Ellsworth Raymond Johnson
E466338
Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson was a notorious mid-20th-century Harlem crime boss and influential figure in New York City's underworld.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ellsworth Raymond Johnson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3510171 — 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: Ellsworth Raymond Johnson Context triple: [Bumpy Johnson, fullName, Ellsworth Raymond Johnson]
-
A.
Frank W. Ferguson
Frank W. Ferguson was an American architect best known as a professional partner of prominent Gothic Revival architect Ralph Adams Cram.
-
B.
Louis W. Hill
Louis W. Hill was an American railroad executive and businessman who helped expand and promote the Great Northern Railway and tourism in the northwestern United States.
-
C.
William F. Readdy
William F. Readdy is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy test pilot who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later held senior leadership roles within NASA.
-
D.
Charles S. Hamlin
Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
-
E.
Albert D. Wheelon
Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
- 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: Ellsworth Raymond Johnson Target entity description: Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson was a notorious mid-20th-century Harlem crime boss and influential figure in New York City's underworld.
-
A.
Frank W. Ferguson
Frank W. Ferguson was an American architect best known as a professional partner of prominent Gothic Revival architect Ralph Adams Cram.
-
B.
Louis W. Hill
Louis W. Hill was an American railroad executive and businessman who helped expand and promote the Great Northern Railway and tourism in the northwestern United States.
-
C.
William F. Readdy
William F. Readdy is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy test pilot who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later held senior leadership roles within NASA.
-
D.
Charles S. Hamlin
Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
-
E.
Albert D. Wheelon
Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African-American gangster
ⓘ
Harlem underworld figure ⓘ crime boss ⓘ human ⓘ mobster ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Harlem
ⓘ
New York City underworld ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Frank Costello
ⓘ
Lucky Luciano ⓘ Meyer Lansky ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1905-10-31 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
conspiracy to sell heroin
ⓘ
narcotics-related offenses ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalDepiction |
character Bumpy Johnson in the TV series "Godfather of Harlem"
ⓘ
character Bumpy Johnson in the film "American Gangster" ⓘ character Bumpy Johnson in the film "Hoodlum" ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1968-07-07 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Johnson ⓘ |
| genre | organized crime ⓘ |
| givenName | Ellsworth ⓘ |
| incarceratedAt |
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
ⓘ
linked to:
Alcatraz Island
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary ⓘ |
| influenced | later Harlem drug traffickers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
connections between African-American and Italian-American organized crime in New York City
ⓘ
maintaining a degree of order in Harlem through his criminal influence ⓘ |
| middleName | Raymond ⓘ |
| nickname | Bumpy ⓘ |
| notableEvent | imprisonment at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Italian-American Mafia figures
ⓘ
involvement in the Harlem numbers racket ⓘ leading organized crime activities in Harlem in the mid-20th century ⓘ |
| occupation |
bootlegger
ⓘ
crime boss ⓘ gangster ⓘ numbers racket operator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Charleston, South Carolina, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan
|
| portrayedBy |
Clarence Williams III
ⓘ
Laurence Fishburne ⓘ Nigel Thatch ⓘ
linked to:
Nigél Thatch
|
| residence |
Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Mayme Hatcher Johnson ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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: Ellsworth Raymond Johnson Description of subject: Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson was a notorious mid-20th-century Harlem crime boss and influential figure in New York City's underworld.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.