Michael O'Laughlen
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Michael O'Laughlen was an American Confederate sympathizer and associate of John Wilkes Booth who was implicated as a co-conspirator in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael O’Laughlen | 11 |
| Michael O'Laughlen canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T186016 — 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: Michael O'Laughlen Context triple: [Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, conspirator, Michael O'Laughlen]
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Craig T. Nelson
Craig T. Nelson is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as football coach Hayden Fox on the TV sitcom "Coach" and for voicing Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in Pixar's "The Incredibles" films.
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B.
Ed Harris
Ed Harris is an American actor and filmmaker known for his intense, authoritative performances in films such as "The Truman Show," "Apollo 13," and "Pollock."
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C.
Bradley Whitford
Bradley Whitford is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as Josh Lyman on the political drama series "The West Wing."
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D.
Norman Lloyd
Norman Lloyd was an American actor, producer, and director whose career in film, television, and theater spanned more than eight decades.
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E.
Richard Schiff
Richard Schiff is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as communications director Toby Ziegler on the political drama series "The West Wing."
- 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: Michael O'Laughlen Target entity description: Michael O'Laughlen was an American Confederate sympathizer and associate of John Wilkes Booth who was implicated as a co-conspirator in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
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A.
Craig T. Nelson
Craig T. Nelson is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as football coach Hayden Fox on the TV sitcom "Coach" and for voicing Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in Pixar's "The Incredibles" films.
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B.
Ed Harris
Ed Harris is an American actor and filmmaker known for his intense, authoritative performances in films such as "The Truman Show," "Apollo 13," and "Pollock."
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C.
Bradley Whitford
Bradley Whitford is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as Josh Lyman on the political drama series "The West Wing."
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D.
Norman Lloyd
Norman Lloyd was an American actor, producer, and director whose career in film, television, and theater spanned more than eight decades.
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E.
Richard Schiff
Richard Schiff is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as communications director Toby Ziegler on the political drama series "The West Wing."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War-era figure
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person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Confederate underground network in Maryland
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John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1840-06-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Baltimore, Maryland
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linked to:
Baltimore
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| burialPlace |
Baltimore, Maryland
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linked to:
Baltimore
|
| causeOfDeath | yellow fever ⓘ |
| coConspiratorOf | John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| convictedOf | conspiracy in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1867-09-23 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida
ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Jefferson
|
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | O'Laughlen ⓘ |
| fullName | Michael O'Laughlen ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| implicatedAs | co-conspirator in Lincoln assassination plot ⓘ |
| implicatedIn | conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| imprisonedAt |
Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida
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linked to:
Fort Jefferson
|
| knownAssociate |
David Herold
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Dr. Samuel Mudd ⓘ George Atzerodt ⓘ Lewis Powell ⓘ Mary Surratt ⓘ Samuel Arnold ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatusAtDeath | convicted prisoner ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | disease ⓘ |
| militaryConflictContext | American Civil War ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableEvent | arrest and trial following Lincoln's assassination ⓘ |
| notableFor | involvement in conspiracy related to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| occupation | clerk ⓘ |
| participantIn | plot surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention |
Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida
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linked to:
Fort Jefferson
|
| placeOfOrigin |
Baltimore, Maryland
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linked to:
Baltimore
|
| politicalAlignment | Confederate sympathizer ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| sentence | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | Maryland ⓘ |
| triedBy | United States military commission ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Michael O'Laughlen Description of subject: Michael O'Laughlen was an American Confederate sympathizer and associate of John Wilkes Booth who was implicated as a co-conspirator in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
Referenced by (15)
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