McKay]
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A.
Bill McKay
Bill McKay is the idealistic yet increasingly compromised young lawyer-turned-politician portrayed by Robert Redford in the 1972 political drama film "The Candidate."
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B.
Dan Quagmire
Dan Quagmire is a minor character in the animated television series "Family Guy," known primarily as the father of Glenn Quagmire.
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C.
John Colbert
John Colbert is one of the children of American comedian and television host Stephen Colbert and his wife Evelyn McGee-Colbert.
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D.
Boz Burrell
Boz Burrell was an English bassist and singer best known for his work with the progressive rock band King Crimson and the rock supergroup Bad Company.
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E.
Tony Donald
Tony Donald is a musician best known as an early member of the Scottish rock band Simple Minds.
- 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 McKay Target entity description: Bill McKay is a musician best known as a member of the Grateful Dead–related ensemble The Heart of Gold Band.
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A.
Bill McKay
Bill McKay is the idealistic yet increasingly compromised young lawyer-turned-politician portrayed by Robert Redford in the 1972 political drama film "The Candidate."
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B.
Dan Quagmire
Dan Quagmire is a minor character in the animated television series "Family Guy," known primarily as the father of Glenn Quagmire.
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C.
John Colbert
John Colbert is one of the children of American comedian and television host Stephen Colbert and his wife Evelyn McGee-Colbert.
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D.
Boz Burrell
Boz Burrell was an English bassist and singer best known for his work with the progressive rock band King Crimson and the rock supergroup Bad Company.
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E.
Tony Donald
Tony Donald is a musician best known as an early member of the Scottish rock band Simple Minds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.