deaf character Dave Lyons
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Deaf character Dave Lyons is one of the two mismatched protagonists in the 1989 comedy film "See No Evil, Hear No Evil," where he teams up with blind character Wally Karue to solve a crime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| deaf character Dave Lyons canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10525618 — 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: deaf character Dave Lyons Context triple: [Wally Karue, pairedWith, deaf character Dave Lyons]
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A.
Wavee Dave
Wavee Dave is the costumed mascot character representing Jackson State University at its athletic events and campus activities.
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B.
David Nelson (character)
David Nelson is a fictionalized version of actor David Nelson, appearing as the elder son in the long-running family sitcom "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet."
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C.
Gypsy Dave
Gypsy Dave was a close friend, collaborator, and traveling companion of Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan, often associated with the 1960s folk scene.
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D.
Dave (TV series)
Dave is an American comedy television series created by and starring rapper Lil Dicky, loosely based on his life and rise in the music industry.
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E.
Dum Dum Dugan
Dum Dum Dugan is a gruff, mustachioed World War II-era soldier and close ally of Nick Fury in Marvel Comics, renowned for his combat skills and leadership within elite military units.
- 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: deaf character Dave Lyons Target entity description: Deaf character Dave Lyons is one of the two mismatched protagonists in the 1989 comedy film "See No Evil, Hear No Evil," where he teams up with blind character Wally Karue to solve a crime.
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A.
Wavee Dave
Wavee Dave is the costumed mascot character representing Jackson State University at its athletic events and campus activities.
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B.
David Nelson (character)
David Nelson is a fictionalized version of actor David Nelson, appearing as the elder son in the long-running family sitcom "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet."
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C.
Gypsy Dave
Gypsy Dave was a close friend, collaborator, and traveling companion of Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan, often associated with the 1960s folk scene.
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D.
Dave (TV series)
Dave is an American comedy television series created by and starring rapper Lil Dicky, loosely based on his life and rise in the music industry.
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E.
Dum Dum Dugan
Dum Dum Dugan is a gruff, mustachioed World War II-era soldier and close ally of Nick Fury in Marvel Comics, renowned for his combat skills and leadership within elite military units.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deaf character
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fictional character ⓘ film ⓘ film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | See No Evil, Hear No Evil ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
good‑natured
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resourceful ⓘ |
| communicationMethod |
lip reading
ⓘ
spoken language ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Arthur Hiller ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | See No Evil, Hear No Evil ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| hasDisability |
blindness
ⓘ
deafness ⓘ |
| humorStyle | situational comedy based on disability contrast ⓘ |
| involvedIn | investigation of a murder ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | co‑protagonist investigating a crime ⓘ |
| partner | Wally Karue ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Gene Wilder
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Richard Pryor ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1989 ⓘ |
| relationshipWith | friendship with Wally Karue ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
one of two mismatched protagonists
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one of two mismatched protagonists ⓘ |
| starring |
Gene Wilder
ⓘ
Richard Pryor ⓘ |
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: deaf character Dave Lyons Description of subject: Deaf character Dave Lyons is one of the two mismatched protagonists in the 1989 comedy film "See No Evil, Hear No Evil," where he teams up with blind character Wally Karue to solve a crime.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.