Michael Fortier
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Michael Fortier is an American former associate of Timothy McVeigh who became known for his involvement in and testimony about the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael Fortier canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1578887 — 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: Michael Fortier Context triple: [Timothy McVeigh, coConspirator, Michael Fortier]
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A.
Mark Gastineau
Mark Gastineau is a former American football defensive end best known as a star pass rusher for the New York Jets in the 1980s and a key member of the famed "New York Sack Exchange" defensive line.
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B.
Eric Thibault
Eric Thibault is a professional basketball coach best known for leading the WNBA’s Washington Mystics.
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C.
Michael Athans
Michael Athans was a prominent control theorist and MIT professor known for his pioneering contributions to modern control theory and systems engineering.
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D.
Andrew D. Martin
Andrew D. Martin is an American political scientist and academic administrator who serves as the chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
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E.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
- 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: Michael Fortier Target entity description: Michael Fortier is an American former associate of Timothy McVeigh who became known for his involvement in and testimony about the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
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A.
Mark Gastineau
Mark Gastineau is a former American football defensive end best known as a star pass rusher for the New York Jets in the 1980s and a key member of the famed "New York Sack Exchange" defensive line.
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B.
Eric Thibault
Eric Thibault is a professional basketball coach best known for leading the WNBA’s Washington Mystics.
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C.
Michael Athans
Michael Athans was a prominent control theorist and MIT professor known for his pioneering contributions to modern control theory and systems engineering.
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D.
Andrew D. Martin
Andrew D. Martin is an American political scientist and academic administrator who serves as the chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
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E.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
Oklahoma City bombing witness ⓘ person ⓘ |
| afterPrison | lived under a new identity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Terry Nichols
ⓘ
Timothy McVeigh ⓘ |
| cooperatedWith | U.S. federal prosecutors ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| involvedIn | planning discussions related to the Oklahoma City bombing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with Timothy McVeigh
ⓘ
involvement in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing case ⓘ testimony about the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
convicted in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing
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served prison sentence related to the Oklahoma City bombing ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| name | Michael Fortier ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| notableEvent |
1995 Oklahoma City bombing
ⓘ
linked to:
Oklahoma City bombing
|
| notableFor | providing detailed account of McVeigh’s activities before the bombing ⓘ |
| occupation | former Army associate of Timothy McVeigh ⓘ |
| participantIn | legal proceedings related to the Oklahoma City bombing ⓘ |
| plea | guilty to charges related to the Oklahoma City bombing ⓘ |
| received | reduced sentence in exchange for cooperation ⓘ |
| residence |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| role | key prosecution witness in the Oklahoma City bombing trials ⓘ |
| spouse | Lori Fortier ⓘ |
| subjectOf | media coverage about the Oklahoma City bombing ⓘ |
| testifiedAgainst |
Terry Nichols
ⓘ
Timothy McVeigh ⓘ |
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: Michael Fortier Description of subject: Michael Fortier is an American former associate of Timothy McVeigh who became known for his involvement in and testimony about the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.