Boston Corbett
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Boston Corbett was a Union Army sergeant best known for fatally shooting John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boston Corbett canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T300730 — 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: Boston Corbett Context triple: [John Wilkes Booth, killedBy, Boston Corbett]
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A.
James Caldwell
James Caldwell was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel anti-British sentiment before the American Revolution.
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B.
Francis Smith
Francis Smith was a British Army officer best known for leading the regular troops during the opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
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C.
Benjamin Rein Brady
Benjamin Rein Brady is the son of legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady and his ex-partner, actress and model Bridget Moynahan.
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D.
Robert Rogers
Robert Rogers was an 18th-century American frontiersman and British Army officer best known for founding and leading Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War.
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E.
Samuel Arnold
Samuel Arnold was an American Confederate sympathizer best known for his role as one of the conspirators involved in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
- 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: Boston Corbett Target entity description: Boston Corbett was a Union Army sergeant best known for fatally shooting John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
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A.
James Caldwell
James Caldwell was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel anti-British sentiment before the American Revolution.
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B.
Francis Smith
Francis Smith was a British Army officer best known for leading the regular troops during the opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
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C.
Benjamin Rein Brady
Benjamin Rein Brady is the son of legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady and his ex-partner, actress and model Bridget Moynahan.
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D.
Robert Rogers
Robert Rogers was an 18th-century American frontiersman and British Army officer best known for founding and leading Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War.
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E.
Samuel Arnold
Samuel Arnold was an American Confederate sympathizer best known for his role as one of the conspirators involved in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War veteran
ⓘ
Union Army soldier ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
assassination of Abraham Lincoln
ⓘ
linked to:
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
|
| awarded | portion of the reward for capture of John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| birthName | Thomas P. Corbett ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Confederate States Army ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | fire ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| contemporaryReputation | controversial for disobeying orders not to shoot Booth ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1832-01-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | circa 1894 ⓘ |
| disappeared | after 1894 ⓘ |
| dismissedFromPosition |
Kansas House of Representatives doorkeeper
ⓘ
linked to:
Kansas House of Representatives
|
| emigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicity | English-American ⓘ |
| eventParticipatedIn | manhunt for John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| eyeColor | blue ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| hairColor | dark ⓘ |
| hasUnknown | exact date of death ⓘ |
| heldAt |
Andersonville prison
ⓘ
linked to:
Andersonville National Historic Site
|
| killed | John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| knownFor | fanatical religious behavior ⓘ |
| laterLivedIn |
a cabin near Neodesha, Kansas
ⓘ
a soldiers’ home in Minnesota ⓘ |
| mentalHealth | reported mental instability ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | sergeant ⓘ |
| nickname |
Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
|
| notableEvent | self-castration for religious reasons ⓘ |
| notableFor | fatally shooting John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| occupation | hatter ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Gettysburg (as part of broader campaigns, attribution sometimes disputed)
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Gettysburg
|
| placeOfBirth |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| placeOfDeath | Minnesota ⓘ |
| postWarOccupation | doorkeeper for the Kansas House of Representatives ⓘ |
| postWarResidence |
Kansas
ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ |
| reasonForDismissal | brandishing a weapon in the Kansas Statehouse ⓘ |
| releasedFrom |
Andersonville prison
ⓘ
linked to:
Andersonville National Historic Site
|
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| religiousPractice | street preaching ⓘ |
| servedIn | American Civil War ⓘ |
| unit | 16th New York Cavalry Regiment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Boston Corbett Description of subject: Boston Corbett was a Union Army sergeant best known for fatally shooting John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.