Tong gangs
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Tong gangs were Chinese-American secret societies that often engaged in organized crime and violent turf wars, particularly in Chinatowns such as the one around Doyers Street in New York City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tong gangs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14190230 — 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: Tong gangs Context triple: [Doyers Street, associatedWith, Tong gangs]
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A.
Mongoose Gang
The Mongoose Gang was a notorious paramilitary group in Grenada known for violently suppressing political opposition during Eric Gairy’s rule.
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B.
Shanghai Triad
Shanghai Triad is a 1995 Chinese crime drama film directed by Zhang Yimou that follows a young boy’s immersion into the dangerous world of a 1930s Shanghai crime syndicate.
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C.
Chinese-Cockney gang
The Chinese-Cockney gang is a fictional London-based organized crime group of mixed Chinese and Cockney heritage featured in the film "The Gentlemen."
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D.
The Triads
The Triads is a collection of theological treatises by Gregory Palamas defending Hesychast mystical prayer and articulating the distinction between God's essence and energies in Eastern Orthodox theology.
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E.
Sucker M.C.'s
"Sucker M.C.'s" is an influential early hip-hop track by Run-D.M.C. that helped define the sound and style of hardcore rap in the 1980s.
- 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: Tong gangs Target entity description: Tong gangs were Chinese-American secret societies that often engaged in organized crime and violent turf wars, particularly in Chinatowns such as the one around Doyers Street in New York City.
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A.
Mongoose Gang
The Mongoose Gang was a notorious paramilitary group in Grenada known for violently suppressing political opposition during Eric Gairy’s rule.
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B.
Shanghai Triad
Shanghai Triad is a 1995 Chinese crime drama film directed by Zhang Yimou that follows a young boy’s immersion into the dangerous world of a 1930s Shanghai crime syndicate.
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C.
Chinese-Cockney gang
The Chinese-Cockney gang is a fictional London-based organized crime group of mixed Chinese and Cockney heritage featured in the film "The Gentlemen."
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D.
The Triads
The Triads is a collection of theological treatises by Gregory Palamas defending Hesychast mystical prayer and articulating the distinction between God's essence and energies in Eastern Orthodox theology.
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E.
Sucker M.C.'s
"Sucker M.C.'s" is an influential early hip-hop track by Run-D.M.C. that helped define the sound and style of hardcore rap in the 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.