realPerson Frank Lee Morris
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Frank Lee Morris was a convicted bank robber best known as the mastermind behind the infamous 1962 escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, whose fate remains unknown.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| realPerson Frank Lee Morris canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3826581 — 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: realPerson Frank Lee Morris Context triple: [Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris, basedOn, realPerson Frank Lee Morris]
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A.
Hancock Lee
Hancock Lee was a colonial Virginian planter and politician from the prominent Lee family of Virginia.
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B.
Mr. Franks
Mr. Franks is a music producer best known for his work with the hip-hop collective Legend.
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C.
Frank Fisk
Frank Fisk is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Fisk.
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D.
Vance Franklin
Vance Franklin is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Franklin.
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E.
Richard Franklin
Richard Franklin was a British actor best known for playing Captain Mike Yates in the classic science fiction television series Doctor Who.
- 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: realPerson Frank Lee Morris Target entity description: Frank Lee Morris was a convicted bank robber best known as the mastermind behind the infamous 1962 escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, whose fate remains unknown.
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A.
Hancock Lee
Hancock Lee was a colonial Virginian planter and politician from the prominent Lee family of Virginia.
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B.
Mr. Franks
Mr. Franks is a music producer best known for his work with the hip-hop collective Legend.
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C.
Frank Fisk
Frank Fisk is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Fisk.
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D.
Vance Franklin
Vance Franklin is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Franklin.
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E.
Richard Franklin
Richard Franklin was a British actor best known for playing Captain Mike Yates in the classic science fiction television series Doctor Who.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bank robber
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escapee ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1926-09-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| category |
Alcatraz escapees
ⓘ
American bank robbers ⓘ missing people ⓘ people from Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coConspirator |
Allen West
ⓘ
Clarence Anglin ⓘ John Anglin ⓘ |
| criminalCharge |
bank robbery
ⓘ
burglary ⓘ |
| education | largely self-educated in prison ⓘ |
| escapeDate | 1962-06-11 ⓘ |
| escapeFrom |
Alcatraz Island
ⓘ
surface form:
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
|
| escapeMethod | tunneling through cell wall and using improvised raft ⓘ |
| escapePreparation |
built rubber raft from raincoats
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constructed dummy heads ⓘ widened ventilation ducts ⓘ |
| escapeResult | never officially found ⓘ |
| ethnicity | white American ⓘ |
| familyName | Morris ⓘ |
| fate | unknown ⓘ |
| FBIMissingPersonCaseStatus | open for many years ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Frank ⓘ |
| imprisonmentReason | repeat offender under federal law ⓘ |
| incarceratedAt |
Alcatraz Island
ⓘ
surface form:
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Louisiana State Penitentiary ⓘ |
| intelligence | reported high IQ ⓘ |
| knownFor | planning and executing escape from Alcatraz ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | subject of numerous documentaries ⓘ |
| name | Frank Lee Morris ⓘ |
| notableEvent | 1962 Alcatraz escape ⓘ |
| notableFor | 1962 escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary ⓘ |
| occupation | bank robber ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Clint Eastwood ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | mastermind of the 1962 Alcatraz escape ⓘ |
| status | missing person ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
FBI investigation
ⓘ
film "Escape from Alcatraz" ⓘ |
| wantedBy | Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ |
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: realPerson Frank Lee Morris Description of subject: Frank Lee Morris was a convicted bank robber best known as the mastermind behind the infamous 1962 escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, whose fate remains unknown.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.