Little Bastard
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Little Bastard is the infamous Porsche 550 Spyder sports car once owned by actor James Dean, known for its association with his fatal 1955 crash and subsequent legends of a “cursed” vehicle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Little Bastard canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10052671 — 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: Little Bastard Context triple: [Porsche 550 Spyder, nickname, Little Bastard]
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A.
Corbie
Corbie is a historic commune in northern France known for its medieval abbey and role in regional religious and cultural history.
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B.
Bâtard
Bâtard is a prestigious Grand Cru vineyard in Burgundy’s Côte de Beaune, renowned for producing some of the world’s finest Chardonnay wines.
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C.
Nobbut a Lad
Nobbut a Lad is an autobiographical book by British gardener and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh, recounting his Yorkshire childhood and early life.
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D.
Wonderboy
Wonderboy is the nickname of American mixed martial artist and former kickboxing champion Stephen Thompson, known for his dynamic striking style in the UFC.
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E.
Wonderboy
"Wonderboy" is a comedic rock song by the band Tenacious D that parodies epic fantasy hero tropes through exaggerated storytelling and powerful acoustic riffs.
- 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: Little Bastard Target entity description: Little Bastard is the infamous Porsche 550 Spyder sports car once owned by actor James Dean, known for its association with his fatal 1955 crash and subsequent legends of a “cursed” vehicle.
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A.
Corbie
Corbie is a historic commune in northern France known for its medieval abbey and role in regional religious and cultural history.
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B.
Bâtard
Bâtard is a prestigious Grand Cru vineyard in Burgundy’s Côte de Beaune, renowned for producing some of the world’s finest Chardonnay wines.
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C.
Nobbut a Lad
Nobbut a Lad is an autobiographical book by British gardener and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh, recounting his Yorkshire childhood and early life.
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D.
Wonderboy
"Wonderboy" is a comedic rock song by the band Tenacious D that parodies epic fantasy hero tropes through exaggerated storytelling and powerful acoustic riffs.
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E.
Wonderboy
Wonderboy is the nickname of American mixed martial artist and former kickboxing champion Stephen Thompson, known for his dynamic striking style in the UFC.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Porsche 550 Spyder
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sports car ⓘ |
| hasAccidentDate | 1955-09-30 ⓘ |
| hasAccidentLocation | near Cholame, California ⓘ |
| hasAftermath |
car was heavily damaged in the 1955 crash
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subsequent accidents were rumored to involve its parts ⓘ wreck was reportedly sold for parts ⓘ |
| hasAssociationWith |
American pop culture
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James Dean’s public image as a rebel ⓘ motorsport history ⓘ |
| hasBodyStyle | two-seat roadster ⓘ |
| hasChassisType | lightweight racing chassis ⓘ |
| hasCollisionDriverOfOtherCar | Donald Turnupseed ⓘ |
| hasCollisionPartner | 1950 Ford Tudor ⓘ |
| hasColor | silver ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
subject of urban legends about a curse
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symbol of Hollywood tragedy ⓘ |
| hasCustomization |
number 130 painted on the car
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“Little Bastard” script painted on the rear ⓘ |
| hasDriverAtFatalCrash | James Dean ⓘ |
| hasDriveType | rear-wheel drive ⓘ |
| hasEnginePlacement | mid-engine ⓘ |
| hasEngineType | four-cylinder boxer engine ⓘ |
| hasFuelType | gasoline ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
frequent subject of books and documentaries about James Dean
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often cited as an example of alleged cursed objects ⓘ |
| hasMake | Porsche ⓘ |
| hasManufacturer | Porsche ⓘ |
| hasModel | 550 Spyder ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Little Bastard ⓘ |
| hasOwner | James Dean ⓘ |
| hasPassengerAtFatalCrash | Rolf Wütherich ⓘ |
| hasProductionEra | 1950s ⓘ |
| hasRegistrationType | road-legal racing car ⓘ |
| hasSeatingCapacity | 2 ⓘ |
| hasStatus | original car’s ultimate whereabouts are unknown ⓘ |
| hasTopSpeedApproximate | over 120 mph ⓘ |
| hasTransmissionType | manual transmission ⓘ |
| isFamousFor |
association with the death of James Dean
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involvement in a fatal crash on 30 September 1955 ⓘ reputation as a cursed car ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
racing
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sports driving ⓘ |
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: Little Bastard Description of subject: Little Bastard is the infamous Porsche 550 Spyder sports car once owned by actor James Dean, known for its association with his fatal 1955 crash and subsequent legends of a “cursed” vehicle.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.