John H. Surratt
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John H. Surratt was an American Confederate courier and co-conspirator in the plot to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, known as the son of executed conspirator Mary Surratt.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John H. Surratt canonical | 5 |
| John Surratt | 4 |
| John Surratt Jr. | 2 |
| John H. Surratt Jr. | 1 |
| John Surratt – involved in kidnap plotting and Confederate courier | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6024935 — 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 H. Surratt Context triple: [Surratt, hasNotableBearer, John H. Surratt]
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A.
John Harrison Surratt Sr.
John Harrison Surratt Sr. was an American innkeeper and Confederate sympathizer whose family, including his wife Mary Surratt and son John Jr., became deeply entangled in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
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B.
Anna Surratt
Anna Surratt was the daughter of Lincoln assassination conspirator Mary Surratt, known for her efforts to plead for her mother's life before the execution.
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C.
Isaac Surratt
Isaac Surratt was the son of Mary Surratt, who was convicted and executed for her role in the conspiracy to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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D.
Mary Surratt
Mary Surratt was an American boardinghouse owner who became the first woman executed by the U.S. federal government for her role in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
Mary Ann Holmes Booth
Mary Ann Holmes Booth was the wife of prominent 19th-century American actor Junius Brutus Booth and the mother of several actor sons, including presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth.
- 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 H. Surratt Target entity description: John H. Surratt was an American Confederate courier and co-conspirator in the plot to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, known as the son of executed conspirator Mary Surratt.
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A.
John Harrison Surratt Sr.
John Harrison Surratt Sr. was an American innkeeper and Confederate sympathizer whose family, including his wife Mary Surratt and son John Jr., became deeply entangled in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
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B.
Anna Surratt
Anna Surratt was the daughter of Lincoln assassination conspirator Mary Surratt, known for her efforts to plead for her mother's life before the execution.
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C.
Isaac Surratt
Isaac Surratt was the son of Mary Surratt, who was convicted and executed for her role in the conspiracy to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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D.
Mary Surratt
Mary Surratt was an American boardinghouse owner who became the first woman executed by the U.S. federal government for her role in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
Mary Ann Holmes Booth
Mary Ann Holmes Booth was the wife of prominent 19th-century American actor Junius Brutus Booth and the mother of several actor sons, including presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate courier
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Lincoln assassination conspirator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| arrestedIn | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buriedIn | New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| chargedWith | conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| coConspiratorWith |
David Herold
NERFINISHED
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George Atzerodt NERFINISHED ⓘ John Wilkes Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Surratt NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael O’Laughlen NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1844-04-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1916-04-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | St. Charles College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extraditedTo | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Surratt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | John Harrison Surratt Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fledTo |
Canada
NERFINISHED
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Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | John Harrison Surratt Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | American Civil War era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | being son of executed conspirator Mary Surratt ⓘ |
| laterOccupation |
lecturer on Lincoln assassination
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teacher in Maryland ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Surratt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Mary Surratt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | role in Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 7 ⓘ |
| occupation |
courier
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teacher ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Maryland
NERFINISHED
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Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy
NERFINISHED
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American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| servedAs | Confederate secret courier ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Anna Surratt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Victorine Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trialResult | hung jury ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: John H. Surratt Description of subject: John H. Surratt was an American Confederate courier and co-conspirator in the plot to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, known as the son of executed conspirator Mary Surratt.
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Lincoln assassination conspirators
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John Surratt – involved in kidnap plotting and Confederate courier
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