John Wilkes Booth
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John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor and Confederate sympathizer best known for assassinating President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T74006 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Wilkes Booth Context triple: [Abraham Lincoln, killedBy, John Wilkes Booth]
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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln was the 1865 killing of the 16th U.S. president by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., an event that shocked the nation and profoundly shaped the aftermath of the Civil War.
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Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks was an African and Native American dockworker widely regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre and thus the first casualty of the American Revolution.
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Edwin Booth
Edwin Booth was a renowned 19th-century American stage actor, celebrated as one of the greatest tragedians of his era and known for his definitive portrayals of Shakespearean characters such as Hamlet.
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, best known for leading the country through the Civil War and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that began the process of ending slavery.
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Haymarket
Haymarket is a small historic town in Prince William County, Northern Virginia, known for its quaint downtown and proximity to Washington, D.C.
- 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: John Wilkes Booth Target entity description: John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor and Confederate sympathizer best known for assassinating President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln was the 1865 killing of the 16th U.S. president by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., an event that shocked the nation and profoundly shaped the aftermath of the Civil War.
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Sirhan Sirhan
Sirhan Sirhan is a Palestinian immigrant who became infamous for assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles in 1968.
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy was the 1963 killing of the 35th U.S. president in Dallas, Texas, an event that shocked the world and has since been the subject of extensive investigation and controversy.
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Lincoln
Lincoln is a suburban town in eastern Massachusetts known for its conservation land, historic sites, and commuter access to Boston.
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Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks was an African and Native American dockworker widely regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre and thus the first casualty of the American Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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assassin ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| activeIn | 19th-century American theatre ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Confederate States of America
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surface form:
Confederate States of America (sympathizer)
|
| burialPlace | Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ |
| capturedAt | Garrett farm near Port Royal, Virginia, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| committedCrime |
conspiracy against the United States government
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murder of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfAssassination | 1865-04-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1838-05-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1865-04-26 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Booth ⓘ |
| father | Junius Brutus Booth ⓘ |
| fledFrom | Ford's Theatre after shooting Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| fullName | John Wilkes Booth self-link ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
American Civil War
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surface form:
American Civil War era
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| killedBy | Boston Corbett ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Booth
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surface form:
Booth theatrical family
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| mother | Mary Ann Holmes Booth ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableEvent | assassination of Abraham Lincoln on 1865-04-14 ⓘ |
| notableFor | assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| notableWork | performances in Shakespearean plays ⓘ |
| occupation |
stage actor
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theatre actor ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Shakespearean tragedies
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theatres across the United States ⓘ |
| perpetrated | assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| placeOfAssassination |
Ford's Theatre
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surface form:
Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., United States
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| placeOfBirth | Bel Air, Maryland, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Near Port Royal, Virginia, United States ⓘ |
| planned | kidnapping plot against Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Confederate sympathizer ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| sibling |
Edwin Booth
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Junius Brutus Booth ⓘ
surface form:
Junius Brutus Booth Jr.
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| targetOfAssassination | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| usedWeapon | Derringer pistol ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: John Wilkes Booth Description of subject: John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor and Confederate sympathizer best known for assassinating President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
Referenced by (61)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
John Wilkes Booth, assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
subject surface form:
Green Mount Cemetery
subject surface form:
Junius Brutus Booth
this entity surface form:
John Wilkes Booth is the brother of Edwin Booth
this entity surface form:
John Wilkes Booth is the brother of Junius Brutus Booth Jr.
subject surface form:
George Atzerodt
subject surface form:
Washington Arsenal Penitentiary
subject surface form:
Samuel Mudd
this entity surface form:
John Wilkes Booth – principal assassin of Abraham Lincoln