DeBartolo
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American family
American football team
businessperson
family name
real estate company
real estate developer
DeBartolo is the surname of a prominent American family known for its involvement in real estate development and professional sports ownership, including the San Francisco 49ers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DeBartolo canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8744049 — 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: DeBartolo Context triple: [Denise DeBartolo York, familyName, DeBartolo]
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A.
Joe Bonomo
Joe Bonomo was an American stuntman and actor known for his work in early Hollywood serials and action films.
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B.
Dolan
Dolan is a surname most prominently associated with the American business family that controls Madison Square Garden Sports and Entertainment, including executive James L. Dolan.
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C.
Salvatore Del Deo
Salvatore Del Deo is an American painter and influential figure in the Provincetown art community, known for his long career on Cape Cod and his role in nurturing generations of artists.
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D.
Mazzulla
Mazzulla is a surname most prominently associated with American basketball coaches and players, including NBA head coach Joe Mazzulla.
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E.
Thomas D'Alesandro III
Thomas D'Alesandro III was an American politician who served as mayor of Baltimore from 1967 to 1971 and was part of a prominent Maryland political family.
- 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: DeBartolo Target entity description: DeBartolo is the surname of a prominent American family known for its involvement in real estate development and professional sports ownership, including the San Francisco 49ers.
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A.
Joe Bonomo
Joe Bonomo was an American stuntman and actor known for his work in early Hollywood serials and action films.
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B.
Dolan
Dolan is a surname most prominently associated with the American business family that controls Madison Square Garden Sports and Entertainment, including executive James L. Dolan.
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C.
Salvatore Del Deo
Salvatore Del Deo is an American painter and influential figure in the Provincetown art community, known for his long career on Cape Cod and his role in nurturing generations of artists.
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D.
Mazzulla
Mazzulla is a surname most prominently associated with American basketball coaches and players, including NBA head coach Joe Mazzulla.
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E.
Thomas D'Alesandro III
Thomas D'Alesandro III was an American politician who served as mayor of Baltimore from 1967 to 1971 and was part of a prominent Maryland political family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American family
ⓘ
American football team ⓘ businessperson ⓘ family name ⓘ real estate company ⓘ real estate developer ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization |
Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
The Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation
San Francisco 49ers ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| familyName | DeBartolo ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity |
National Football League ownership
ⓘ
commercial real estate ⓘ shopping mall development ⓘ shopping mall development ⓘ shopping mall development ⓘ |
| formerOwner | Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Denise DeBartolo York
ⓘ
Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. ⓘ Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. ⓘ John York ⓘ |
| industry |
professional sports
ⓘ
real estate ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Italian ⓘ |
| league | National Football League ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeamOwned | San Francisco 49ers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation
ⓘ
ownership of the San Francisco 49ers ⓘ ownership of the San Francisco 49ers ⓘ professional sports ownership ⓘ real estate development ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
co-chairman of the San Francisco 49ers
ⓘ
owner of the San Francisco 49ers ⓘ owner of the San Francisco 49ers ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Ohio ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| sportsInvolvement | American football ⓘ |
| spouse | Denise DeBartolo York ⓘ |
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: DeBartolo Description of subject: DeBartolo is the surname of a prominent American family known for its involvement in real estate development and professional sports ownership, including the San Francisco 49ers.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.