Adam George Herold
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Adam George Herold is the son of David Edgar Herold, one of the conspirators involved in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Adam George Herold canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6794963 — 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: Adam George Herold Context triple: [David Edgar Herold, parent, Adam George Herold]
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A.
David Edgar Herold
David Edgar Herold was an American accomplice of John Wilkes Booth who aided in the escape after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and was later executed for his role in the conspiracy.
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B.
David Herold
David Herold was an American accomplice of John Wilkes Booth who helped carry out the broader plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
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C.
George Burnside
George Burnside was an Australian Seventh-day Adventist theologian and evangelist known for his independent ministry and critiques of church leadership and doctrine.
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D.
Samuel Livermore
Samuel Livermore was an American lawyer and politician from New Hampshire who served as a U.S. senator and an early leader in the federal government.
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E.
Henry Elsworth
Henry Elsworth was a political leader who served as the head of state of Rhodesia, the unrecognized state that declared independence from the United Kingdom in southern Africa during the mid-20th century.
- 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: Adam George Herold Target entity description: Adam George Herold is the son of David Edgar Herold, one of the conspirators involved in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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A.
David Edgar Herold
David Edgar Herold was an American accomplice of John Wilkes Booth who aided in the escape after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and was later executed for his role in the conspiracy.
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B.
David Herold
David Herold was an American accomplice of John Wilkes Booth who helped carry out the broader plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
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C.
George Burnside
George Burnside was an Australian Seventh-day Adventist theologian and evangelist known for his independent ministry and critiques of church leadership and doctrine.
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D.
Samuel Livermore
Samuel Livermore was an American lawyer and politician from New Hampshire who served as a U.S. senator and an early leader in the federal government.
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E.
Henry Elsworth
Henry Elsworth was a political leader who served as the head of state of Rhodesia, the unrecognized state that declared independence from the United Kingdom in southern Africa during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American assassin
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President of the United States ⓘ assassination ⓘ historical figure ⓘ human ⓘ |
| child | Adam George Herold ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| conspiratorIn | assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| father | David Edgar Herold ⓘ |
| name | Adam George Herold ⓘ |
| occupation | pharmacy clerk ⓘ |
| participantIn | assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| positionHeld | 16th President of the United States ⓘ |
| victim | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Adam George Herold Description of subject: Adam George Herold is the son of David Edgar Herold, one of the conspirators involved in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.