Mick West
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Mick West is a British video game programmer and writer best known as a co-founder of Neversoft and for his later work in science communication and skepticism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mick West canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11546540 — 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: Mick West Context triple: [Neversoft, foundedBy, Mick West]
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A.
Jon Mueller
Jon Mueller is an American percussionist and experimental musician best known for his work with the indie rock band Volcano Choir and various avant-garde projects.
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B.
P.Z. Myers
P.Z. Myers is an American biologist, outspoken atheist, and science blogger best known for his popular blog Pharyngula and his advocacy of secularism and critical thinking.
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C.
John B. West
John B. West was an American legal publisher and entrepreneur best known for founding the company that became a dominant provider of legal case reporters and research tools in the United States.
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D.
J. Robert Spencer
J. Robert Spencer is an American stage actor and singer best known for his Tony-nominated performance in the Broadway musical "Next to Normal."
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E.
John Stephens
John Stephens is an author best known for writing the children's fantasy novel "The Emerald Atlas" and its sequels in the Books of Beginning series.
- 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: Mick West Target entity description: Mick West is a British video game programmer and writer best known as a co-founder of Neversoft and for his later work in science communication and skepticism.
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A.
Jon Mueller
Jon Mueller is an American percussionist and experimental musician best known for his work with the indie rock band Volcano Choir and various avant-garde projects.
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B.
P.Z. Myers
P.Z. Myers is an American biologist, outspoken atheist, and science blogger best known for his popular blog Pharyngula and his advocacy of secularism and critical thinking.
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C.
John B. West
John B. West was an American legal publisher and entrepreneur best known for founding the company that became a dominant provider of legal case reporters and research tools in the United States.
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D.
J. Robert Spencer
J. Robert Spencer is an American stage actor and singer best known for his Tony-nominated performance in the Broadway musical "Next to Normal."
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E.
John Stephens
John Stephens is an author best known for writing the children's fantasy novel "The Emerald Atlas" and its sequels in the Books of Beginning series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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science communicator ⓘ skeptic ⓘ video game programmer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| activity |
debunking 9/11 conspiracy theories
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debunking UFO claims ⓘ debunking chemtrails claims ⓘ debunking flat Earth claims ⓘ |
| coFounded | Neversoft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedIn | computer programming ⓘ |
| employer | Neversoft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
debunking conspiracy theories
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science communication ⓘ skepticism ⓘ video game development ⓘ |
| founded | Metabunk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.metabunk.org ⓘ |
| hasYouTubeChannel | Mick West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
online media
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publishing industry ⓘ video game industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding Neversoft
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science communication ⓘ skepticism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Mick West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Escaping the Rabbit Hole
NERFINISHED
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Metabunk articles NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series NERFINISHED ⓘ work on Neversoft titles ⓘ |
| occupation |
blogger
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science communicator ⓘ skeptic ⓘ video game programmer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| platform | YouTube ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| spokeAt |
science communication events
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skepticism conferences ⓘ |
| topicOf |
interviews on conspiracy theories
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interviews on critical thinking ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
conspiracy theories
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critical thinking ⓘ scientific skepticism ⓘ |
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: Mick West Description of subject: Mick West is a British video game programmer and writer best known as a co-founder of Neversoft and for his later work in science communication and skepticism.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.