Buddy Israel
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Buddy Israel is a Las Vegas magician-turned-mob informant whose decision to testify against the Mafia makes him the hunted focal point of the action film "Smokin' Aces."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Buddy 'Aces' Israel | 1 |
| Buddy Israel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T523948 — 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: Buddy Israel Context triple: [Smokin' Aces, mainCharacter, Buddy Israel]
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A.
Henry Jacoby
Henry Jacoby is an American economist and climate policy expert known for his work on energy and environmental economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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B.
Marvin Jacobs
Marvin Jacobs was an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the global hospitality and food service company Delaware North.
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C.
Adam Walinsky
Adam Walinsky is an American lawyer, speechwriter, and political advisor best known for his close work with Robert F. Kennedy during the 1960s.
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D.
John K. Minasian
John K. Minasian was an American structural engineer best known for helping design Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
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E.
Thomas N. Margulis
Thomas N. Margulis is known primarily as the former husband of renowned evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis.
- 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: Buddy Israel Target entity description: Buddy Israel is a Las Vegas magician-turned-mob informant whose decision to testify against the Mafia makes him the hunted focal point of the action film "Smokin' Aces."
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A.
Henry Jacoby
Henry Jacoby is an American economist and climate policy expert known for his work on energy and environmental economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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B.
Marvin Jacobs
Marvin Jacobs was an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the global hospitality and food service company Delaware North.
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C.
Adam Walinsky
Adam Walinsky is an American lawyer, speechwriter, and political advisor best known for his close work with Robert F. Kennedy during the 1960s.
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D.
John K. Minasian
John K. Minasian was an American structural engineer best known for helping design Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
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E.
Thomas N. Margulis
Thomas N. Margulis is known primarily as the former husband of renowned evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| affiliation | Mafia ⓘ |
| alias |
Smokin' Aces
ⓘ
surface form:
Aces
|
| appearsIn | Smokin' Aces ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Penthouse suite at Lake Tahoe casino ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Las Vegas, Nevada
ⓘ
surface form:
Las Vegas
|
| characterTrait |
arrogant
ⓘ
cocaine user ⓘ paranoid ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Mafia ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
Federal Bureau of Investigation
ⓘ
surface form:
FBI
|
| createdBy | Joe Carnahan ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Smokin' Aces
ⓘ
surface form:
Smokin' Aces (2006 film)
|
| fullName |
Buddy Israel
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Buddy 'Aces' Israel
|
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
action film
ⓘ
crime film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalStatusInStory | FBI informant ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central protagonist
ⓘ
target of multiple assassins ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableProp |
playing cards
ⓘ
stage costumes ⓘ |
| notableSkill |
card tricks
ⓘ
sleight of hand ⓘ |
| occupation |
magician
ⓘ
mob informant ⓘ stage illusionist ⓘ |
| plotDevice | his testimony against the Mafia ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jeremy Piven ⓘ |
| primaryLocationInStory |
Lake Tahoe
ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ |
| roleInCrime | mob associate ⓘ |
| settingContext | Las Vegas entertainment scene ⓘ |
| storyArc |
becomes the focus of a contract hit
ⓘ
decides to testify against organized crime ⓘ goes into protective custody ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
bounty hunters
ⓘ
contract killers ⓘ mob enforcers ⓘ |
| threatLevelInStory | high-value target ⓘ |
| workReleaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Buddy Israel Description of subject: Buddy Israel is a Las Vegas magician-turned-mob informant whose decision to testify against the Mafia makes him the hunted focal point of the action film "Smokin' Aces."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Buddy 'Aces' Israel