Glen Bateman
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Glen Bateman is a retired sociology professor and key survivor character in Stephen King's post-apocalyptic novel "The Stand," known for his analytical perspective on the collapse and rebuilding of society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Glen Bateman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9087850 — 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: Glen Bateman Context triple: [Larry Underwood, allyOf, Glen Bateman]
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A.
Peter D. Graves
Peter D. Graves is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and science fiction movies, including Terminator Salvation.
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B.
Chris Hargensen
Chris Hargensen is a central antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "Carrie," known as a cruel high school bully whose actions help trigger the story’s catastrophic climax.
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C.
Larry Lamb
Larry Lamb is an English actor and radio presenter best known for his roles in television series such as Gavin & Stacey and EastEnders.
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D.
Ray Peterson
Ray Peterson is the paranoid yet well-meaning suburban homeowner played by Tom Hanks in the dark comedy film "The 'Burbs."
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E.
Doug McClure
Doug McClure was an American actor best known for his roles in Western films and television series, particularly as Trampas on the long-running TV show "The Virginian."
- 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: Glen Bateman Target entity description: Glen Bateman is a retired sociology professor and key survivor character in Stephen King's post-apocalyptic novel "The Stand," known for his analytical perspective on the collapse and rebuilding of society.
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A.
Peter D. Graves
Peter D. Graves is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and science fiction movies, including Terminator Salvation.
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B.
Chris Hargensen
Chris Hargensen is a central antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "Carrie," known as a cruel high school bully whose actions help trigger the story’s catastrophic climax.
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C.
Larry Lamb
Larry Lamb is an English actor and radio presenter best known for his roles in television series such as Gavin & Stacey and EastEnders.
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D.
Ray Peterson
Ray Peterson is the paranoid yet well-meaning suburban homeowner played by Tom Hanks in the dark comedy film "The 'Burbs."
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E.
Doug McClure
Doug McClure was an American actor best known for his roles in Western films and television series, particularly as Trampas on the long-running TV show "The Virginian."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ novel character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
The Stand (1994 miniseries)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Stand (2020 miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alliesWith |
Frannie Goldsmith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mother Abagail NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Andros NERFINISHED ⓘ Stu Redman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Stand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Boulder Free Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorCountryOfOrigin | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
analytical
ⓘ
intellectual ⓘ skeptical ⓘ wryly humorous ⓘ |
| creator | Stephen King ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Stand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfExpertise | sociology ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Stand (1978 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | post-apocalyptic fiction character ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
provides sociological commentary on the plague
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questions the role of religion and prophecy in rebuilding society ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analytical perspective on social collapse
ⓘ
theorizing about rebuilding society ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
ⓘ
sociology professor ⓘ |
| opposes | Randall Flagg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
key survivor
ⓘ
supporting protagonist ⓘ |
| setting | post-superflu United States ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
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: Glen Bateman Description of subject: Glen Bateman is a retired sociology professor and key survivor character in Stephen King's post-apocalyptic novel "The Stand," known for his analytical perspective on the collapse and rebuilding of society.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.