La Cosa Nostra
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La Cosa Nostra is a notorious Italian-American organized crime syndicate known for its hierarchical structure, code of silence, and involvement in activities such as extortion, racketeering, and illegal gambling.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cosa Nostra | 3 |
| American Mafia | 2 |
| La Cosa Nostra canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11344617 — 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: La Cosa Nostra Context triple: [Italian-American Mafia, hasAlternativeName, La Cosa Nostra]
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A.
La Mafia
La Mafia is a Grammy-winning American band from Houston, Texas, widely recognized for modernizing and popularizing Tejano music with a polished, pop-influenced sound.
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B.
The Mob
The Mob is a 1951 American film noir crime drama starring Broderick Crawford as a tough undercover cop infiltrating a corrupt waterfront underworld.
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C.
La Coka Nostra
La Coka Nostra is an American hip hop supergroup known for its hardcore, underground sound and membership including artists from House of Pain and other notable rap acts.
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D.
Omertà
Omertà is a crime novel by Mario Puzo that explores the Sicilian Mafia’s code of silence through the story of a powerful don and his heir.
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E.
Le Clan des Siciliens
Le Clan des Siciliens is a classic 1969 French crime film, directed by Henri Verneuil, that follows a Sicilian mafia family's elaborate jewel heist and is renowned for its star trio Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, and Lino Ventura.
- 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: La Cosa Nostra Target entity description: La Cosa Nostra is a notorious Italian-American organized crime syndicate known for its hierarchical structure, code of silence, and involvement in activities such as extortion, racketeering, and illegal gambling.
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A.
La Mafia
La Mafia is a Grammy-winning American band from Houston, Texas, widely recognized for modernizing and popularizing Tejano music with a polished, pop-influenced sound.
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B.
The Mob
The Mob is a 1951 American film noir crime drama starring Broderick Crawford as a tough undercover cop infiltrating a corrupt waterfront underworld.
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C.
La Coka Nostra
La Coka Nostra is an American hip hop supergroup known for its hardcore, underground sound and membership including artists from House of Pain and other notable rap acts.
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D.
Omertà
Omertà is a crime novel by Mario Puzo that explores the Sicilian Mafia’s code of silence through the story of a powerful don and his heir.
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E.
Le Clan des Siciliens
Le Clan des Siciliens is a classic 1969 French crime film, directed by Henri Verneuil, that follows a Sicilian mafia family's elaborate jewel heist and is renowned for its star trio Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, and Lino Ventura.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian-American organized crime syndicate
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criminal organization ⓘ mafia-type organization ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
LCN
NERFINISHED
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the American Mafia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreRule | omertà ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Italian-American ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
code of silence
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family-based organization ⓘ hierarchical structure ⓘ initiation rituals ⓘ oath of loyalty ⓘ secretive operations ⓘ use of violence and intimidation ⓘ |
| hasSubunit | crime family ⓘ |
| hasSymbolicPractice |
blood oath during initiation
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burning of saint image during initiation ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Sicilian Mafia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influence over construction industry
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influence over waste management industry ⓘ influence over waterfront and shipping ⓘ long-term infiltration of unions ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Italian ⓘ |
| lawEnforcementTarget |
Federal Bureau of Investigation
NERFINISHED
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United States Department of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalToolUsedAgainst | RICO Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literalMeaningOfName | our thing ⓘ |
| membershipType | male-only for full members ⓘ |
| notableCenterOfActivity |
Chicago
NERFINISHED
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New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ Northeastern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| omertàMeaning | code of silence ⓘ |
| operationalModel | network of semi-autonomous families ⓘ |
| organizationalStructure |
associate
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boss ⓘ caporegime ⓘ consigliere ⓘ soldier ⓘ underboss ⓘ |
| primaryEthnicBase |
Italian
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Sicilian ⓘ |
| primaryRegionOfActivity | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recruitmentCriterion | Italian descent ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProminence |
20th century
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early 21st century ⓘ |
| typicalCriminalActivity |
bribery
GENERATED
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drug trafficking GENERATED ⓘ extortion GENERATED ⓘ fraud GENERATED ⓘ illegal gambling GENERATED ⓘ infiltration of legitimate businesses GENERATED ⓘ labor racketeering GENERATED ⓘ loan sharking GENERATED ⓘ money laundering GENERATED ⓘ murder for hire GENERATED ⓘ racketeering GENERATED ⓘ |
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: La Cosa Nostra Description of subject: La Cosa Nostra is a notorious Italian-American organized crime syndicate known for its hierarchical structure, code of silence, and involvement in activities such as extortion, racketeering, and illegal gambling.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cosa Nostra
this entity surface form:
Cosa Nostra
this entity surface form:
American Mafia
subject surface form:
Frank Nitti
this entity surface form:
American Mafia
this entity surface form:
Cosa Nostra