Yancy Street Gang (former)
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The Yancy Street Gang is a fictional New York street gang from Marvel Comics, best known for its long-running, prank-filled rivalry with Ben Grimm of the Fantastic Four.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yancy Street Gang (former) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12996114 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Yancy Street Gang (former) Context triple: [Ben Grimm, memberOf, Yancy Street Gang (former)]
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Five Points Gang
The Five Points Gang was a notorious early 20th-century New York City street gang known for its role in organized crime and for producing future major mob leaders such as Johnny Torrio and Al Capone.
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B.
North Side Gang
The North Side Gang was a powerful Prohibition-era Irish-American organized crime group in Chicago, best known for its violent rivalry with Al Capone’s Chicago Outfit.
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C.
Bottle Street Gang
The Bottle Street Gang is a criminal street gang in the city of Dunwall in the Dishonored video game series, known for controlling territory through violence, extortion, and smuggling.
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D.
Winter Hill Gang
The Winter Hill Gang was a notorious Irish-American organized crime group based in the Boston area, led for years by mob boss Whitey Bulger and involved in racketeering, murder, and corruption.
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E.
Bannerman Road gang
The Bannerman Road gang is a group of young friends and allies who assist Sarah Jane Smith in investigating alien activity and protecting Earth in the Doctor Who spin-off series "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
- 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)
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Target entity: Yancy Street Gang (former) Target entity description: The Yancy Street Gang is a fictional New York street gang from Marvel Comics, best known for its long-running, prank-filled rivalry with Ben Grimm of the Fantastic Four.
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A.
Five Points Gang
The Five Points Gang was a notorious early 20th-century New York City street gang known for its role in organized crime and for producing future major mob leaders such as Johnny Torrio and Al Capone.
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B.
North Side Gang
The North Side Gang was a powerful Prohibition-era Irish-American organized crime group in Chicago, best known for its violent rivalry with Al Capone’s Chicago Outfit.
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C.
Bottle Street Gang
The Bottle Street Gang is a criminal street gang in the city of Dunwall in the Dishonored video game series, known for controlling territory through violence, extortion, and smuggling.
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D.
Winter Hill Gang
The Winter Hill Gang was a notorious Irish-American organized crime group based in the Boston area, led for years by mob boss Whitey Bulger and involved in racketeering, murder, and corruption.
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E.
Bannerman Road gang
The Bannerman Road gang is a group of young friends and allies who assist Sarah Jane Smith in investigating alien activity and protecting Earth in the Doctor Who spin-off series "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marvel Comics organization
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fictional criminal gang ⓘ |
| alignment | anti-heroic ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Fantastic Four comics
NERFINISHED
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Thing solo stories ⓘ |
| associatedLocation | Lower East Side, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ben Grimm
NERFINISHED
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Fantastic Four NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| baseOfOperations | Yancy Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Fantastic Four supporting characters
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Marvel Comics street gangs ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Jack Kirby
NERFINISHED
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Stan Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Ben Grimm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | former gang ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Marvel Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| firstAppearedIn | Fantastic Four #15 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | New York City tenement neighborhoods NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| medium | comic books ⓘ |
| memberOfFictionalEthnicityOrGroup | Lower East Side street kids ⓘ |
| notableFor |
connection to the Fantastic Four
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prank-filled rivalry with Ben Grimm ⓘ |
| notableMember | “Boss” of Yancy Street (various leaders over time) ⓘ |
| primaryActivity |
graffiti
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harassing Ben Grimm with pranks ⓘ petty vandalism ⓘ |
| publisher | Marvel Comics ⓘ |
| relationshipToBenGrimm |
childhood tormentors
GENERATED
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eventual allies GENERATED ⓘ |
| teamType | street gang ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yancy Street Gang (former) Description of subject: The Yancy Street Gang is a fictional New York street gang from Marvel Comics, best known for its long-running, prank-filled rivalry with Ben Grimm of the Fantastic Four.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.