Allen West
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Allen West was an American inmate best known for helping plan the infamous 1962 escape attempt from Alcatraz prison.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Allen West canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4117834 — 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: Allen West Context triple: [Frank Morris, plannedWith, Allen West]
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A.
Mark Wills
Mark Wills is an American country music singer known for his late-1990s and early-2000s hits on the Billboard country charts.
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B.
Wayne Newman
Wayne Newman is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Newman, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
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C.
Uncle Kracker
Uncle Kracker is an American singer-songwriter and musician known for his blend of rock, country, and pop, and for hits like "Follow Me" and "Drift Away."
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D.
Robbie Lewis
Robbie Lewis is a fictional British detective, originally Inspector Morse’s sergeant, who later becomes the lead investigator in the crime drama series "Lewis."
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E.
Mark Womack
Mark Womack is a British actor known for his work in television dramas such as "Liverpool 1" and "Murphy's Law."
- 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: Allen West Target entity description: Allen West was an American inmate best known for helping plan the infamous 1962 escape attempt from Alcatraz prison.
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A.
Mark Wills
Mark Wills is an American country music singer known for his late-1990s and early-2000s hits on the Billboard country charts.
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B.
Wayne Newman
Wayne Newman is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Newman, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
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C.
Uncle Kracker
Uncle Kracker is an American singer-songwriter and musician known for his blend of rock, country, and pop, and for hits like "Follow Me" and "Drift Away."
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D.
Robbie Lewis
Robbie Lewis is a fictional British detective, originally Inspector Morse’s sergeant, who later becomes the lead investigator in the crime drama series "Lewis."
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E.
Mark Womack
Mark Womack is a British actor known for his work in television dramas such as "Liverpool 1" and "Murphy's Law."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Alcatraz inmate
ⓘ
American prisoner ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alcatraz Island
ⓘ
San Francisco Bay ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1929-03-25 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Florida ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
acute peritonitis
ⓘ
bleeding ulcers ⓘ |
| coConspirator |
Clarence Anglin
ⓘ
Frank Morris ⓘ John Anglin ⓘ |
| confinedIn |
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
ⓘ
linked to:
Alcatraz Island
Florida State Prison system ⓘ
linked to:
Florida Department of Corrections
United States Penitentiary, Atlanta ⓘ
linked to:
Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| criminalCharge |
bank robbery
ⓘ
car theft ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1978-12-21 ⓘ |
| escapeAttemptDate | 1962-06-11 ⓘ |
| escapeMethodPlanned |
climbing utility corridor to reach the roof of Alcatraz
ⓘ
use of improvised raft made from raincoats ⓘ |
| escapeOutcome | failed to leave his cell during the 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt ⓘ |
| escapePlanRole |
primary planner of the 1962 Alcatraz escape
ⓘ
responsible for enlarging ventilation ducts in his cell ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | West ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Allen ⓘ |
| incarcerationReason | armed robbery ⓘ |
| inPopularCulture | portrayed in the film "Escape from Alcatraz" ⓘ |
| knownFor | planning the 1962 escape attempt from Alcatraz ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Allen Clayton West ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
participation in constructing a raft and life vests for the 1962 escape
ⓘ
transfer to Alcatraz in the 1950s ⓘ |
| occupation | inmate ⓘ |
| participantIn | 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Gainesville, Florida
ⓘ
linked to:
Gainesville, Florida, United States
|
| portrayedBy | Larry Hankin ⓘ |
| prisonerNumber | AZ-1335 ⓘ |
| providedInformationTo |
FBI
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Bureau of Investigation
|
| reasonForFailureToEscape | could not remove the ventilator grill in time ⓘ |
| statementAfterEscape | described details of the escape plan to authorities ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
FBI investigative reports on the 1962 Alcatraz escape
ⓘ
books about the Alcatraz escape ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Allen West Description of subject: Allen West was an American inmate best known for helping plan the infamous 1962 escape attempt from Alcatraz prison.
Referenced by (3)
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