Dominick Napolitano
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Dominick Napolitano was a Brooklyn-based caporegime in the Bonanno crime family, known for his role in the Donnie Brasco undercover FBI operation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dominick Napolitano canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1588966 — 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: Dominick Napolitano Context triple: [Calvary Cemetery, Queens, hasBurial, Dominick Napolitano]
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A.
Dominick Pangallo
Dominick Pangallo is an American politician serving as the mayor of Salem, Massachusetts.
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B.
Vincent Pastore
Vincent Pastore is an American actor best known for his portrayals of mobsters, particularly his role as Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on the television series The Sopranos.
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C.
Carmine DeSapio
Carmine DeSapio was a mid-20th-century New York political boss and the last powerful leader of the Tammany Hall Democratic machine.
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D.
Michael De Luca
Michael De Luca is an American film producer and studio executive known for overseeing and producing a wide range of major Hollywood films across genres.
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E.
Greg Corrado
Greg Corrado is an American computer scientist and researcher known for his pioneering work in artificial intelligence and deep learning, including co-founding Google Brain.
- 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: Dominick Napolitano Target entity description: Dominick Napolitano was a Brooklyn-based caporegime in the Bonanno crime family, known for his role in the Donnie Brasco undercover FBI operation.
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A.
Dominick Pangallo
Dominick Pangallo is an American politician serving as the mayor of Salem, Massachusetts.
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B.
Vincent Pastore
Vincent Pastore is an American actor best known for his portrayals of mobsters, particularly his role as Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on the television series The Sopranos.
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C.
Carmine DeSapio
Carmine DeSapio was a mid-20th-century New York political boss and the last powerful leader of the Tammany Hall Democratic machine.
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D.
Michael De Luca
Michael De Luca is an American film producer and studio executive known for overseeing and producing a wide range of major Hollywood films across genres.
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E.
Greg Corrado
Greg Corrado is an American computer scientist and researcher known for his pioneering work in artificial intelligence and deep learning, including co-founding Google Brain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American mobster
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caporegime ⓘ member of the Bonanno crime family ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ early 1980s ⓘ |
| activity |
operated social clubs in Brooklyn
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supervised crew in Brooklyn for the Bonanno crime family ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Donnie Brasco operation
ⓘ
Joseph D. Pistone ⓘ
surface form:
Joseph Pistone
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| basedIn | Brooklyn ⓘ |
| bodyDiscoveredIn | Staten Island ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| criminalCharge |
illegal gambling (alleged)
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loan sharking (alleged) ⓘ racketeering (alleged) ⓘ |
| criminalOrganization | Bonanno crime family ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-06-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1981-08-17 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian American ⓘ |
| executionMethod | gunshot ⓘ |
| familyName | Napolitano ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | organized crime ⓘ |
| givenName | Dominick ⓘ |
| hasRole | caporegime in the Bonanno crime family ⓘ |
| killedBy |
Bonanno crime family
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surface form:
Bonanno crime family members
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| knownFor |
being held responsible for the Donnie Brasco infiltration
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loyalty to the Bonanno crime family code of conduct ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | murdered ⓘ |
| memberOf | Bonanno crime family ⓘ |
| nickname | Sonny Black ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement in the Donnie Brasco undercover FBI operation
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sponsoring undercover FBI agent Joseph Pistone into the Bonanno crime family ⓘ |
| occupation |
caporegime
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mobster ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York
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| placeOfResidence | Brooklyn ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Michael Madsen ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
Donnie Brasco
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surface form:
film "Donnie Brasco"
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| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dominick Napolitano Description of subject: Dominick Napolitano was a Brooklyn-based caporegime in the Bonanno crime family, known for his role in the Donnie Brasco undercover FBI operation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.