Bloods
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Bloods is a predominantly African-American street gang that originated in Los Angeles and is known for its rivalry with the Crips and its nationwide network of affiliated sets.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bloods canonical | 8 |
| Bounty Hunter Bloods | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5712810 — 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: Bloods Context triple: [Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods, affiliatedWith, Bloods]
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A.
Bloods
Bloods is a popular nickname for the Sydney Swans, an Australian Football League club known for its red-and-white colors and strong team culture.
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B.
Lifeblood
Lifeblood is a 2004 studio album by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers, noted for its sleek, synth-tinged sound and introspective lyrical themes.
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C.
Lifeblood
Lifeblood is a major expansion for the sci-fi MMORPG EVE Online that introduced significant changes to resource gathering, industry, and player-versus-environment content.
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D.
Flesh & Blood
Flesh & Blood is a hard rock studio album by the British band Whitesnake, known for its melodic hooks and classic arena-rock sound.
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E.
Blood of My Blood
"Blood of My Blood" is an episode of the fantasy television series Game of Thrones that continues key storylines involving Bran Stark, Samwell Tarly, and Daenerys Targaryen.
- 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: Bloods Target entity description: Bloods is a predominantly African-American street gang that originated in Los Angeles and is known for its rivalry with the Crips and its nationwide network of affiliated sets.
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A.
Bloods
Bloods is a popular nickname for the Sydney Swans, an Australian Football League club known for its red-and-white colors and strong team culture.
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B.
Lifeblood
Lifeblood is a 2004 studio album by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers, noted for its sleek, synth-tinged sound and introspective lyrical themes.
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C.
Lifeblood
Lifeblood is a major expansion for the sci-fi MMORPG EVE Online that introduced significant changes to resource gathering, industry, and player-versus-environment content.
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D.
Flesh & Blood
Flesh & Blood is a hard rock studio album by the British band Whitesnake, known for its melodic hooks and classic arena-rock sound.
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E.
Blood of My Blood
"Blood of My Blood" is an episode of the fantasy television series Game of Thrones that continues key storylines involving Bran Stark, Samwell Tarly, and Daenerys Targaryen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal organization
ⓘ
street gang ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Latin Kings
ⓘ
People Nation ⓘ Vice Lords ⓘ |
| avoidsColor | blue ⓘ |
| cityOfOrigin | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| continentOfOrigin | North America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criminalActivity |
burglary
ⓘ
carjacking ⓘ drug distribution ⓘ extortion ⓘ prostitution ⓘ weapons trafficking ⓘ |
| ethnicity | predominantly African-American ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1970s ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
illegal drug sales
ⓘ
street-level crime ⓘ |
| graffitiStyle |
crossing out Crips symbols
ⓘ
red-based tags ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Blood gang
ⓘ
The Bloods ⓘ |
| hasClothingStyle |
red bandanas
ⓘ
sports apparel with red color schemes ⓘ |
| hasColor | red ⓘ |
| hasHandSign | Bloods hand sign ⓘ |
| hasMediaPortrayal |
depicted in films about Los Angeles gangs
ⓘ
depicted in hip hop music ⓘ |
| hasMembershipStructure |
decentralized leadership
ⓘ
loosely organized sets ⓘ |
| hasRival |
Crips
ⓘ
Mara Salvatrucha ⓘ Sureños ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Bounty Hunter Bloods
ⓘ
linked to:
Bloods
East Side Piru ⓘ Nine Trey Gangsters ⓘ
linked to:
Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods
Piru sets ⓘ Rollin 20s Bloods ⓘ Sex Money Murder ⓘ United Blood Nation ⓘ West Side Piru ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
dog paw
ⓘ
five-pointed star ⓘ number 5 ⓘ |
| hasTerritory |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ Central America ⓘ Compton ⓘ
linked to:
Compton, California
Inglewood ⓘ Los Angeles County ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Watts ⓘ
linked to:
Watts, Los Angeles
|
| influencedBy | Los Angeles gang culture ⓘ |
| initiationPractice |
criminal tasks
ⓘ
violent assaults ⓘ |
| knownFor |
assault
ⓘ
drug trafficking ⓘ gang-related homicide ⓘ nationwide network of affiliated sets ⓘ rivalry with the Crips ⓘ robbery ⓘ violent crime ⓘ |
| languageUsed | English ⓘ |
| lawEnforcementClassification |
organized crime group
ⓘ
violent street gang ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Drug Enforcement Administration
ⓘ
Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ |
| originContext |
coalition of smaller gangs for protection against Crips
ⓘ
response to domination of Crips in Los Angeles ⓘ |
| presentIn |
federal prisons in the United States
ⓘ
state prisons in the United States ⓘ |
| recruitmentMethods |
prison recruitment
ⓘ
street-level recruitment ⓘ |
| recruitmentTargets | urban youth ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| usesCode |
Bloods slang
ⓘ
coded hand signs ⓘ |
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: Bloods Description of subject: Bloods is a predominantly African-American street gang that originated in Los Angeles and is known for its rivalry with the Crips and its nationwide network of affiliated sets.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bloods