Les Lye
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Les Lye was a Canadian actor and comedian best known for playing numerous adult characters on the children’s sketch comedy series "You Can’t Do That on Television."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Les Lye canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21679886 — 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: Les Lye Context triple: [You Can’t Do That on Television, featuredPerformer, Les Lye]
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A.
Lye
Lye is a town in the West Midlands of England, historically part of Worcestershire and known for its industrial heritage and proximity to Stourbridge.
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B.
Lyerly
Lyerly is a small town located in Chattooga County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia.
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C.
Lya Lys
Lya Lys was a German-born French actress best known for her leading role in Luis Buñuel’s landmark surrealist film "L’Âge d’Or."
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D.
Laviolette
Laviolette was a 17th-century French military officer and colonial administrator best known for establishing the settlement that became the city of Trois-Rivières in New France.
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E.
Leach
Leach is the birth surname of classic Hollywood actor Cary Grant, who was born Archibald Alexander Leach.
- 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: Les Lye Target entity description: Les Lye was a Canadian actor and comedian best known for playing numerous adult characters on the children’s sketch comedy series "You Can’t Do That on Television."
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A.
Lye
Lye is a town in the West Midlands of England, historically part of Worcestershire and known for its industrial heritage and proximity to Stourbridge.
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B.
Lyerly
Lyerly is a small town located in Chattooga County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia.
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C.
Lya Lys
Lya Lys was a German-born French actress best known for her leading role in Luis Buñuel’s landmark surrealist film "L’Âge d’Or."
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D.
Laviolette
Laviolette was a 17th-century French military officer and colonial administrator best known for establishing the settlement that became the city of Trois-Rivières in New France.
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E.
Leach
Leach is the birth surname of classic Hollywood actor Cary Grant, who was born Archibald Alexander Leach.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.