Ambrose Rookwood
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Ambrose Rookwood was an English Catholic conspirator executed in 1606 for his role in the failed Gunpowder Plot to assassinate King James I and blow up the Houses of Parliament.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ambrose Rookwood canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5454222 — 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: Ambrose Rookwood Context triple: [Gunpowder Plot, participant, Ambrose Rookwood]
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A.
Marion Ravenwood
Marion Ravenwood is a tough, resourceful bar owner and adventurer best known as Indiana Jones’s spirited love interest and partner in the Indiana Jones film series.
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B.
Silas Talbot
Silas Talbot was an American naval officer and privateer who served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War and later commanded U.S. naval forces in the early national period.
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C.
Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot was an American actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1930s through the 1980s, including roles in both major studio productions and low-budget cult classics.
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D.
Henry Fairfax
Henry Fairfax was a member of the prominent Fairfax family, an English noble lineage influential in politics and society from the early modern period onward.
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E.
Baron Seaton
Baron Seaton is a British peerage title created for Sir John Colborne, a distinguished 19th-century British Army officer and colonial administrator.
- 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: Ambrose Rookwood Target entity description: Ambrose Rookwood was an English Catholic conspirator executed in 1606 for his role in the failed Gunpowder Plot to assassinate King James I and blow up the Houses of Parliament.
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A.
Marion Ravenwood
Marion Ravenwood is a tough, resourceful bar owner and adventurer best known as Indiana Jones’s spirited love interest and partner in the Indiana Jones film series.
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B.
Silas Talbot
Silas Talbot was an American naval officer and privateer who served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War and later commanded U.S. naval forces in the early national period.
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C.
Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot was an American actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1930s through the 1980s, including roles in both major studio productions and low-budget cult classics.
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D.
Henry Fairfax
Henry Fairfax was a member of the prominent Fairfax family, an English noble lineage influential in politics and society from the early modern period onward.
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E.
Baron Seaton
Baron Seaton is a British peerage title created for Sir John Colborne, a distinguished 19th-century British Army officer and colonial administrator.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English Catholic
ⓘ
Gunpowder Plot conspirator ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activityStart | early 17th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Everard Digby
ⓘ
Francis Tresham ⓘ Guy Fawkes ⓘ Henry Garnet ⓘ John Grant ⓘ Robert Catesby ⓘ Robert Keyes ⓘ Robert Wintour ⓘ Thomas Percy ⓘ Thomas Wintour ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| charge |
conspiracy to blow up the Houses of Parliament
ⓘ
conspiracy to kill King James I ⓘ |
| convictedOf | high treason ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1606 ⓘ |
| dateOfTrial | 1606 ⓘ |
| era |
Elizabethan era
ⓘ
Jacobean era ⓘ
linked to:
Stuart period
|
| executionMethod |
drawing
ⓘ
hanging ⓘ quartering ⓘ |
| familyName | Rookwood ⓘ |
| foundGuiltyBy | English court ⓘ |
| givenName | Ambrose ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early modern England ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by hanging, drawing and quartering ⓘ |
| monarchAtTimeOfDeath |
James I of England
ⓘ
linked to:
James VI and I
|
| movement | English Catholic recusancy ⓘ |
| name | Ambrose Rookwood ⓘ |
| notableEvent | arrest after discovery of the Gunpowder Plot ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in the Gunpowder Plot ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gunpowder Plot
ⓘ
linked to:
The Gunpowder Plot
|
| opponent |
James I of England
ⓘ
linked to:
James VI and I
Parliament of England ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Gunpowder Plot
ⓘ
linked to:
The Gunpowder Plot
|
| placeOfDeath |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Old Palace Yard, Westminster ⓘ
linked to:
Old Palace Yard
|
| politicalGoal |
assassination of King James I
ⓘ
destruction of the Houses of Parliament ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| triedAt | Westminster Hall ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ambrose Rookwood Description of subject: Ambrose Rookwood was an English Catholic conspirator executed in 1606 for his role in the failed Gunpowder Plot to assassinate King James I and blow up the Houses of Parliament.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.