Henry Hill
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Henry Hill was a real-life American mob associate whose criminal career and later turn as an FBI informant were famously depicted in the film "Goodfellas."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henry Hill canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8278759 — 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: Henry Hill Context triple: [Goodfellas, mainCharacter, Henry Hill]
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A.
Henry Hill
Henry Hill is a historically significant rise within Manassas National Battlefield Park that served as a key position during the First Battle of Bull Run in the American Civil War.
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B.
Sonny Baskin
Sonny Baskin is a film editor known for his work on the 1984 science fiction drama "The Brother from Another Planet."
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C.
Crazy Joe Gallo
Crazy Joe Gallo was a notorious New York City mobster and hitman associated with the Colombo crime family during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Russell Bufalino
Russell Bufalino was a powerful mid-20th-century American mob boss from Pennsylvania, known for his influence in organized crime and alleged connections to the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.
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E.
Tony Gallucci
Tony Gallucci was the third husband of Hungarian-American socialite and actress Magda Gabor.
- 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: Henry Hill Target entity description: Henry Hill was a real-life American mob associate whose criminal career and later turn as an FBI informant were famously depicted in the film "Goodfellas."
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A.
Henry Hill
Henry Hill is a historically significant rise within Manassas National Battlefield Park that served as a key position during the First Battle of Bull Run in the American Civil War.
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B.
Sonny Baskin
Sonny Baskin is a film editor known for his work on the 1984 science fiction drama "The Brother from Another Planet."
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C.
Crazy Joe Gallo
Crazy Joe Gallo was a notorious New York City mobster and hitman associated with the Colombo crime family during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Russell Bufalino
Russell Bufalino was a powerful mid-20th-century American mob boss from Pennsylvania, known for his influence in organized crime and alleged connections to the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.
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E.
Tony Gallucci
Tony Gallucci was the third husband of Hungarian-American socialite and actress Magda Gabor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
FBI informant
ⓘ
mob associate ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
James Burke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul Vario NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy DeSimone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOf |
"Gangsters and Goodfellas"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
"The Wiseguy Cookbook" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart-related complications ⓘ |
| cooperatedWith | Federal Bureau of Investigation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| criminalAffiliation | Lucchese crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-06-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-06-12 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin |
Irish-American
ⓘ
Sicilian-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Henry Hill Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Gina Hill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gregg Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
book "Wiseguy"
ⓘ
film "Goodfellas" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a mob associate turned informant
ⓘ
being the basis for the book "Wiseguy" ⓘ being the basis for the film "Goodfellas" ⓘ |
| leftWitnessProtectionProgram | early 1990s ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
arrest on drug trafficking charges in 1980
ⓘ
entered Witness Protection Program in 1980 ⓘ participation in Lufthansa heist planning ⓘ |
| numberOfConvictions | multiple ⓘ |
| occupation |
FBI informant
ⓘ
author ⓘ mob associate ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ray Liotta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | Goodfellas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ various locations under Witness Protection Program ⓘ |
| spouse | Karen Friedman Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| struggledWith |
alcoholism
ⓘ
drug addiction ⓘ |
| testifiedAgainst | members of the Lucchese crime family ⓘ |
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: Henry Hill Description of subject: Henry Hill was a real-life American mob associate whose criminal career and later turn as an FBI informant were famously depicted in the film "Goodfellas."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Henry Hill (Goodfellas)