Tim McIlrath
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Tim McIlrath is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter of the punk rock band Rise Against.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tim McIlrath canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3972269 — 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: Tim McIlrath Context triple: [Rise Against, hasMember, Tim McIlrath]
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A.
Eric McLeod
Eric McLeod is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood action and genre movies, including the monster crossover blockbuster "Godzilla vs. Kong."
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B.
Kevin Hageman
Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
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C.
Steve Traxler
Steve Traxler is a theater and film producer best known for his work on the acclaimed stage and screen versions of "August: Osage County."
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D.
Tim McClelland
Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
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E.
Sean Kilpatrick
Sean Kilpatrick is an American professional basketball player known for his scoring ability as a guard in the NBA and overseas leagues.
- 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: Tim McIlrath Target entity description: Tim McIlrath is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter of the punk rock band Rise Against.
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A.
Eric McLeod
Eric McLeod is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood action and genre movies, including the monster crossover blockbuster "Godzilla vs. Kong."
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B.
Kevin Hageman
Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
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C.
Steve Traxler
Steve Traxler is a theater and film producer best known for his work on the acclaimed stage and screen versions of "August: Osage County."
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D.
Tim McClelland
Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
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E.
Sean Kilpatrick
Sean Kilpatrick is an American professional basketball player known for his scoring ability as a guard in the NBA and overseas leagues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guitarist
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1990s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Arma Angelus
NERFINISHED
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Baxter NERFINISHED ⓘ Rise Against NERFINISHED ⓘ The Killing Tree NERFINISHED ⓘ Transistor Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1978-11-03 ⓘ |
| familyName | McIlrath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Timothy James McIlrath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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hardcore punk ⓘ melodic hardcore ⓘ punk rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Timothy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
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vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
lead vocalist of Rise Against
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primary songwriter of Rise Against ⓘ rhythm guitarist of Rise Against ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lifestyle | vegetarian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Rise Against NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | straight edge ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Rise Against – Appeal to Reason
NERFINISHED
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Rise Against – Endgame NERFINISHED ⓘ Rise Against – Siren Song of the Counter Culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Rise Against – The Sufferer & the Witness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
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musician ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| politicalAndSocialViews |
animal rights advocacy
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support for social justice causes ⓘ |
| positionInBand |
lead vocalist
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primary songwriter ⓘ rhythm guitarist ⓘ |
| residence | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
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: Tim McIlrath Description of subject: Tim McIlrath is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter of the punk rock band Rise Against.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.