Mr. Blue
E520778
Mr. Blue is the cold, calculating leader of the hijackers who seize a New York City subway train in the thriller "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mr. Blue canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5453816 — 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: Mr. Blue Context triple: [The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, mainCharacter, Mr. Blue]
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A.
Mr. Blue Sky
"Mr. Blue Sky" is a 1977 upbeat, orchestral rock song by Electric Light Orchestra, widely recognized as one of the band’s signature and most enduring hits.
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B.
Mr. Man
"Mr. Man" is a song by Alicia Keys from her debut studio album "Songs in A Minor."
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C.
Am I Blue
"Am I Blue" is a classic pop and jazz standard that has been widely covered by vocalists, including Bette Midler on her album *The Divine Miss M*."
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D.
Old Blue
"Old Blue" is a traditional folk song popularized by American singer Joan Baez on her album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2."
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E.
Mr. C
Mr. C is the costumed mascot character representing the Commodores athletic teams.
- 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: Mr. Blue Target entity description: Mr. Blue is the cold, calculating leader of the hijackers who seize a New York City subway train in the thriller "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three."
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A.
Mr. Blue Sky
"Mr. Blue Sky" is a 1977 upbeat, orchestral rock song by Electric Light Orchestra, widely recognized as one of the band’s signature and most enduring hits.
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B.
Mr. Man
"Mr. Man" is a song by Alicia Keys from her debut studio album "Songs in A Minor."
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C.
Am I Blue
"Am I Blue" is a classic pop and jazz standard that has been widely covered by vocalists, including Bette Midler on her album *The Divine Miss M*."
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D.
Old Blue
"Old Blue" is a traditional folk song popularized by American singer Joan Baez on her album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2."
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E.
Mr. C
Mr. C is the costumed mascot character representing the Commodores athletic teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| aliasOf | Bernard Ryder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| antagonistIn | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInFilmReleaseYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | crime thriller ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mr. Brown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mr. Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr. Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
calculating
ⓘ
cold ⓘ |
| communicationStyle | terse and unemotional ⓘ |
| createdBy | Morton Freedgood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdFor | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crimeCommitted | hijacking a New York City subway train ⓘ |
| demands | cash ransom from New York City authorities ⓘ |
| diesIn | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature | professional, military-style demeanor ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | thriller ⓘ |
| leadershipStyle | authoritarian ⓘ |
| leads | subway hijacking ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| methodOfControl |
threats to kill hostages
ⓘ
use of firearms ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | primary villain ⓘ |
| nationalityInBackstory | British (film version) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
demanding ransom for subway passengers
ⓘ
orchestrating a subway hostage situation ⓘ |
| notableScene | radio negotiations with transit police ⓘ |
| occupation | hijacker ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Lieutenant Zachary Garber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| planInvolves |
precise timing of subway movements
ⓘ
radio communication with transit authorities ⓘ |
| portrayedInFilmBy | Robert Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | leader of hijackers ⓘ |
| roleIn | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfActions | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetLocation | New York City subway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetVehicle | subway train Pelham 1 2 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| threatens | hostages on subway train ⓘ |
| threatensTo | execute hostages if demands are not met ⓘ |
| usesAlias | color-based code name ⓘ |
| workType | character in a heist narrative ⓘ |
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: Mr. Blue Description of subject: Mr. Blue is the cold, calculating leader of the hijackers who seize a New York City subway train in the thriller "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.