Dock Newton
E511565
Dock Newton is a member of the real-life Newton Boys gang, a group of early 20th-century American bank and train robbers depicted in the film "The Newton Boys."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dock Newton canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5319622 — 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: Dock Newton Context triple: [The Newton Boys, hasCharacter, Dock Newton]
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A.
Dock Green
Dock Green was a member of the American R&B and soul vocal group The Drifters, known for their influential contributions to doo-wop and early rock and roll.
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B.
Ocean Dock
Ocean Dock is a major deep-water berth within the Port of Southampton, historically used for handling large ocean-going passenger liners and cargo ships.
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C.
DART Victory Station
DART Victory Station is a Dallas Area Rapid Transit rail station serving the Victory Park area, including major venues like the American Airlines Center.
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D.
Hartley
Hartley is an English-language surname of Old English origin, commonly associated with various notable figures across fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
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E.
Hartley
Hartley is a small census-designated community located in Solano County, California.
- 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: Dock Newton Target entity description: Dock Newton is a member of the real-life Newton Boys gang, a group of early 20th-century American bank and train robbers depicted in the film "The Newton Boys."
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A.
Dock Green
Dock Green was a member of the American R&B and soul vocal group The Drifters, known for their influential contributions to doo-wop and early rock and roll.
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B.
Ocean Dock
Ocean Dock is a major deep-water berth within the Port of Southampton, historically used for handling large ocean-going passenger liners and cargo ships.
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C.
DART Victory Station
DART Victory Station is a Dallas Area Rapid Transit rail station serving the Victory Park area, including major venues like the American Airlines Center.
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D.
Hartley
Hartley is an English-language surname of Old English origin, commonly associated with various notable figures across fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
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E.
Hartley
Hartley is a small census-designated community located in Solano County, California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal gang
ⓘ
film ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn | early 20th century ⓘ |
| character | Dock Newton ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| criminalCharge | robbery ⓘ |
| depictedIn | The Newton Boys ⓘ |
| genreOfActivity |
bank robbery
ⓘ
outlawry ⓘ train robbery ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Dock Newton
ⓘ
Jess Newton ⓘ Joe Newton ⓘ Willis Newton ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Newton Boys ⓘ |
| memberOf | Newton Boys ⓘ |
| notableFor |
participation in Newton Boys bank robberies
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participation in Newton Boys train robberies ⓘ |
| occupation |
bank robber
ⓘ
train robber ⓘ |
| partOf |
Newton brothers
ⓘ
linked to:
Dalton brothers
|
| sibling |
Jess Newton
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Joe Newton ⓘ Willis Newton ⓘ |
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: Dock Newton Description of subject: Dock Newton is a member of the real-life Newton Boys gang, a group of early 20th-century American bank and train robbers depicted in the film "The Newton Boys."
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.