Steven Stayner
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Steven Stayner was an American kidnapping victim who was abducted as a child in 1972, held for seven years, and later became known for escaping with another abducted boy, inspiring books and a television miniseries.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steven Stayner canonical | 9 |
| Steven Stayner Jr. | 2 |
| Steven Gregory Stayner | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13102816 — 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: Steven Stayner Context triple: [I Know My First Name Is Steven, portrays, Steven Stayner]
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A.
Michael Bates
Michael Bates was a British character actor known for his roles in films and television, including a notable appearance in the war epic "Patton" (1970).
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B.
Gary Starkweather
Gary Starkweather was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the laser printer while working at Xerox.
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C.
John Holmes
John Holmes was a famous American adult film actor of the 1970s and early 1980s, widely known for his prolific career and distinctive physical attributes.
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D.
John Holmes
John Holmes was an American poet and influential creative writing teacher known for mentoring notable poets, including Anne Sexton, at Tufts University.
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E.
Michael Peterson
Michael Peterson is the central father figure and protagonist of the 1990s American sitcom "The Parent 'Hood," around whom the show's family-centered stories revolve.
- 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: Steven Stayner Target entity description: Steven Stayner was an American kidnapping victim who was abducted as a child in 1972, held for seven years, and later became known for escaping with another abducted boy, inspiring books and a television miniseries.
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A.
Michael Bates
Michael Bates was a British character actor known for his roles in films and television, including a notable appearance in the war epic "Patton" (1970).
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B.
Gary Starkweather
Gary Starkweather was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the laser printer while working at Xerox.
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C.
John Holmes
John Holmes was a famous American adult film actor of the 1970s and early 1980s, widely known for his prolific career and distinctive physical attributes.
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D.
John Holmes
John Holmes was an American poet and influential creative writing teacher known for mentoring notable poets, including Anne Sexton, at Tufts University.
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E.
Michael Peterson
Michael Peterson is the central father figure and protagonist of the 1990s American sitcom "The Parent 'Hood," around whom the show's family-centered stories revolve.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
kidnapping victim ⓘ |
| abductionDate | 1972-12-04 ⓘ |
| abductionPlace |
Merced, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Merced
|
| accompliceOfKidnapper | Irvin Edward Murphy ⓘ |
| ageAtAbduction | 7 ⓘ |
| ageAtEscape | 14 ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Merced, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Merced
|
| causeOfDeath | traffic collision ⓘ |
| child |
Ashley Stayner
ⓘ
Steven Stayner Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
Steven Stayner
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1965-04-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1989-09-16 ⓘ |
| escapeDate | 1980-03-01 ⓘ |
| escapedWith | Timothy White ⓘ |
| escapePlace |
Ukiah, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Ukiah, California
|
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Stayner ⓘ |
| father | Delbert Stayner ⓘ |
| fullName |
Steven Gregory Stayner
ⓘ
linked to:
Steven Stayner
|
| givenName | Steven ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Cary Stayner ⓘ |
| hasWork | public talks about child abduction awareness ⓘ |
| heldInCaptivityFor | approximately 7 years ⓘ |
| kidnapper | Kenneth Parnell ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | accident ⓘ |
| mother | Kay Stayner ⓘ |
| notableEvent | testified at trial of kidnapper Kenneth Parnell ⓘ |
| notableFor |
escaping captivity in 1980
ⓘ
rescuing fellow kidnapping victim Timothy White ⓘ surviving a long-term child abduction ⓘ |
| occupation |
pizza shop worker
ⓘ
security officer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Merced, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Merced
|
| placeOfDeath |
Merced, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Merced
|
| portrayedBy |
Corin Nemec
ⓘ
Luke Edwards ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Merced, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Merced
|
| residenceDuringCaptivity |
Comptche, California, United States
ⓘ
Santa Rosa, California, United States ⓘ Ukiah, California, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Ukiah, California
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| siblingRelation | Cary Stayner is his older brother ⓘ |
| spouse | Jody Edmondson ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
I Know My First Name Is Steven
ⓘ
I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989 miniseries) ⓘ I Know My First Name Is Steven (book) ⓘ
linked to:
I Know My First Name Is Steven
|
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: Steven Stayner Description of subject: Steven Stayner was an American kidnapping victim who was abducted as a child in 1972, held for seven years, and later became known for escaping with another abducted boy, inspiring books and a television miniseries.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Steven Stayner
linked to: Steven Stayner
subject linked to:
Stayner family
linked to: Steven Stayner
subject linked to:
Stayner family
subject linked to:
Stayner family
subject linked to:
Stayner family
subject linked to:
kidnapper Kenneth Parnell
subject linked to:
kidnapper Kenneth Parnell