Shane Drinion
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Shane Drinion is a mysteriously detached, eerily serene IRS examiner in David Foster Wallace’s novel "The Pale King," notable for his extreme concentration and emotional stillness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shane Drinion canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12885923 — 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: Shane Drinion Context triple: [The Pale King, hasNotableCharacter, Shane Drinion]
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A.
Shane Vendrell
Shane Vendrell is a volatile and morally compromised detective on the TV series "The Shield," known for his loyalty to Vic Mackey and his descent into increasingly tragic and violent choices.
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B.
Matt Sherring
Matt Sherring is a screenwriter best known for writing the action thriller film "Killer Elite."
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C.
Shawn Eichman
Shawn Eichman is an American political activist best known as a defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down federal prohibitions on flag desecration as unconstitutional.
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D.
Matthew Shafer
Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
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E.
Matthew Shafer
Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
- 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: Shane Drinion Target entity description: Shane Drinion is a mysteriously detached, eerily serene IRS examiner in David Foster Wallace’s novel "The Pale King," notable for his extreme concentration and emotional stillness.
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A.
Shane Vendrell
Shane Vendrell is a volatile and morally compromised detective on the TV series "The Shield," known for his loyalty to Vic Mackey and his descent into increasingly tragic and violent choices.
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B.
Matt Sherring
Matt Sherring is a screenwriter best known for writing the action thriller film "Killer Elite."
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C.
Shawn Eichman
Shawn Eichman is an American political activist best known as a defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down federal prohibitions on flag desecration as unconstitutional.
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D.
Matthew Shafer
Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
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E.
Matthew Shafer
Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IRS employee
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fictional character ⓘ tax examiner ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Pale King ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
attention
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boredom ⓘ bureaucracy ⓘ concentration ⓘ |
| authorOfWork | David Foster Wallace ⓘ |
| characterIn | The Pale King ⓘ |
| creator | David Foster Wallace ⓘ |
| employer | Internal Revenue Service ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Pale King universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Pale King ⓘ |
| genre | postmodern literature character ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryRole | supporting character ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
contrast to more emotionally volatile characters
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embodiment of extreme attentional focus ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detached demeanor
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emotional stillness ⓘ extreme concentration ⓘ |
| occupation | IRS examiner ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
calmness
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emotional detachment ⓘ serenity ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfFirstAppearance | 2011 ⓘ |
| workplace | IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois ⓘ |
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: Shane Drinion Description of subject: Shane Drinion is a mysteriously detached, eerily serene IRS examiner in David Foster Wallace’s novel "The Pale King," notable for his extreme concentration and emotional stillness.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.