kidnapping of Nicholas Markowitz
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The kidnapping of Nicholas Markowitz was a 2000 abduction of a California teenager by a group of young men involved in the drug trade, which led to his murder and later inspired the film "Alpha Dog."
All labels observed (1)
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| kidnapping of Nicholas Markowitz canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22224056 — 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: kidnapping of Nicholas Markowitz Context triple: [Jesse James Hollywood, perpetratorOf, kidnapping of Nicholas Markowitz]
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A.
kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel
The kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel was a high-profile 1933 abduction of an Oklahoma oilman that led to one of the first major FBI-led manhunts and the eventual capture of gangster Machine Gun Kelly.
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B.
kidnapping of William Hamm Jr.
The kidnapping of William Hamm Jr. was a high-profile 1933 abduction of a Minnesota brewery heir by the Barker–Karpis gang that became one of the era’s most notorious Prohibition-era ransom crimes.
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C.
Sean Mullen (kidnap victim)
Sean Mullen is a young boy who becomes the central kidnap victim in the 1996 thriller film "Ransom."
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D.
kidnapper Kenneth Parnell
Kenneth Parnell was an American criminal notorious for kidnapping Steven Stayner in 1972 and holding him captive for seven years.
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E.
Lindbergh kidnapping
The Lindbergh kidnapping was the infamous 1932 abduction and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s young son, a crime that gripped the United States and led to major changes in federal kidnapping laws.
- 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: kidnapping of Nicholas Markowitz Target entity description: The kidnapping of Nicholas Markowitz was a 2000 abduction of a California teenager by a group of young men involved in the drug trade, which led to his murder and later inspired the film "Alpha Dog."
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A.
kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel
The kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel was a high-profile 1933 abduction of an Oklahoma oilman that led to one of the first major FBI-led manhunts and the eventual capture of gangster Machine Gun Kelly.
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B.
kidnapping of William Hamm Jr.
The kidnapping of William Hamm Jr. was a high-profile 1933 abduction of a Minnesota brewery heir by the Barker–Karpis gang that became one of the era’s most notorious Prohibition-era ransom crimes.
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C.
Sean Mullen (kidnap victim)
Sean Mullen is a young boy who becomes the central kidnap victim in the 1996 thriller film "Ransom."
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D.
kidnapper Kenneth Parnell
Kenneth Parnell was an American criminal notorious for kidnapping Steven Stayner in 1972 and holding him captive for seven years.
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E.
Lindbergh kidnapping
The Lindbergh kidnapping was the infamous 1932 abduction and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s young son, a crime that gripped the United States and led to major changes in federal kidnapping laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.