Linc Hayes

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fictional character television character

Linc Hayes is a cool, streetwise undercover cop and one of the three young protagonists in the late-1960s/early-1970s television crime drama "The Mod Squad."

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Linc Hayes canonical	9

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9568144 — 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: Linc Hayes
Context triple: [The Mod Squad, mainCharacter, Linc Hayes]

A. Jimmy Hayes
Jimmy Hayes was the deep-voiced bass singer of the a cappella group The Persuasions, known for their soulful, unaccompanied vocal harmonies.
B. Greg Gilmore
Greg Gilmore is an American rock drummer best known for his work with the late-1980s Seattle band Mother Love Bone, a key precursor to the grunge movement.
C. Alex Hannum
Alex Hannum was an American professional basketball coach and former player best known for leading multiple teams, including the St. Louis Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers, to NBA championships.
D. Lyndon Dykes
Lyndon Dykes is a professional footballer who plays as a striker, known for representing the Scotland national team and clubs in the English Football League.
E. Ben Hanscom
Ben Hanscom is one of the central members of the Losers' Club in Stephen King's horror novel "It," known for his intelligence, kindness, and pivotal role in confronting the creature terrorizing Derry.
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: Linc Hayes
Target entity description: Linc Hayes is a cool, streetwise undercover cop and one of the three young protagonists in the late-1960s/early-1970s television crime drama "The Mod Squad."

A. Jimmy Hayes
Jimmy Hayes was the deep-voiced bass singer of the a cappella group The Persuasions, known for their soulful, unaccompanied vocal harmonies.
B. Greg Gilmore
Greg Gilmore is an American rock drummer best known for his work with the late-1980s Seattle band Mother Love Bone, a key precursor to the grunge movement.
C. Alex Hannum
Alex Hannum was an American professional basketball coach and former player best known for leading multiple teams, including the St. Louis Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers, to NBA championships.
D. Lyndon Dykes
Lyndon Dykes is a professional footballer who plays as a striker, known for representing the Scotland national team and clubs in the English Football League.
E. Ben Hanscom
Ben Hanscom is one of the central members of the Losers' Club in Stephen King's horror novel "It," known for his intelligence, kindness, and pivotal role in confronting the creature terrorizing Derry.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ television character ⓘ
appearsIn	The Mod Squad ⓘ
appearsInGenre	crime drama ⓘ police procedural ⓘ
associatedWith	law enforcement ⓘ youth counterculture themes ⓘ
characterEra	early 1970s ⓘ late 1960s ⓘ
characterType	undercover cop ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
describedAs	cool ⓘ streetwise ⓘ
genre	crime drama character ⓘ
hasFictionalUniverse	The Mod Squad universe ⓘ linked to: The Mod Squad
hasNotability	main character in The Mod Squad ⓘ
medium	television ⓘ
narrativeFunction	undercover operative ⓘ
occupation	cop ⓘ undercover police officer ⓘ
partOf	ensemble cast of The Mod Squad ⓘ
portrayedInPeriod	1960s American television ⓘ 1970s American television ⓘ
roleInWork	one of three young protagonists ⓘ
targetAudienceContext	network television viewers ⓘ
workFormat	television series ⓘ