bank robber Sonny Wortzik
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Sonny Wortzik is the desperate, volatile would-be bank robber portrayed by Al Pacino in the 1975 film "Dog Day Afternoon," based on a real-life Brooklyn heist.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| bank robber Sonny Wortzik canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10512944 — 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)
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Target entity: bank robber Sonny Wortzik Context triple: [Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti, communicatesWith, bank robber Sonny Wortzik]
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A.
Willie Sutton
Willie Sutton was a notorious 20th-century American bank robber famed for his multiple prison escapes and the apocryphal quote that he robbed banks "because that's where the money is."
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B.
When to Rob a Bank
"When to Rob a Bank" is a nonfiction book by economist Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen Dubner that compiles and expands on their Freakonomics-style essays exploring quirky, data-driven insights into everyday life and economic behavior.
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C.
Where the Money Was: The Memoirs of a Bank Robber
"Where the Money Was: The Memoirs of a Bank Robber" is the autobiographical account of legendary American bank robber Willie Sutton, detailing his criminal exploits, prison breaks, and reflections on his life of crime.
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D.
How to Rob a Bank
"How to Rob a Bank" is a crime-comedy film featuring Erika Christensen in a leading role.
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E.
Burglar
"Burglar" is a 1974 blues album by influential American guitarist and singer Freddie King, showcasing his powerful playing and soulful vocals.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: bank robber Sonny Wortzik Target entity description: Sonny Wortzik is the desperate, volatile would-be bank robber portrayed by Al Pacino in the 1975 film "Dog Day Afternoon," based on a real-life Brooklyn heist.
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A.
Willie Sutton
Willie Sutton was a notorious 20th-century American bank robber famed for his multiple prison escapes and the apocryphal quote that he robbed banks "because that's where the money is."
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B.
When to Rob a Bank
"When to Rob a Bank" is a nonfiction book by economist Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen Dubner that compiles and expands on their Freakonomics-style essays exploring quirky, data-driven insights into everyday life and economic behavior.
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C.
Where the Money Was: The Memoirs of a Bank Robber
"Where the Money Was: The Memoirs of a Bank Robber" is the autobiographical account of legendary American bank robber Willie Sutton, detailing his criminal exploits, prison breaks, and reflections on his life of crime.
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D.
How to Rob a Bank
"How to Rob a Bank" is a crime-comedy film featuring Erika Christensen in a leading role.
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E.
Burglar
"Burglar" is a 1974 blues album by influential American guitarist and singer Freddie King, showcasing his powerful playing and soulful vocals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Dog Day Afternoon ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Brooklyn bank heist ⓘ |
| basedOn | John Wojtowicz ⓘ |
| createdBy | Frank Pierson ⓘ |
| createdFor | Dog Day Afternoon ⓘ |
| criminalActivity | bank robbery ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Dog Day Afternoon ⓘ |
| filmGenre | crime drama ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasRelationship |
Leon Shermer
ⓘ
Salvatore Naturale ⓘ
linked to:
Salvatore Naturile
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| motivation |
needs money
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personal crisis ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
hostage standoff
ⓘ
media attention within the story ⓘ |
| occupation | bank robber ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
desperate
ⓘ
volatile ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Al Pacino ⓘ |
| portrayedInYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingLocation | Brooklyn ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: bank robber Sonny Wortzik Description of subject: Sonny Wortzik is the desperate, volatile would-be bank robber portrayed by Al Pacino in the 1975 film "Dog Day Afternoon," based on a real-life Brooklyn heist.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.