Ink Master
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Ink Master is a reality competition television series in which tattoo artists compete in various challenges to showcase their skills and win a cash prize and the title of "Ink Master."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ink Master canonical | 3 |
| Ink Master: Angels | 1 |
| Ink Master: Grudge Match | 1 |
| Ink Master: Redemption | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1627284 — 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: Ink Master Context triple: [Spike, notableShow, Ink Master]
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A.
Magik Markers
Magik Markers is an American noise rock band known for its abrasive, improvisational sound and association with the underground indie and experimental music scenes.
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B.
Brushstroke
Brushstroke is a 1965 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein that magnifies a single painterly brushstroke into a bold, comic-strip-style image commenting on art and representation.
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C.
Sharpie
Sharpie is a popular brand of permanent markers and writing instruments known for their bold, quick-drying ink used in homes, schools, and offices.
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D.
Makers
Makers is a science fiction novel by Cory Doctorow that explores a near-future maker culture, disruptive innovation, and the social and economic upheavals caused by rapid technological change.
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E.
Sleights
Sleights is a village in North Yorkshire, England, situated on the edge of the North York Moors near the River Esk.
- 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: Ink Master Target entity description: Ink Master is a reality competition television series in which tattoo artists compete in various challenges to showcase their skills and win a cash prize and the title of "Ink Master."
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A.
Magik Markers
Magik Markers is an American noise rock band known for its abrasive, improvisational sound and association with the underground indie and experimental music scenes.
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B.
Brushstroke
Brushstroke is a 1965 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein that magnifies a single painterly brushstroke into a bold, comic-strip-style image commenting on art and representation.
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C.
Sharpie
Sharpie is a popular brand of permanent markers and writing instruments known for their bold, quick-drying ink used in homes, schools, and offices.
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D.
Makers
Makers is a science fiction novel by Cory Doctorow that explores a near-future maker culture, disruptive innovation, and the social and economic upheavals caused by rapid technological change.
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E.
Sleights
Sleights is a village in North Yorkshire, England, situated on the edge of the North York Moors near the River Esk.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
reality competition television series
ⓘ
television series ⓘ |
| availableOn | streaming platforms ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | cable television ⓘ |
| competitionFormatIncludes |
elimination challenges
ⓘ
elimination tattoos ⓘ flash challenges ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Andrea Richter
ⓘ
Charlie Corwin ⓘ Craig Piligian ⓘ |
| featuresCompetitionBetween | tattoo artists ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2012-01-17 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
artistic skill in tattooing
ⓘ
creativity in tattoo design ⓘ technical proficiency in tattooing ⓘ |
| genre |
reality competition
ⓘ
tattoo competition ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff |
Ink Master
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ink Master: Angels
Ink Master self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ink Master: Grudge Match
Ink Master self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ink Master: Redemption
|
| host | Dave Navarro ⓘ |
| judge |
Ami James
ⓘ
Bob Tyrrell ⓘ Chris Garver ⓘ Chris Núñez ⓘ DJ Tambe ⓘ Dave Navarro ⓘ Joel Madden ⓘ Nikko Hurtado ⓘ Oliver Peck ⓘ Rose Hardy ⓘ Ryan Ashley Malarkey ⓘ |
| notableElement |
critiques of tattoo technique
ⓘ
human canvases receiving tattoos ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
Paramount Network
ⓘ
Spike ⓘ |
| prizeType |
monetary award
ⓘ
professional title ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Original Media
ⓘ
Truly Original ⓘ |
| setting | tattoo studio environment ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | tattooing ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
| typicalEpisodeStructure | challenges followed by judging and elimination ⓘ |
| winnerReceives |
cash prize
ⓘ
title of Ink Master ⓘ |
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: Ink Master Description of subject: Ink Master is a reality competition television series in which tattoo artists compete in various challenges to showcase their skills and win a cash prize and the title of "Ink Master."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ink Master: Redemption
this entity surface form:
Ink Master: Angels
this entity surface form:
Ink Master: Grudge Match