Billy Hayes (Midnight Express)
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Billy Hayes is the real-life American whose harrowing experience of being imprisoned in Turkey for drug smuggling inspired the book and film "Midnight Express."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Billy Hayes (Midnight Express) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12188097 — 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)
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Target entity: Billy Hayes (Midnight Express) Context triple: [Max (Midnight Express), associatedWith, Billy Hayes (Midnight Express)]
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A.
Eddie Money
Eddie Money was an American rock singer and songwriter best known for his hit songs in the late 1970s and 1980s, including “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Take Me Home Tonight.”
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B.
Leo Sayer
Leo Sayer is an English pop singer-songwriter best known for his 1970s hits such as "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" and "When I Need You."
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C.
Rocky Ratrock
Rocky Ratrock is a recurring character in the animated series "The Flintstone Kids," appearing as part of the prehistoric, child-focused spin-off of "The Flintstones."
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D.
Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton is an American singer and songwriter known for his powerful, soulful ballads and successful pop and adult contemporary hits, especially in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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E.
Mark Lenard
Mark Lenard was an American actor best known to Star Trek fans for his recurring roles as Sarek, Spock’s Vulcan father, and other key alien characters across the franchise.
- 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: Billy Hayes (Midnight Express) Target entity description: Billy Hayes is the real-life American whose harrowing experience of being imprisoned in Turkey for drug smuggling inspired the book and film "Midnight Express."
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A.
Eddie Money
Eddie Money was an American rock singer and songwriter best known for his hit songs in the late 1970s and 1980s, including “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Take Me Home Tonight.”
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B.
Leo Sayer
Leo Sayer is an English pop singer-songwriter best known for his 1970s hits such as "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" and "When I Need You."
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C.
Rocky Ratrock
Rocky Ratrock is a recurring character in the animated series "The Flintstone Kids," appearing as part of the prehistoric, child-focused spin-off of "The Flintstones."
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D.
Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton is an American singer and songwriter known for his powerful, soulful ballads and successful pop and adult contemporary hits, especially in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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E.
Mark Lenard
Mark Lenard was an American actor best known to Star Trek fans for his recurring roles as Sarek, Spock’s Vulcan father, and other key alien characters across the franchise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Max (Midnight Express)