Thomas P. Corbett
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Thomas P. Corbett, better known as Boston Corbett, was the Union Army soldier famed for killing John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas P. Corbett canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2664853 — 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: Thomas P. Corbett Context triple: [Boston Corbett, birthName, Thomas P. Corbett]
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A.
Tom Ridge
Tom Ridge is an American politician and former governor of Pennsylvania who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, helping to shape the nation’s post-9/11 security framework.
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B.
John F. Kelly
John F. Kelly is a retired U.S. Marine Corps general who served in the Trump administration, including as White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Homeland Security.
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C.
John J. Kelly
John J. Kelly was a United States military serviceman whose distinguished service led to his burial at Golden Gate National Cemetery.
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D.
Mark Schweiker
Mark Schweiker is an American politician who served as the 44th governor of Pennsylvania in the early 2000s.
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E.
Denis McDonough
Denis McDonough is an American political advisor who served as White House Chief of Staff under President Barack Obama.
- 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: Thomas P. Corbett Target entity description: Thomas P. Corbett, better known as Boston Corbett, was the Union Army soldier famed for killing John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
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A.
Tom Ridge
Tom Ridge is an American politician and former governor of Pennsylvania who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, helping to shape the nation’s post-9/11 security framework.
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B.
John F. Kelly
John F. Kelly is a retired U.S. Marine Corps general who served in the Trump administration, including as White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Homeland Security.
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C.
John J. Kelly
John J. Kelly was a United States military serviceman whose distinguished service led to his burial at Golden Gate National Cemetery.
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D.
Mark Schweiker
Mark Schweiker is an American politician who served as the 44th governor of Pennsylvania in the early 2000s.
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E.
Denis McDonough
Denis McDonough is an American political advisor who served as White House Chief of Staff under President Barack Obama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War veteran
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Union Army soldier ⓘ historical figure ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance | Union ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Boston Corbett ⓘ |
| assassinated | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| birthName | Thomas P. Corbett ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | killing the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Union Army ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | avenger of Lincoln’s assassination ⓘ |
| killed | John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army ⓘ |
| name | Thomas P. Corbett ⓘ |
| nickname | Boston Corbett ⓘ |
| notableAssociation |
assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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pursuit of John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| notableEvent | shooting of John Wilkes Booth in 1865 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
avenging the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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killing John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn | American Civil War ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| role | sergeant ⓘ |
| servedIn | 16th New York Cavalry Regiment ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
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: Thomas P. Corbett Description of subject: Thomas P. Corbett, better known as Boston Corbett, was the Union Army soldier famed for killing John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.