Lyle David Mays
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Lyle David Mays was an American jazz pianist, composer, and longtime collaborator of guitarist Pat Metheny, renowned for his innovative work in the Pat Metheny Group.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lyle David Mays canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9423877 — 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: Lyle David Mays Context triple: [Lyle Mays, fullName, Lyle David Mays]
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A.
Lyle Anderson
Lyle Anderson is a fictional character appearing in the "Kingdom" series.
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B.
Lyle Hill
Lyle Hill is a prominent viewpoint in Greenock, Scotland, known for its panoramic views over the River Clyde and surrounding landscapes.
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C.
Lyle Campbell
Lyle Campbell is an American linguist renowned for his work in historical linguistics and the documentation and classification of indigenous languages of the Americas.
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D.
Kevin Liles
Kevin Liles is an American music executive and entrepreneur best known for his leadership roles at Def Jam Recordings and later at Warner Music Group.
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E.
Michael Dewell
Michael Dewell is best known as the husband of Dutch-American actress Nina Foch.
- 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: Lyle David Mays Target entity description: Lyle David Mays was an American jazz pianist, composer, and longtime collaborator of guitarist Pat Metheny, renowned for his innovative work in the Pat Metheny Group.
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A.
Lyle Anderson
Lyle Anderson is a fictional character appearing in the "Kingdom" series.
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B.
Lyle Hill
Lyle Hill is a prominent viewpoint in Greenock, Scotland, known for its panoramic views over the River Clyde and surrounding landscapes.
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C.
Lyle Campbell
Lyle Campbell is an American linguist renowned for his work in historical linguistics and the documentation and classification of indigenous languages of the Americas.
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D.
Kevin Liles
Kevin Liles is an American music executive and entrepreneur best known for his leadership roles at Def Jam Recordings and later at Warner Music Group.
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E.
Michael Dewell
Michael Dewell is best known as the husband of Dutch-American actress Nina Foch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arranger
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz pianist ⓘ keyboardist ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2010s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | long illness ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Pat Metheny
NERFINISHED
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Pat Metheny Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1953-11-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-02-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of North Texas College of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Mays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
jazz performance
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music composition ⓘ |
| fullName | Lyle David Mays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary jazz
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jazz ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ |
| givenName | Lyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
keyboards
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piano ⓘ |
| memberOf |
One O’Clock Lab Band
NERFINISHED
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Pat Metheny Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
NERFINISHED
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Fictionary (1993 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Imaginary Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Letter from Home NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyle Mays (1986 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Offramp NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat Metheny Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Solo: Improvisations for Expanded Piano (2000 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Speaking of Now NERFINISHED ⓘ Still Life (Talking) NERFINISHED ⓘ Street Dreams (1988 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Way Up NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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composer ⓘ keyboardist ⓘ pianist ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Wausaukee, Wisconsin, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
ECM Records
NERFINISHED
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Geffen Records ⓘ Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Lyle David Mays Description of subject: Lyle David Mays was an American jazz pianist, composer, and longtime collaborator of guitarist Pat Metheny, renowned for his innovative work in the Pat Metheny Group.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.