Jay Thomas
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Jay Thomas was an American actor and comedian known for his roles on television series such as "Cheers" and "Murphy Brown," as well as in various films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jay Thomas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5303424 — 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: Jay Thomas Context triple: [Mr. Holland's Opus, castMember, Jay Thomas]
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A.
Jason Thomas
Jason Thomas is known primarily as the brother of former NFL All-Pro linebacker Zach Thomas.
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B.
Nick Thomas
Nick Thomas is an American musician best known as an early member and former bassist of the band Twenty One Pilots.
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C.
Jeremy Thomas
Jeremy Thomas is a renowned British film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent and art-house films, including multiple collaborations with prominent directors.
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D.
Jeremy Theobald
Jeremy Theobald is a British actor best known for starring in Christopher Nolan’s debut feature film "Following."
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E.
Brent Thomas
Brent Thomas is an advertising professional best known for writing Apple’s iconic 1984 Super Bowl commercial.
- 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: Jay Thomas Target entity description: Jay Thomas was an American actor and comedian known for his roles on television series such as "Cheers" and "Murphy Brown," as well as in various films.
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A.
Jason Thomas
Jason Thomas is known primarily as the brother of former NFL All-Pro linebacker Zach Thomas.
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B.
Nick Thomas
Nick Thomas is an American musician best known as an early member and former bassist of the band Twenty One Pilots.
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C.
Jeremy Thomas
Jeremy Thomas is a renowned British film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent and art-house films, including multiple collaborations with prominent directors.
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D.
Jeremy Theobald
Jeremy Theobald is a British actor best known for starring in Christopher Nolan’s debut feature film "Following."
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E.
Brent Thomas
Brent Thomas is an advertising professional best known for writing Apple’s iconic 1984 Super Bowl commercial.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| awardForWork | Murphy Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Jon Thomas Terrell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | throat cancer ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
The Easter Bunny in The Santa Clause 2
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Easter Bunny in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-07-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-08-24 ⓘ |
| degree | Bachelor of Arts in communications ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Jesuit High School (New Orleans)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Loyola University New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emmyWinYear |
1990
ⓘ
1991 ⓘ |
| employer | SiriusXM Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian American ⓘ |
| familyName | Terrell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAppearance |
Dragonfly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mr. Holland's Opus NERFINISHED ⓘ The Santa Clause 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Jon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Jay Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cheers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Love & War NERFINISHED ⓘ Mork & Mindy NERFINISHED ⓘ Murphy Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Donovan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
comedian
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ radio host ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kermit, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Santa Barbara, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radioShow | The Jay Thomas Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Sally Michel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Jay Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionRole |
Eddie LeBec on Cheers
ⓘ
Jack Stein on Love & War NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Gold on Murphy Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Marty Grossman on Ray Donovan NERFINISHED ⓘ Remo DaVinci on Mork & Mindy ⓘ |
| workedAs | disc jockey ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jay Thomas Description of subject: Jay Thomas was an American actor and comedian known for his roles on television series such as "Cheers" and "Murphy Brown," as well as in various films.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.