Zak Starkey
E184423
Zak Starkey is an English rock drummer, the son of Ringo Starr, best known for his work with The Who and various other prominent bands.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zak Starkey canonical | 37 |
| Zak Richard Starkey | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1622164 — 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: Zak Starkey Context triple: [Oasis, member, Zak Starkey]
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A.
Stewart Copeland
Stewart Copeland is an American drummer and composer best known as the co-founder and drummer of the rock band The Police and for his extensive work in film and television scoring.
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B.
Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr is an English musician and actor best known as the drummer of the Beatles and for his subsequent solo career.
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C.
Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce was a Scottish musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the bassist and vocalist of the pioneering rock band Cream.
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D.
Pete Best
Pete Best is an English drummer best known as the original drummer for the Beatles before being replaced by Ringo Starr just prior to the band’s rise to fame.
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E.
Charlie Watts
Charlie Watts was the longtime drummer of the Rolling Stones, renowned for his understated, jazz-influenced style and steady presence in one of rock’s most iconic bands.
- 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: Zak Starkey Target entity description: Zak Starkey is an English rock drummer, the son of Ringo Starr, best known for his work with The Who and various other prominent bands.
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A.
Stewart Copeland
Stewart Copeland is an American drummer and composer best known as the co-founder and drummer of the rock band The Police and for his extensive work in film and television scoring.
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B.
Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr is an English musician and actor best known as the drummer of the Beatles and for his subsequent solo career.
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C.
Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce was a Scottish musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the bassist and vocalist of the pioneering rock band Cream.
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D.
Pete Best
Pete Best is an English drummer best known as the original drummer for the Beatles before being replaced by Ringo Starr just prior to the band’s rise to fame.
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E.
Charlie Watts
Charlie Watts was the longtime drummer of the Rolling Stones, renowned for his understated, jazz-influenced style and steady presence in one of rock’s most iconic bands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
rock drummer ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Johnny Marr
ⓘ
Oasis ⓘ Paul Weller ⓘ Ringo Starr ⓘ SSHHA ⓘ The Lightning Seeds ⓘ
linked to:
Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds
The Who ⓘ |
| birthName |
Zak Richard Starkey
ⓘ
linked to:
Zak Starkey
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1965-09-13 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| father | Ringo Starr ⓘ |
| genre |
classic rock
ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| hasChild | Tatia Starkey ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.zakstarkey.com/ ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Keith Moon ⓘ |
| instrument | drum kit ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Johnny Marr & The Healers
ⓘ
Oasis (touring member) ⓘ SSHHA (band) ⓘ The Lightning Seeds ⓘ
linked to:
Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds
The Who (touring member) ⓘ
linked to:
The Who
|
| mentor | Keith Moon ⓘ |
| mother | Maureen Starkey Tigrett ⓘ |
| name | Zak Starkey ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the son of Ringo Starr
ⓘ
session and touring work with major British rock bands ⓘ touring drummer for The Who ⓘ |
| notableWork |
drumming on Oasis album "Dig Out Your Soul"
ⓘ
drumming on Oasis album "Don’t Believe the Truth" ⓘ drumming on The Who live tours from the mid-1990s onward ⓘ |
| occupation |
drummer
ⓘ
musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | London, England ⓘ |
| relative | The Beatles ⓘ |
| residence | England ⓘ |
| spouse | Sarah Menikides ⓘ |
| startOfActivity | 1980s ⓘ |
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: Zak Starkey Description of subject: Zak Starkey is an English rock drummer, the son of Ringo Starr, best known for his work with The Who and various other prominent bands.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Zak Starkey
subject linked to:
SSHHA (band)
subject linked to:
SSHHA (band)
subject linked to:
Starkey family
subject linked to:
Starkey family