Starr
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Starr is a surname most notably associated with individuals such as American musician Mike Starr, the original bassist for the rock band Alice in Chains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Starr canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6605847 — 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: Starr Context triple: [Mike Starr, familyName, Starr]
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A.
Ron Starr
Ron Starr is an American actor best known for his role in the classic Western film "Ride the High Country."
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B.
Steinman
Steinman is a surname most notably associated with David B. Steinman, an influential American civil engineer and bridge designer.
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C.
Stevie
Stevie is a biographical film about British poet and playwright Stevie Smith, adapted from Hugh Whitemore’s play and starring Glenda Jackson in the title role.
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D.
Stevie
Stevie is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name Stephen.
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E.
Mike Starr
Mike Starr is an American character actor known for his imposing presence and frequent roles as tough guys or mobsters in films and television.
- 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: Starr Target entity description: Starr is a surname most notably associated with individuals such as American musician Mike Starr, the original bassist for the rock band Alice in Chains.
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A.
Ron Starr
Ron Starr is an American actor best known for his role in the classic Western film "Ride the High Country."
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B.
Steinman
Steinman is a surname most notably associated with David B. Steinman, an influential American civil engineer and bridge designer.
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C.
Stevie
Stevie is a biographical film about British poet and playwright Stevie Smith, adapted from Hugh Whitemore’s play and starring Glenda Jackson in the title role.
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D.
Stevie
Stevie is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name Stephen.
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E.
Mike Starr
Mike Starr is an American character actor known for his imposing presence and frequent roles as tough guys or mobsters in films and television.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football team
ⓘ
human ⓘ rock band ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre | grunge ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Bart Starr
ⓘ
Jason Starr ⓘ Joshua Starr ⓘ Kenneth Starr ⓘ
linked to:
Independent Counsel Ken Starr
Mike Starr ⓘ Morgan Starr ⓘ Ringo Starr ⓘ S. Frederick Starr ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| league | National Football League ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Alice in Chains
ⓘ
The Beatles ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | Green Bay Packers ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
ⓘ
American ⓘ American ⓘ American ⓘ American ⓘ British ⓘ |
| occupation |
American football coach
ⓘ
American football player ⓘ academic ⓘ academic administrator ⓘ bassist ⓘ crime fiction writer ⓘ drummer ⓘ educator ⓘ historian ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ musician ⓘ musician ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
| positionInBand | original bassist of Alice in Chains ⓘ |
| use |
personal name
ⓘ
stage name ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Starr Description of subject: Starr is a surname most notably associated with individuals such as American musician Mike Starr, the original bassist for the rock band Alice in Chains.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Independent Counsel Ken Starr
subject linked to:
Desariee
subject linked to:
Emily Byrd Starr in Emily of New Moon