Reggie Kray
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Reggie Kray was a notorious English gangster and one half of the infamous Kray twins who dominated organized crime in London during the 1950s and 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reggie Kray canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11171741 — 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: Reggie Kray Context triple: [Legend (2015 film), portrays, Reggie Kray]
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A.
Ronnie Kray
Ronnie Kray was a notorious English gangster and one half of the infamous Kray twins who dominated organized crime in London during the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
Ian Brady
Ian Brady was a British serial killer, infamously known for the Moors murders he committed with Myra Hindley in the 1960s.
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C.
Ronnie Boykins
Ronnie Boykins was an American jazz double bassist best known for his innovative, driving work with Sun Ra’s Arkestra during the 1950s and 1960s.
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D.
Bobby Hutton
Bobby Hutton was a young African American activist best known as one of the first and most prominent members of the Black Panther Party, whose 1968 killing by Oakland police made him a symbol of Black resistance and state violence.
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E.
Ronnie Simpson
Ronnie Simpson was a Scottish goalkeeper best known for his crucial role in Celtic FC’s legendary 1967 European Cup–winning "Lisbon Lions" team.
- 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: Reggie Kray Target entity description: Reggie Kray was a notorious English gangster and one half of the infamous Kray twins who dominated organized crime in London during the 1950s and 1960s.
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A.
Ronnie Kray
Ronnie Kray was a notorious English gangster and one half of the infamous Kray twins who dominated organized crime in London during the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
Ian Brady
Ian Brady was a British serial killer, infamously known for the Moors murders he committed with Myra Hindley in the 1960s.
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C.
Ronnie Boykins
Ronnie Boykins was an American jazz double bassist best known for his innovative, driving work with Sun Ra’s Arkestra during the 1950s and 1960s.
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D.
Bobby Hutton
Bobby Hutton was a young African American activist best known as one of the first and most prominent members of the Black Panther Party, whose 1968 killing by Oakland police made him a symbol of Black resistance and state violence.
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E.
Ronnie Simpson
Ronnie Simpson was a Scottish goalkeeper best known for his crucial role in Celtic FC’s legendary 1967 European Cup–winning "Lisbon Lions" team.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gangster
ⓘ
human ⓘ organized crime figure ⓘ |
| activeIn |
East End of London
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London NERFINISHED ⓘ Soho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alias | Reggie Kray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kray crime family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ronnie Kray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
armed robbery
ⓘ
murder ⓘ violent crime ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1933-10-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2000-10-01 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Kray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Reginald Kray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Reginald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Kray twins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Firm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the Kray twins
ⓘ
leading organized crime in London in the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ |
| notableWork | ownership of several London nightclubs ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
gangster ⓘ nightclub owner ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
ⓘ
Hoxton NERFINISHED ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| placeOfDeath |
England
ⓘ
Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ Norwich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention |
HM Prison Maidstone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
HM Prison Parkhurst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sentence | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| sibling |
Charlie Kray
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ronnie Kray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Frances Shea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1950s
ⓘ
1960s ⓘ |
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: Reggie Kray Description of subject: Reggie Kray was a notorious English gangster and one half of the infamous Kray twins who dominated organized crime in London during the 1950s and 1960s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.