David Draiman
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David Draiman is an American singer and songwriter best known as the distinctive lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Disturbed.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Draiman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13027896 — 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: David Draiman Context triple: [Disturbed, hasMember, David Draiman]
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A.
Glenn Danzig
Glenn Danzig is an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the founder and original frontman of the influential horror punk band Misfits, later leading the bands Samhain and Danzig.
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B.
Zack de la Rocha
Zack de la Rocha is an American musician, poet, and political activist best known as the fiery lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Rage Against the Machine.
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C.
Jonathan Davis
Jonathan Davis is the lead vocalist of the nu metal band Korn, known for his distinctive vocal style and contributions to the soundtrack of the film "Queen of the Damned."
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D.
Sebastian Bach
Sebastian Bach is a Canadian heavy metal singer best known as the former frontman of the band Skid Row.
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E.
Jonathan William Davis
Jonathan William Davis, better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an influential American rapper, producer, and member of the pioneering hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest.
- 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: David Draiman Target entity description: David Draiman is an American singer and songwriter best known as the distinctive lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Disturbed.
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A.
Glenn Danzig
Glenn Danzig is an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the founder and original frontman of the influential horror punk band Misfits, later leading the bands Samhain and Danzig.
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B.
Zack de la Rocha
Zack de la Rocha is an American musician, poet, and political activist best known as the fiery lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Rage Against the Machine.
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C.
Jonathan Davis
Jonathan Davis is the lead vocalist of the nu metal band Korn, known for his distinctive vocal style and contributions to the soundtrack of the film "Queen of the Damned."
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D.
Sebastian Bach
Sebastian Bach is a Canadian heavy metal singer best known as the former frontman of the band Skid Row.
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E.
Jonathan William Davis
Jonathan William Davis, better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an influential American rapper, producer, and member of the pioneering hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heavy metal musician
ⓘ
human ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1994 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1973-03-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 2011-09-25 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Loyola University Chicago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yeshiva University High School (Chicago) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Draiman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
business administration
ⓘ
political science ⓘ |
| founded | Device NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | David Michael Draiman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative metal
ⓘ
heavy metal ⓘ nu metal ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | one son ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Black Sabbath
NERFINISHED
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Iron Maiden NERFINISHED ⓘ Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ Pantera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Device
NERFINISHED
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Disturbed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
distinctive staccato vocal style
ⓘ
double labret piercings (formerly) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Down with the Sickness
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indestructible NERFINISHED ⓘ Inside the Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ Prayer ⓘ Stupify NERFINISHED ⓘ Ten Thousand Fists NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sound of Silence (Disturbed cover) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
ⓘ
record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
lead vocalist of Device
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lead vocalist of Disturbed ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Hawaii, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Lena Yada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeInBand_Disturbed | 1996 ⓘ |
| vocalType | baritone ⓘ |
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: David Draiman Description of subject: David Draiman is an American singer and songwriter best known as the distinctive lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Disturbed.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.