Stayner family
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The Stayner family is an American family best known for the tragic real-life story of kidnapped child Steven Stayner and its later dramatization in film and television.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stayner family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13102817 — 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: Stayner family Context triple: [I Know My First Name Is Steven, portrays, Stayner family]
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A.
Howland family
The Howland family is a prominent American lineage known for its early colonial roots and influential roles in commerce, philanthropy, and social reform.
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B.
Toukan family
The Toukan family is a prominent Jordanian family known for its influential roles in politics, diplomacy, and public service.
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C.
Sanderson family
The Sanderson family is a namesake family recognized for its significant contributions or patronage that led to the establishment of the Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts.
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D.
Tillerman family
The Tillerman family is the central group of siblings and their mother whose struggles and resilience are chronicled in Cynthia Voigt’s acclaimed series of young adult novels.
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E.
Walker family
The Walker family is the central fictional family in the television drama series "Brothers & Sisters," around whom the show's personal and political storylines 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: Stayner family Target entity description: The Stayner family is an American family best known for the tragic real-life story of kidnapped child Steven Stayner and its later dramatization in film and television.
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A.
Howland family
The Howland family is a prominent American lineage known for its early colonial roots and influential roles in commerce, philanthropy, and social reform.
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B.
Toukan family
The Toukan family is a prominent Jordanian family known for its influential roles in politics, diplomacy, and public service.
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C.
Sanderson family
The Sanderson family is a namesake family recognized for its significant contributions or patronage that led to the establishment of the Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts.
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D.
Tillerman family
The Tillerman family is the central group of siblings and their mother whose struggles and resilience are chronicled in Cynthia Voigt’s acclaimed series of young adult novels.
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E.
Walker family
The Walker family is the central fictional family in the television drama series "Brothers & Sisters," around whom the show's personal and political storylines revolve.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American family
ⓘ
person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ |
| child |
Ashley Stayner
NERFINISHED
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Cary Stayner NERFINISHED ⓘ Cary Stayner NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Stayner NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Stayner NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Stayner Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
kidnapping
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murder ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfBirth |
1961-08-13
ⓘ
1965-04-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1989-09-16 ⓘ |
| escapedWith | Timothy White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family |
Stayner family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stayner family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ashley Stayner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cary Stayner NERFINISHED ⓘ Delbert Stayner NERFINISHED ⓘ Kay Stayner NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Stayner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kidnappedBy | Kenneth Parnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kidnappedFrom | Merced, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kidnappingDate | 1972-12-04 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high-profile true crime case
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public attention in late 20th century ⓘ |
| mediaAdaptationOfFamilyStory |
Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
I Know My First Name Is Steven NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Stayner: In Their Own Words NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Yosemite serial murders
NERFINISHED
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escape from kidnapper ⓘ kidnapping of Steven Stayner ⓘ kidnapping victim ⓘ media portrayals of Steven Stayner kidnapping ⓘ |
| parent |
Delbert Stayner
NERFINISHED
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Delbert Stayner NERFINISHED ⓘ Kay Stayner NERFINISHED ⓘ Kay Stayner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| penalty | death sentence ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Merced, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Merced, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Merced, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Merced, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Cary Stayner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steven Stayner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Jody Edmondson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| subjectOf |
Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
I Know My First Name Is Steven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Stayner family Description of subject: The Stayner family is an American family best known for the tragic real-life story of kidnapped child Steven Stayner and its later dramatization in film and television.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.