Kevin Simler
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Kevin Simler is a writer and software engineer best known for co-authoring the book "The Elephant in the Brain," which explores the hidden motives behind human behavior.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kevin Simler canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1406279 — 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: Kevin Simler Context triple: [Robin Hanson, coAuthor, Kevin Simler]
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A.
Richard Appel
Richard Appel is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on animated series such as The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and Family Guy.
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B.
Eric D. Schneider
Eric D. Schneider was a scientist and author known for his work on thermodynamics and complex systems, particularly in collaboration with Dorion Sagan.
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C.
Richard Selley
Richard Selley is a British geologist and petroleum sedimentologist known for his influential work on sedimentary basins and hydrocarbon exploration.
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D.
Michael Filerman
Michael Filerman was an American television producer best known for developing and producing popular prime-time soap operas during the 1970s and 1980s.
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E.
Scott Young
Scott Young was a Canadian journalist and author best known for his sports writing and as the father of musician Neil Young.
- 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: Kevin Simler Target entity description: Kevin Simler is a writer and software engineer best known for co-authoring the book "The Elephant in the Brain," which explores the hidden motives behind human behavior.
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A.
Richard Appel
Richard Appel is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on animated series such as The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and Family Guy.
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B.
Eric D. Schneider
Eric D. Schneider was a scientist and author known for his work on thermodynamics and complex systems, particularly in collaboration with Dorion Sagan.
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C.
Richard Selley
Richard Selley is a British geologist and petroleum sedimentologist known for his influential work on sedimentary basins and hydrocarbon exploration.
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D.
Michael Filerman
Michael Filerman was an American television producer best known for developing and producing popular prime-time soap operas during the 1970s and 1980s.
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E.
Scott Young
Scott Young was a Canadian journalist and author best known for his sports writing and as the father of musician Neil Young.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
person ⓘ software engineer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| author |
Kevin Simler
ⓘ
Robin Hanson ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf |
The Elephant in the Brain
ⓘ
linked to:
book The Elephant in the Brain
|
| coAuthorWith | Robin Hanson ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
evolutionary psychology
ⓘ
human behavior ⓘ social science ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasBlog | Melting Asphalt ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-authoring The Elephant in the Brain
ⓘ
exploring hidden motives behind human behavior ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
hidden motives
ⓘ
human behavior ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Elephant in the Brain
ⓘ
linked to:
book The Elephant in the Brain
|
| occupation |
software engineer
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| website | https://meltingasphalt.com ⓘ |
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: Kevin Simler Description of subject: Kevin Simler is a writer and software engineer best known for co-authoring the book "The Elephant in the Brain," which explores the hidden motives behind human behavior.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.