Lewis Payne
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Lewis Payne, better known as Lewis Powell, was a Confederate soldier and co-conspirator in John Wilkes Booth’s plot who attempted to assassinate U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward in 1865.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lewis Payne canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5649885 — 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: Lewis Payne Context triple: [Lewis Powell, alsoKnownAs, Lewis Payne]
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A.
Darren Gilshenan
Darren Gilshenan is an Australian actor and comedian known for his work in television, film, and theatre, particularly in character and comic roles.
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B.
Jon Plowman
Jon Plowman is a British television producer best known for his influential work on BBC comedies, including series such as Absolutely Fabulous and The Office.
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C.
Keith O'Nions
Keith O'Nions is a British geologist and academic leader who served as rector of Imperial College London and is known for his contributions to earth sciences and science policy.
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D.
Adam Gough
Adam Gough is a British film editor known for his work on acclaimed films such as "Da 5 Bloods" and "Roma."
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E.
Will Firth
Will Firth is the son of English actor Colin Firth and is known primarily for his connection to his father's prominent film career.
- 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: Lewis Payne Target entity description: Lewis Payne, better known as Lewis Powell, was a Confederate soldier and co-conspirator in John Wilkes Booth’s plot who attempted to assassinate U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward in 1865.
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A.
Darren Gilshenan
Darren Gilshenan is an Australian actor and comedian known for his work in television, film, and theatre, particularly in character and comic roles.
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B.
Jon Plowman
Jon Plowman is a British television producer best known for his influential work on BBC comedies, including series such as Absolutely Fabulous and The Office.
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C.
Keith O'Nions
Keith O'Nions is a British geologist and academic leader who served as rector of Imperial College London and is known for his contributions to earth sciences and science policy.
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D.
Adam Gough
Adam Gough is a British film editor known for his work on acclaimed films such as "Da 5 Bloods" and "Roma."
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E.
Will Firth
Will Firth is the son of English actor Colin Firth and is known primarily for his connection to his father's prominent film career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate soldier
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assassin ⓘ conspirator ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lewis Paine
NERFINISHED
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Lewis Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis Thornton Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arrestDate | 1865-04-17 ⓘ |
| arrestPlace | Mary Surratt's boarding house, Washington, D.C., United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attackDate | 1865-04-14 ⓘ |
| attackLocation | Washington, D.C., United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1844-04-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Randolph County, Alabama, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Union authorities ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coConspiratorWith |
David Herold
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Atzerodt NERFINISHED ⓘ John Wilkes Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Surratt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
assisting the enemy
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attempted murder ⓘ conspiracy ⓘ |
| crime |
attempted murder of William H. Seward
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conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1865-07-07 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Washington, D.C., United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executedAt | Washington Arsenal Penitentiary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executionDate | 1865-07-07 ⓘ |
| executionMethod | hanging ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempted assassination of William H. Seward
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participation in Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy ⓘ |
| occupation |
farm laborer
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soldier ⓘ |
| parent |
George C. Powell
NERFINISHED
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Patience Caroline Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photographedBy | Alexander Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence | Florida, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sentence | death ⓘ |
| targetedPerson | William H. Seward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trialBy | United States military commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Lewis Payne Description of subject: Lewis Payne, better known as Lewis Powell, was a Confederate soldier and co-conspirator in John Wilkes Booth’s plot who attempted to assassinate U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward in 1865.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.