Son of Sam murders
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The Son of Sam murders were a series of notorious serial killings in New York City in the late 1970s committed by David Berkowitz, which terrorized the city and became a major media sensation.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18994039 — 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: Son of Sam murders Context triple: [Summer of Sam, basedOn, Son of Sam murders]
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DeFeo family murders
The DeFeo family murders were a 1974 mass killing in Amityville, New York, in which Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot and killed six members of his family, later inspiring the infamous "Amityville Horror" legend.
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Manson Family murders
The Manson Family murders were a series of brutal killings in Los Angeles in 1969 orchestrated by cult leader Charles Manson, which became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
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Hudson family murders
The Hudson family murders refer to the 2008 killings of Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother, and nephew in Chicago, a high-profile case that drew national attention due to the actress-singer’s fame and the crime’s brutality.
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D.
Clutter family murders
The Clutter family murders were a notorious 1959 quadruple homicide in Holcomb, Kansas, that became widely known through Truman Capote’s true-crime book "In Cold Blood."
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E.
The Atlanta Child Murders
The Atlanta Child Murders is a 1985 television miniseries dramatizing the real-life serial killings of children and young adults in Atlanta between 1979 and 1981 and the controversial investigation that followed.
- 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: Son of Sam murders Target entity description: The Son of Sam murders were a series of notorious serial killings in New York City in the late 1970s committed by David Berkowitz, which terrorized the city and became a major media sensation.
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A.
DeFeo family murders
The DeFeo family murders were a 1974 mass killing in Amityville, New York, in which Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot and killed six members of his family, later inspiring the infamous "Amityville Horror" legend.
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B.
Manson Family murders
The Manson Family murders were a series of brutal killings in Los Angeles in 1969 orchestrated by cult leader Charles Manson, which became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
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C.
Hudson family murders
The Hudson family murders refer to the 2008 killings of Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother, and nephew in Chicago, a high-profile case that drew national attention due to the actress-singer’s fame and the crime’s brutality.
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D.
Clutter family murders
The Clutter family murders were a notorious 1959 quadruple homicide in Holcomb, Kansas, that became widely known through Truman Capote’s true-crime book "In Cold Blood."
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E.
The Atlanta Child Murders
The Atlanta Child Murders is a 1985 television miniseries dramatizing the real-life serial killings of children and young adults in Atlanta between 1979 and 1981 and the controversial investigation that followed.
- F. None of above. chosen
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