Dana York
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Dana York is an American woman best known as the widow of rock musician Tom Petty, whom she married in 2001 and remained with until his death.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dana York canonical | 4 |
| Dana York Petty | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T922773 — 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)
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Target entity: Dana York Context triple: [Tom Petty, spouse, Dana York]
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A.
Dana DeMuth
Dana DeMuth is a longtime Major League Baseball umpire who has officiated numerous postseason games, including multiple World Series.
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B.
Tracy Benchley
Tracy Benchley is a child of American author and screenwriter Peter Benchley, best known for writing the novel "Jaws."
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C.
Debralee Scott
Debralee Scott was an American actress best known for her comedic roles on 1970s and 1980s television sitcoms and films.
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D.
Tracy Bond
Tracy Bond is a fictional character in the James Bond series, best known as the woman James Bond marries in the novel and film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service."
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E.
Dana Remus
Dana Remus is an American lawyer who served as White House Counsel to President Joe Biden, advising on legal and ethical issues within the administration.
- 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: Dana York Target entity description: Dana York is an American woman best known as the widow of rock musician Tom Petty, whom she married in 2001 and remained with until his death.
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A.
Dana DeMuth
Dana DeMuth is a longtime Major League Baseball umpire who has officiated numerous postseason games, including multiple World Series.
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B.
Tracy Benchley
Tracy Benchley is a child of American author and screenwriter Peter Benchley, best known for writing the novel "Jaws."
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C.
Debralee Scott
Debralee Scott was an American actress best known for her comedic roles on 1970s and 1980s television sitcoms and films.
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D.
Tracy Bond
Tracy Bond is a fictional character in the James Bond series, best known as the woman James Bond marries in the novel and film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service."
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E.
Dana Remus
Dana Remus is an American lawyer who served as White House Counsel to President Joe Biden, advising on legal and ethical issues within the administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tom Petty estate
ⓘ
linked to:
Tom Petty
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| hasChildFromPreviousRelationship | one son ⓘ |
| knownFor |
appearing publicly with Tom Petty at events and tours
ⓘ
maintaining a private life away from media ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 2001 ⓘ |
| nameAfterMarriage |
Dana York Petty
ⓘ
linked to:
Dana York
|
| notableFor | being the widow of Tom Petty ⓘ |
| occupation |
educator
ⓘ
school principal ⓘ |
| participatedIn | memorial and tribute activities for Tom Petty ⓘ |
| placeOfMarriage |
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Las Vegas, Nevada
|
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles
Malibu, California, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Malibu, California
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Dana York
ⓘ
Tom Petty ⓘ |
| spouseCauseOfDeath | accidental drug overdose ⓘ |
| spouseDateOfDeath | 2017-10-02 ⓘ |
| spouseMemberOf | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation |
record producer
ⓘ
rock musician ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| stepParentOf |
Adria Petty
ⓘ
Annakim Violette ⓘ |
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: Dana York Description of subject: Dana York is an American woman best known as the widow of rock musician Tom Petty, whom she married in 2001 and remained with until his death.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dana York