Surratt
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Surratt is a surname most notably associated with Mary Surratt, who was convicted as a conspirator in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Surratt canonical | 5 |
| Surratt family | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1126130 — 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: Surratt Context triple: [Mary Surratt, familyName, Surratt]
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A.
Herold
Herold is a German-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
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B.
Gulian McEvers
Gulian McEvers was an early American merchant and broker in New York City who was among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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C.
Ma Barker
Ma Barker was a notorious American crime matriarch of the early 20th century, associated with the Barker–Karpis gang and widely (though controversially) portrayed as the mastermind behind her sons’ criminal activities.
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D.
Mary Alice Herold
Mary Alice Herold is known primarily as the sister of David Herold, one of the conspirators involved in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
Mary Lee Hartford
Mary Lee Hartford was the second wife of American actor and producer Douglas Fairbanks Jr., known primarily for her marriage into the prominent Fairbanks 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: Surratt Target entity description: Surratt is a surname most notably associated with Mary Surratt, who was convicted as a conspirator in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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A.
Herold
Herold is a German-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
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B.
Gulian McEvers
Gulian McEvers was an early American merchant and broker in New York City who was among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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C.
Ma Barker
Ma Barker was a notorious American crime matriarch of the early 20th century, associated with the Barker–Karpis gang and widely (though controversially) portrayed as the mastermind behind her sons’ criminal activities.
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D.
Mary Alice Herold
Mary Alice Herold is known primarily as the sister of David Herold, one of the conspirators involved in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
Mary Lee Hartford
Mary Lee Hartford was the second wife of American actor and producer Douglas Fairbanks Jr., known primarily for her marriage into the prominent Fairbanks family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American woman
ⓘ
boarding house ⓘ family name ⓘ historical figure ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1823-05-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Prince George’s County, Maryland
ⓘ
surface form:
Prince George's County, Maryland
|
| convictedOf | conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1865-07-07 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| familyName |
Surratt
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
Surratt self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| fullName |
Mary Surratt
ⓘ
surface form:
Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Surratt
|
| givenName |
Elizabeth
ⓘ
Mary ⓘ |
| hasChild | John H. Surratt ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
John H. Surratt
ⓘ
Mary Surratt ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| location | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by hanging ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Surratt ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mary Surratt ⓘ |
| notableAs | first woman executed by the U.S. federal government ⓘ |
| notableFor |
alleged role in the Lincoln assassination conspiracy
ⓘ
being convicted as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination ⓘ meeting place for Lincoln assassination conspirators ⓘ role in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| occupation | boarding house owner ⓘ |
| operated |
Surratt House Museum
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surface form:
Surratt boarding house
|
| participantIn |
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
ⓘ
surface form:
assassination of Abraham Lincoln
conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| residence | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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: Surratt Description of subject: Surratt is a surname most notably associated with Mary Surratt, who was convicted as a conspirator in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mary Surratt
subject surface form:
John H. Surratt
this entity surface form:
Surratt family
this entity surface form:
Surratt family