Robert Keyes
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Robert Keyes was an English Catholic conspirator best known for his role in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate King James I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Keyes canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5454223 — 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: Robert Keyes Context triple: [Gunpowder Plot, participant, Robert Keyes]
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A.
Bert Keyes
Bert Keyes was an American songwriter, arranger, and producer known for his contributions to soul and R&B music in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Ted Key
Ted Key is a British musician best known as the original bassist for the indie pop band The Housemartins.
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C.
Barrett Foa
Barrett Foa is an American actor best known for his long-running role as tech specialist Eric Beale on the television series NCIS: Los Angeles.
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D.
Paul Bales
Paul Bales is a film producer known for his work on low-budget genre movies, including the fantasy action film "Avengers Grimm."
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E.
John Ketcham
John Ketcham is a film producer best known for his work on the biographical sports drama "The Hurricane."
- 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: Robert Keyes Target entity description: Robert Keyes was an English Catholic conspirator best known for his role in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate King James I.
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A.
Bert Keyes
Bert Keyes was an American songwriter, arranger, and producer known for his contributions to soul and R&B music in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Ted Key
Ted Key is a British musician best known as the original bassist for the indie pop band The Housemartins.
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C.
Barrett Foa
Barrett Foa is an American actor best known for his long-running role as tech specialist Eric Beale on the television series NCIS: Los Angeles.
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D.
Paul Bales
Paul Bales is a film producer known for his work on low-budget genre movies, including the fantasy action film "Avengers Grimm."
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E.
John Ketcham
John Ketcham is a film producer best known for his work on the biographical sports drama "The Hurricane."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English Catholic conspirator
ⓘ
Gunpowder Plot conspirator ⓘ person ⓘ |
| aimedTo | overthrow Protestant rule in England ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
English Catholics
ⓘ
Houses of Parliament ⓘ
linked to:
Palace of Westminster
King James I of England ⓘ
linked to:
James VI and I
|
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| charge |
conspiracy to assassinate King James I
ⓘ
conspiracy to blow up Parliament ⓘ |
| convictedOf | high treason ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1606 ⓘ |
| era |
Elizabethan era
ⓘ
linked to:
English Renaissance
Jacobean era ⓘ
linked to:
Stuart period
|
| executedBy | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| familyName | Keyes ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | conspirator ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 17th century ⓘ |
| ideology | restoration of Catholic influence in England ⓘ |
| knownFor | role in the Gunpowder Plot ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | traitor under English law ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | capital punishment ⓘ |
| movement | English Catholic recusancy ⓘ |
| name | Robert Keyes ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
assassination attempt on King James I
ⓘ
attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament ⓘ |
| 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
|
| partOf | group of Gunpowder Plot conspirators ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| politicalAlignment | pro-Catholic ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert Keyes Description of subject: Robert Keyes was an English Catholic conspirator best known for his role in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate King James I.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.