Joey LaMotta
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Joey LaMotta is a key supporting character in the film "Raging Bull," portrayed as boxer Jake LaMotta’s loyal yet conflicted younger brother and manager.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joey LaMotta canonical | 1 |
| Joey LaMotta (real person) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2308167 — 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: Joey LaMotta Context triple: [Raging Bull, character, Joey LaMotta]
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A.
Jake LaMotta
Jake LaMotta was an American professional boxer and former world middleweight champion, famed for his brutal fighting style and turbulent life later depicted in the film "Raging Bull."
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B.
Rocky Marciano
Rocky Marciano was an American heavyweight boxing champion renowned for retiring undefeated with a perfect professional record.
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C.
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson was an American professional boxer widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in history, celebrated for his exceptional speed, power, and technical skill across multiple weight classes.
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D.
Max Baer Sr.
Max Baer Sr. was an American heavyweight boxing champion of the 1930s, known for his powerful punching and charismatic personality.
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E.
James J. Braddock
James J. Braddock was an American heavyweight boxing champion of the 1930s whose underdog comeback during the Great Depression earned him the nickname "Cinderella Man."
- 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: Joey LaMotta Target entity description: Joey LaMotta is a key supporting character in the film "Raging Bull," portrayed as boxer Jake LaMotta’s loyal yet conflicted younger brother and manager.
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A.
Jake LaMotta
Jake LaMotta was an American professional boxer and former world middleweight champion, famed for his brutal fighting style and turbulent life later depicted in the film "Raging Bull."
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B.
Rocky Marciano
Rocky Marciano was an American heavyweight boxing champion renowned for retiring undefeated with a perfect professional record.
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C.
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson was an American professional boxer widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in history, celebrated for his exceptional speed, power, and technical skill across multiple weight classes.
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D.
Max Baer Sr.
Max Baer Sr. was an American heavyweight boxing champion of the 1930s, known for his powerful punching and charismatic personality.
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E.
James J. Braddock
James J. Braddock was an American heavyweight boxing champion of the 1930s whose underdog comeback during the Great Depression earned him the nickname "Cinderella Man."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Raging Bull
ⓘ
Raging Bull ⓘ
surface form:
Raging Bull (1980 film)
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| associatedWith | boxing ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Joey LaMotta
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Joey LaMotta (real person)
|
| characterTrait |
conflicted
ⓘ
hot-tempered ⓘ loyal ⓘ protective ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Jake LaMotta ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWorkAppearedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdFor | Raging Bull ⓘ |
| directorOfWorkAppearedIn | Martin Scorsese ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | biographical sports drama film ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkAppearedIn | English ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Jake LaMotta ⓘ |
| managesCareerOf | Jake LaMotta ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
foil to Jake LaMotta
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supporting character ⓘ |
| occupation |
boxing manager
ⓘ
cornerman ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Joe Pesci ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | black-and-white cinematography ⓘ |
| relative | Jake LaMotta ⓘ |
| screenTimeFunction |
humanizes Jake LaMotta
ⓘ
illustrates cost of Jake’s violence on family ⓘ |
| siblingOf | Jake LaMotta ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
family loyalty
ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ |
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: Joey LaMotta Description of subject: Joey LaMotta is a key supporting character in the film "Raging Bull," portrayed as boxer Jake LaMotta’s loyal yet conflicted younger brother and manager.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Joey LaMotta (real person)