Francis
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Francis is the given name of Frank Sheeran, the American labor union official and alleged mob hitman whose life inspired the film "The Irishman."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Francis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4977743 — 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.
Target entity: Francis Context triple: [Frank Sheeran, givenName, Francis]
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Francis
Francis is the given first name of legendary Los Angeles Lakers play-by-play announcer Chick Hearn.
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Francis
Francis is the middle name of American seismologist Charles Francis Richter, best known for creating the Richter magnitude scale for measuring earthquakes.
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Francis
Francis is the given first name of Canadian ice hockey player and Hall of Famer King Clancy.
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Francis
Francis was a German nobleman who served as Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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Francis
Francis is the papal name of the current head of the Roman Catholic Church, known for his emphasis on humility, social justice, and interfaith dialogue.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Francis Target entity description: Francis is the given name of Frank Sheeran, the American labor union official and alleged mob hitman whose life inspired the film "The Irishman."
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Francis
Francis is the given first name of the American author and poet Bret Harte, known for his stories of the California Gold Rush.
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Francis
Francis is the formal given name of Frank Nighbor, a famed early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey player and Hall of Famer.
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Francis
Francis is the given first name of Canadian ice hockey player and Hall of Famer King Clancy.
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Francis
Francis is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries and associated with figures such as Saint Francis of Assisi and numerous historical and contemporary personalities.
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Francis
Francis is the middle name of Samuel Francis Du Pont, a prominent 19th-century U.S. Navy admiral from the Du Pont family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alleged mob hitman
ⓘ
human ⓘ labor union official ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Francis Joseph Sheeran
ⓘ
Frank Sheeran ⓘ |
| confessedTo |
killing Jimmy Hoffa (disputed)
ⓘ
numerous mob-related murders (disputed) ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-10-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2003-12-14 ⓘ |
| employer |
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 326
ⓘ
linked to:
Teamsters
|
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAboutSubject |
biographical film
ⓘ
crime film ⓘ |
| givenName | Francis ⓘ |
| hasAllegation |
murder of Jimmy Hoffa
ⓘ
participation in multiple contract killings ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| hasSpouse |
Irene Gray
ⓘ
Mary Leddy ⓘ |
| incarceratedAt |
Federal Correctional Institution, Lewisburg
ⓘ
linked to:
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary
|
| inspired | character Frank Sheeran in The Irishman ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkAboutSubject | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
conviction for extortion
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conviction for labor racketeering ⓘ |
| memberOf |
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
ⓘ
linked to:
Teamsters
|
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| narrativeFocusOf | organized crime in mid-20th-century America ⓘ |
| notableFor |
alleged involvement in organized crime
ⓘ
alleged involvement in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa ⓘ |
| notableWork | I Heard You Paint Houses ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
labor union official
ⓘ
mob enforcer ⓘ truck driver ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Darby, Pennsylvania, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Darby, Pennsylvania
|
| placeOfDeath | West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Robert De Niro ⓘ |
| publisherOfWorkAboutSubject | Steerforth Press ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| residence |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Philadelphia
Wilmington, Delaware, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Wilmington, Delaware
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
book I Heard You Paint Houses
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linked to:
I Heard You Paint Houses
film The Irishman ⓘ
linked to:
The Irishman
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How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Francis Description of subject: Francis is the given name of Frank Sheeran, the American labor union official and alleged mob hitman whose life inspired the film "The Irishman."
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