Philip
E163423
Philip is the given name of Philip Barton Key II, the 19th-century U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia whose 1859 murder by Congressman Daniel Sickles became a landmark legal case.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philip canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1052599 — 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: Philip Context triple: [Philip Barton Key II, givenName, Philip]
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A.
Philip
Philip is the given first name of the renowned British actor Basil Rathbone, best known for his definitive film portrayals of Sherlock Holmes.
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B.
Philip
Philip was the given name of Philip V, the first Bourbon king of Spain who reigned in the early 18th century.
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C.
Philip
Philip is the given first name of Phil Esposito, the Hall of Fame Canadian ice hockey center and former NHL star.
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D.
Philip
Philip is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in Christian tradition, recognized as an early follower and messenger of Christ.
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E.
Patrick
Patrick is a component or constituent part of something associated with or named Kirkpatrick.
- 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: Philip Target entity description: Philip is the given name of Philip Barton Key II, the 19th-century U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia whose 1859 murder by Congressman Daniel Sickles became a landmark legal case.
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A.
Philip
Philip was the given name of Philip V, the first Bourbon king of Spain who reigned in the early 18th century.
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B.
Philip
Philip is the given first name of Phil Esposito, the Hall of Fame Canadian ice hockey center and former NHL star.
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C.
Philip
Philip is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in Christian tradition, recognized as an early follower and messenger of Christ.
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D.
Philip
Philip is the given first name of the renowned British actor Basil Rathbone, best known for his definitive film portrayals of Sherlock Holmes.
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E.
Patrick
Patrick is a component or constituent part of something associated with or named Kirkpatrick.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| familyName | Key ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
criminal law
ⓘ
public prosecution ⓘ |
| givenName | Philip self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| killedBy | Daniel Sickles ⓘ |
| legalCaseSignificance | early and prominent use of the temporary insanity defense in U.S. law ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Philip Barton Key II
ⓘ
surface form:
Philip Barton Key
|
| notableFor |
being murdered by Congressman Daniel Sickles in 1859
ⓘ
his death leading to a landmark U.S. legal case involving the temporary insanity defense ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
prosecutor ⓘ |
| officeContested |
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
|
| participantIn | legal case arising from his 1859 murder by Daniel Sickles ⓘ |
| positionHeld | United States Attorney for the District of Columbia ⓘ |
| relative |
Francis Scott Key
ⓘ
Philip Barton Key II ⓘ
surface form:
Philip Barton Key
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| workLocation | 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: Philip Description of subject: Philip is the given name of Philip Barton Key II, the 19th-century U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia whose 1859 murder by Congressman Daniel Sickles became a landmark legal case.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.