Meyer Wolfsheim
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Meyer Wolfsheim is a shady, influential gambler and underworld figure in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel *The Great Gatsby*, loosely based on real-life mobster Arnold Rothstein.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meyer Wolfsheim canonical | 2 |
| Arnold Rothstein | 1 |
| Meyer Wolfsheim – Howard Da Silva | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549605 — 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: Meyer Wolfsheim Context triple: [The Great Gatsby, hasCharacter, Meyer Wolfsheim]
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A.
Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lansky was a major American organized crime figure and financial mastermind who helped build the National Crime Syndicate and modernize the mob’s gambling operations.
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B.
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a notorious American mobster and key architect of organized crime’s expansion into Las Vegas, becoming one of the most infamous figures of the early 20th-century underworld.
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C.
Al Capone
Al Capone was a notorious American gangster and crime boss of the Prohibition era, best known for leading the Chicago Outfit and becoming an enduring symbol of organized crime in the United States.
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D.
Johnny Torrio
Johnny Torrio was an influential Italian-American mobster and mentor to Al Capone who helped organize and modernize Chicago’s criminal underworld during the Prohibition era.
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E.
Frank Nitti
Frank Nitti was a prominent Italian-American mobster who became one of the key leaders of the Chicago Outfit, especially after Al Capone’s imprisonment.
- 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: Meyer Wolfsheim Target entity description: Meyer Wolfsheim is a shady, influential gambler and underworld figure in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel *The Great Gatsby*, loosely based on real-life mobster Arnold Rothstein.
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A.
Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lansky was a major American organized crime figure and financial mastermind who helped build the National Crime Syndicate and modernize the mob’s gambling operations.
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B.
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a notorious American mobster and key architect of organized crime’s expansion into Las Vegas, becoming one of the most infamous figures of the early 20th-century underworld.
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C.
Al Capone
Al Capone was a notorious American gangster and crime boss of the Prohibition era, best known for leading the Chicago Outfit and becoming an enduring symbol of organized crime in the United States.
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D.
Johnny Torrio
Johnny Torrio was an influential Italian-American mobster and mentor to Al Capone who helped organize and modernize Chicago’s criminal underworld during the Prohibition era.
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E.
Frank Nitti
Frank Nitti was a prominent Italian-American mobster who became one of the key leaders of the Chicago Outfit, especially after Al Capone’s imprisonment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Great Gatsby ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter | Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Daisy Buchanan
ⓘ
Jay Gatsby ⓘ Nick Carraway ⓘ |
| basedOn | Arnold Rothstein ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
loyal to Gatsby
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secretive ⓘ shrewd ⓘ |
| creator | F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Great Gatsby ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | modernist literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryRole | supporting character ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | fixing the 1919 World Series (in the novel’s backstory) ⓘ |
| occupation |
gambler
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racketeer ⓘ underworld figure ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
Gatsby’s business associate
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symbol of organized crime in the novel ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Prohibition-era United States ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
corruption of the American Dream
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criminal underworld of the Jazz Age ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roaring Twenties ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Meyer Wolfsheim Description of subject: Meyer Wolfsheim is a shady, influential gambler and underworld figure in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel *The Great Gatsby*, loosely based on real-life mobster Arnold Rothstein.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Arnold Rothstein
this entity surface form:
Meyer Wolfsheim – Howard Da Silva