Owney Madden
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Owney Madden was a notorious early 20th-century New York City gangster and bootlegger who controlled the famed Cotton Club during Prohibition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Owney Madden canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6271142 — 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: Owney Madden Context triple: [The Cotton Club, featuresCharacter, Owney Madden]
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A.
Jimmy Dugan
Jimmy Dugan is the hard-drinking, washed-up former baseball star who reluctantly manages the Rockford Peaches in the film "A League of Their Own."
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B.
Joseph "Sport" Sullivan
Joseph "Sport" Sullivan was a Boston-based professional gambler best known for helping to orchestrate the fixing of the 1919 World Series in the Black Sox Scandal.
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C.
Maurice Hinchey
Maurice Hinchey was an American Democratic congressman from New York known for his strong advocacy on environmental protection and progressive causes.
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D.
Billy L. Sullivan
Billy L. Sullivan is an American actor best known for his role on the sitcom "The Golden Palace."
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E.
Hughie Jennings
Hughie Jennings was an American Hall of Fame shortstop and fiery longtime manager, best known for leading the powerhouse Detroit Tigers teams of the early 20th century.
- 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: Owney Madden Target entity description: Owney Madden was a notorious early 20th-century New York City gangster and bootlegger who controlled the famed Cotton Club during Prohibition.
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A.
Jimmy Dugan
Jimmy Dugan is the hard-drinking, washed-up former baseball star who reluctantly manages the Rockford Peaches in the film "A League of Their Own."
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B.
Joseph "Sport" Sullivan
Joseph "Sport" Sullivan was a Boston-based professional gambler best known for helping to orchestrate the fixing of the 1919 World Series in the Black Sox Scandal.
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C.
Maurice Hinchey
Maurice Hinchey was an American Democratic congressman from New York known for his strong advocacy on environmental protection and progressive causes.
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D.
Billy L. Sullivan
Billy L. Sullivan is an American actor best known for his role on the sitcom "The Golden Palace."
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E.
Hughie Jennings
Hughie Jennings was an American Hall of Fame shortstop and fiery longtime manager, best known for leading the powerhouse Detroit Tigers teams of the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gangster
ⓘ
organized crime figure ⓘ |
| activity |
bootlegging
ⓘ
homicide ⓘ labor racketeering ⓘ racketeering ⓘ |
| activityInLaterLife | hotel ownership in Hot Springs ⓘ |
| alias |
Owney Madden
ⓘ
The Killer ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization |
Gophers gang
ⓘ
New York City underworld ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Dutch Schultz
ⓘ
Frank Costello ⓘ Lucky Luciano ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1891-12-18 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Leeds, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Leeds
|
| businessInterest |
Cotton Club
ⓘ
linked to:
Cotton Club, New York City
nightclubs ⓘ speakeasies ⓘ |
| controlled |
Cotton Club
ⓘ
linked to:
Cotton Club, New York City
|
| controlledTerritory |
Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
ⓘ
linked to:
Hell's Kitchen
|
| convictedOf | murder ⓘ |
| criminalCharge | murder ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1965-04-24 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Irish ⓘ |
| fullName |
Owen Vincent Madden
ⓘ
linked to:
Owen Madden
|
| grewUpIn |
Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City
ⓘ
linked to:
Hell's Kitchen
|
| immigratedTo |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| immigrationDestination | New York City ⓘ |
| involvedIn | bootleg beer distribution in New York City ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bootleg beer rackets in New York City
ⓘ
violent enforcement tactics ⓘ |
| laterResidence |
Hot Springs, Arkansas
ⓘ
linked to:
Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States
|
| nationality |
American
ⓘ
British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
control of the Cotton Club
ⓘ
role in New York City organized crime during Prohibition ⓘ |
| operatedDuringPeriod |
Prohibition era
ⓘ
linked to:
Prohibition era in the United States
|
| parentalOrigin | Irish parents ⓘ |
| releasedFromPrisonYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| servedPrisonTimeAt |
Sing Sing prison
ⓘ
linked to:
Sing Sing Correctional Facility
|
| usedFrontBusiness |
nightclubs
ⓘ
taxi companies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Owney Madden Description of subject: Owney Madden was a notorious early 20th-century New York City gangster and bootlegger who controlled the famed Cotton Club during Prohibition.
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