Ray Copeland
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Ray Copeland was an American jazz trumpeter and arranger known for his work in the 1950s and 1960s with leading bebop and hard bop musicians.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ray Copeland canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23077420 — 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 Copeland Context triple: [Monk's Music, featuresArtist, Ray Copeland]
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A.
Stanley Pavey
Stanley Pavey was a British cinematographer best known for his work on classic mid-20th-century films, including the influential horror anthology "Dead of Night."
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B.
Myron Cope
Myron Cope was a longtime Pittsburgh sports broadcaster and writer best known as the iconic radio voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the inventor of the Terrible Towel.
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C.
Ray Sheppard
Ray Sheppard is a retired Canadian right winger who played over 800 NHL games and was known for his goal-scoring ability, including a 52-goal season with the Detroit Red Wings.
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D.
Ray Cusick
Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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E.
Bill Cowley
Bill Cowley was a Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey center renowned as one of the NHL’s top playmakers of the 1930s and 1940s, primarily with the Boston Bruins.
- 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 Copeland Target entity description: Ray Copeland was an American jazz trumpeter and arranger known for his work in the 1950s and 1960s with leading bebop and hard bop musicians.
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A.
Stanley Pavey
Stanley Pavey was a British cinematographer best known for his work on classic mid-20th-century films, including the influential horror anthology "Dead of Night."
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B.
Myron Cope
Myron Cope was a longtime Pittsburgh sports broadcaster and writer best known as the iconic radio voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the inventor of the Terrible Towel.
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C.
Ray Sheppard
Ray Sheppard is a retired Canadian right winger who played over 800 NHL games and was known for his goal-scoring ability, including a 52-goal season with the Detroit Red Wings.
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D.
Ray Cusick
Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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E.
Bill Cowley
Bill Cowley was a Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey center renowned as one of the NHL’s top playmakers of the 1930s and 1940s, primarily with the Boston Bruins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.