Cosmo Vitelli
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Cosmo Vitelli is the troubled nightclub owner and compulsive gambler at the center of John Cassavetes’ crime drama "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cosmo Vitelli canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11202573 — 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: Cosmo Vitelli Context triple: [The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, mainCharacter, Cosmo Vitelli]
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A.
Furio Scarpelli
Furio Scarpelli was an influential Italian screenwriter renowned for co-writing numerous classics of Italian cinema, particularly in the commedia all’italiana genre.
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B.
Alessandro Vincenti
Alessandro Vincenti was a 17th-century Venetian music printer and publisher known for issuing important collections of Italian vocal music, including works by composers such as Claudio Monteverdi.
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C.
Enrico Colantoni
Enrico Colantoni is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in television series such as Veronica Mars and Just Shoot Me!, as well as films like Galaxy Quest.
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D.
Cosmo Jost
Cosmo Jost is the son of American actress Scarlett Johansson and comedian Colin Jost.
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E.
Livio Santini
Livio Santini is an architect best known as a co-founder of the influential architecture firm Morphosis.
- 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: Cosmo Vitelli Target entity description: Cosmo Vitelli is the troubled nightclub owner and compulsive gambler at the center of John Cassavetes’ crime drama "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie."
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A.
Furio Scarpelli
Furio Scarpelli was an influential Italian screenwriter renowned for co-writing numerous classics of Italian cinema, particularly in the commedia all’italiana genre.
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B.
Alessandro Vincenti
Alessandro Vincenti was a 17th-century Venetian music printer and publisher known for issuing important collections of Italian vocal music, including works by composers such as Claudio Monteverdi.
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C.
Enrico Colantoni
Enrico Colantoni is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in television series such as Veronica Mars and Just Shoot Me!, as well as films like Galaxy Quest.
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D.
Cosmo Jost
Cosmo Jost is the son of American actress Scarlett Johansson and comedian Colin Jost.
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E.
Livio Santini
Livio Santini is an architect best known as a co-founder of the influential architecture firm Morphosis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Killing of a Chinese Bookie ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | neo-noir ⓘ |
| associatedWith | organized crime ⓘ |
| characterTrait | compulsive gambler ⓘ |
| createdBy | John Cassavetes ⓘ |
| debtsTo | gangsters ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear |
1976 (original cut of The Killing of a Chinese Bookie)
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1978 (re-edited cut of The Killing of a Chinese Bookie) ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | crime drama film ⓘ |
| hasAddiction | gambling ⓘ |
| hasPersonality |
proud
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stubborn ⓘ troubled ⓘ |
| involvedIn | murder plot against a Chinese bookie ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| occupation | nightclub owner ⓘ |
| owns | nightclub "Crazy Horse West" ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ben Gazzara ⓘ |
| primaryLocationInStory | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| riskFactor | high-stakes gambling ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | nightclub ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
identity
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masculinity ⓘ performance and illusion ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cosmo Vitelli Description of subject: Cosmo Vitelli is the troubled nightclub owner and compulsive gambler at the center of John Cassavetes’ crime drama "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.