Jerry O’Boyle
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Jerry O’Boyle is an actor best known for playing the TV dance show host Corny Collins in the original 1988 film version of "Hairspray."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jerry O’Boyle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16164062 — 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: Jerry O’Boyle Context triple: [Corny Collins, portrayedBy, Jerry O’Boyle]
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A.
Jim O’Brien
Jim O’Brien is the father of American actress Peri Gilpin, best known for her role as Roz Doyle on the television series "Frasier."
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B.
Jim O’Brien
Jim O’Brien is a former American football placekicker best known for kicking the game-winning field goal for the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl V.
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C.
Jim O'Brien
Jim O'Brien was a British television and film director best known for his work on acclaimed BBC dramas in the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
John O’Keefe
John O’Keefe is a British-American neuroscientist renowned for discovering place cells in the hippocampus, a breakthrough that helped reveal the brain’s internal GPS system.
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E.
John O’Keefe
John O’Keefe is an American playwright, actor, and director known for his experimental and avant-garde theater works.
- 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: Jerry O’Boyle Target entity description: Jerry O’Boyle is an actor best known for playing the TV dance show host Corny Collins in the original 1988 film version of "Hairspray."
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A.
Jim O’Brien
Jim O’Brien is the father of American actress Peri Gilpin, best known for her role as Roz Doyle on the television series "Frasier."
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B.
Jim O’Brien
Jim O’Brien is a former American football placekicker best known for kicking the game-winning field goal for the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl V.
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C.
Jim O'Brien
Jim O'Brien was a British television and film director best known for his work on acclaimed BBC dramas in the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
John O’Keefe
John O’Keefe is a British-American neuroscientist renowned for discovering place cells in the hippocampus, a breakthrough that helped reveal the brain’s internal GPS system.
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E.
John O’Keefe
John O’Keefe is an American playwright, actor, and director known for his experimental and avant-garde theater works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.