Joe Colombo
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Joe Colombo was an American mobster who led the Colombo crime family in New York and became notorious for founding the Italian-American Civil Rights League before being shot at a public rally in 1971.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joe Colombo canonical | 5 |
| Joseph Colombo | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5435055 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Joe Colombo Context triple: [St. John Cemetery, Queens, New York City, United States, burialPlaceOf, Joe Colombo]
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Mario Girotti
Mario Girotti is the birth name of Italian actor Terence Hill, famed for his spaghetti westerns and action-comedy films, often alongside Bud Spencer.
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B.
Carlo Rossi
Carlo Rossi was a prominent 19th-century Italian-born Russian architect best known for shaping the neoclassical cityscape of Saint Petersburg.
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Roberto Di Lenarda
Roberto Di Lenarda is an Italian academic and administrator who serves as the rector of the University of Trieste.
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Tonino Valerii
Tonino Valerii was an Italian film director and screenwriter best known for his work in the Spaghetti Western genre, including films like "My Name Is Nobody."
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Leo Benvenuti
Leo Benvenuti is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular family comedies such as "The Santa Clause" and "Kicking & Screaming."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Joe Colombo Target entity description: Joe Colombo was an American mobster who led the Colombo crime family in New York and became notorious for founding the Italian-American Civil Rights League before being shot at a public rally in 1971.
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A.
Mario Girotti
Mario Girotti is the birth name of Italian actor Terence Hill, famed for his spaghetti westerns and action-comedy films, often alongside Bud Spencer.
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B.
Carlo Rossi
Carlo Rossi was a prominent 19th-century Italian-born Russian architect best known for shaping the neoclassical cityscape of Saint Petersburg.
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C.
Roberto Di Lenarda
Roberto Di Lenarda is an Italian academic and administrator who serves as the rector of the University of Trieste.
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D.
Tonino Valerii
Tonino Valerii was an Italian film director and screenwriter best known for his work in the Spaghetti Western genre, including films like "My Name Is Nobody."
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E.
Leo Benvenuti
Leo Benvenuti is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular family comedies such as "The Santa Clause" and "Kicking & Screaming."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American mobster
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Italian-American ⓘ crime boss ⓘ organized crime figure ⓘ |
| activityRegion |
Brooklyn
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New York City ⓘ |
| advocacyFocus | Italian-American civil rights ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Joseph Anthony Colombo Sr. ⓘ |
| assailant | Jerome A. Johnson ⓘ |
| assassinationAttemptDate | 1971-06-28 ⓘ |
| assassinationAttemptLocation |
Columbus Circle, Manhattan, New York City
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linked to:
Columbus Circle
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| associatedWith | American Cosa Nostra ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1923-06-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
cardiac arrest
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complications from gunshot wounds ⓘ |
| causeOfInjury | gunshot wounds ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ |
| crimeFamily | Colombo crime family ⓘ |
| criminalActivity |
extortion
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gambling operations ⓘ loan sharking ⓘ racketeering ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1978-05-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Newburgh, New York, United States
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linked to:
Newburgh, New York
|
| era | mid-20th century American organized crime ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Italian-American ⓘ |
| fellInto | coma after shooting ⓘ |
| founderOf | Italian-American Civil Rights League ⓘ |
| fullName |
Joseph Colombo
ⓘ
linked to:
Joseph Anthony Colombo Sr.
|
| leaderOf | Colombo crime family ⓘ |
| mediaPortrayal | subject of books on American Mafia history ⓘ |
| memberOf | Colombo crime family ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding the Italian-American Civil Rights League
ⓘ
leading the Colombo crime family ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| occupation |
crime family boss
ⓘ
mobster ⓘ |
| opposed | use of the term "Mafia" in media and law enforcement ⓘ |
| organized | large Italian-American rallies in New York ⓘ |
| parentOrigin | Italian immigrants ⓘ |
| predecessorAsBoss | Joseph Profaci ⓘ |
| publicImage | anti-defamation activist for Italian-Americans ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| spouse | Lucille Faiello Colombo ⓘ |
| successorAsBoss | Carmine Persico ⓘ |
| wasShotAt | public rally ⓘ |
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Subject: Joe Colombo Description of subject: Joe Colombo was an American mobster who led the Colombo crime family in New York and became notorious for founding the Italian-American Civil Rights League before being shot at a public rally in 1971.
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