Dana Reeve
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Dana Reeve was an American actress, singer, and activist best known for her caregiving and advocacy work following her husband Christopher Reeve’s paralysis and for leading the Christopher Reeve Foundation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dana Reeve canonical | 8 |
| Dana Reeve was an actress and singer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5398482 — 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: Dana Reeve Context triple: [Christopher Reeve, spouse, Dana Reeve]
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A.
Carole Penny Marshall
Carole Penny Marshall was an American actress, director, and producer best known for starring in the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley" and directing hit films such as "Big" and "A League of Their Own."
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B.
Thelma Catherine Ryan
Thelma Catherine Ryan, better known as Pat Nixon, was the wife of U.S. President Richard Nixon and served as First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
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C.
Kathie Lee Gifford
Kathie Lee Gifford is an American television host, singer, songwriter, and author best known for co-hosting the talk shows "Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee" and the fourth hour of "Today."
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D.
Mary Jo Keenen
Mary Jo Keenen is an American actress known for her television work in the 1980s and 1990s, including roles on series such as "Nurses" and "City."
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E.
Marianne Stewart
Marianne Stewart was an American actress active in mid-20th-century film, television, and theater.
- 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 Reeve Target entity description: Dana Reeve was an American actress, singer, and activist best known for her caregiving and advocacy work following her husband Christopher Reeve’s paralysis and for leading the Christopher Reeve Foundation.
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A.
Carole Penny Marshall
Carole Penny Marshall was an American actress, director, and producer best known for starring in the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley" and directing hit films such as "Big" and "A League of Their Own."
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B.
Thelma Catherine Ryan
Thelma Catherine Ryan, better known as Pat Nixon, was the wife of U.S. President Richard Nixon and served as First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
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C.
Kathie Lee Gifford
Kathie Lee Gifford is an American television host, singer, songwriter, and author best known for co-hosting the talk shows "Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee" and the fourth hour of "Today."
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D.
Mary Jo Keenen
Mary Jo Keenen is an American actress known for her television work in the 1980s and 1990s, including roles on series such as "Nurses" and "City."
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E.
Marianne Stewart
Marianne Stewart was an American actress active in mid-20th-century film, television, and theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actress
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activist ⓘ caregiver ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Mother of the Year Award from the American Cancer Society ⓘ |
| birthName | Dana Charles Morosini ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Ferncliff Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| child | Will Reeve ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1961-03-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-03-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California Institute of the Arts
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Middlebury College ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian American ⓘ |
| familyName | Reeve ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
caregiver support
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disability rights advocacy ⓘ spinal cord injury research advocacy ⓘ |
| fullName | Dana Charles Reeve ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| givenName | Dana ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for people with spinal cord injuries
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public awareness work on paralysis and disability issues ⓘ supporting Christopher Reeve after his 1995 riding accident ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Christopher Reeve Foundation ⓘ |
| notableWork |
caregiving and advocacy following Christopher Reeve’s paralysis
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leadership of the Christopher Reeve Foundation ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
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actress ⓘ author ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Off-Broadway theatre productions
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film "Everyone’s Hero" (voice role, dedicated in her memory) ⓘ television series "Law & Order" ⓘ
linked to:
Law & Order
television series "Oz" ⓘ
linked to:
TV series "Oz"
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| placeOfBirth |
Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
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linked to:
Teaneck, New Jersey
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| placeOfDeath |
New York City, New York, United States
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linked to:
New York City
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| positionHeld | Chair of the Christopher Reeve Foundation ⓘ |
| religion | Unitarian Universalism ⓘ |
| residence |
Bedford, New York, United States
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linked to:
Bedford, New York
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| spouse |
Christopher Reeve
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Dana Reeve ⓘ |
| stepChild |
Alexandra Reeve
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Matthew Reeve ⓘ |
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 Reeve Description of subject: Dana Reeve was an American actress, singer, and activist best known for her caregiving and advocacy work following her husband Christopher Reeve’s paralysis and for leading the Christopher Reeve Foundation.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.