Edman Spangler
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Edman Spangler was a stagehand at Ford's Theatre who was implicated and later convicted as a minor conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edman Spangler canonical | 12 |
| Edman “Ned” Spangler | 1 |
| Edmund Spangler | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T186017 — 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: Edman Spangler Context triple: [Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, conspirator, Edman Spangler]
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A.
Johnston McCulley
Johnston McCulley was an American writer best known as the creator of the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro.
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B.
A. H. Johnson
A. H. Johnson was one of the climbers credited with making the first recorded ascent of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States.
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C.
Eugene Miller
Eugene Miller was a screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films such as "The Mark of Zorro."
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D.
Allen Thorndike Rice
Allen Thorndike Rice was a 19th-century American journalist, editor, and publisher best known for revitalizing and expanding the influence of the North American Review.
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E.
E. D. Nixon
E. D. Nixon was an African American civil rights leader and NAACP organizer in Montgomery, Alabama, who played a key role in initiating and organizing the Montgomery bus boycott.
- 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: Edman Spangler Target entity description: Edman Spangler was a stagehand at Ford's Theatre who was implicated and later convicted as a minor conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
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A.
Johnston McCulley
Johnston McCulley was an American writer best known as the creator of the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro.
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B.
A. H. Johnson
A. H. Johnson was one of the climbers credited with making the first recorded ascent of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States.
-
C.
Eugene Miller
Eugene Miller was a screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films such as "The Mark of Zorro."
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D.
Allen Thorndike Rice
Allen Thorndike Rice was a 19th-century American journalist, editor, and publisher best known for revitalizing and expanding the influence of the North American Review.
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E.
E. D. Nixon
E. D. Nixon was an African American civil rights leader and NAACP organizer in Montgomery, Alabama, who played a key role in initiating and organizing the Montgomery bus boycott.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carpenter
ⓘ
person ⓘ stagehand ⓘ |
| allegedAction | assisting John Wilkes Booth's access or escape at Ford's Theatre ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Abraham Lincoln
ⓘ
John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| convictedOf | conspiracy related to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Ford's Theatre ⓘ |
| fullName |
Edman “Ned” Spangler
ⓘ
linked to:
Edman Spangler
|
| genreOfActivity | theatre work ⓘ |
| givenName | Edman ⓘ |
| hasRole | stagehand at Ford's Theatre on the night of Lincoln's assassination ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
American Civil War era
ⓘ
linked to:
American Civil War
Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| involvedIn | events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| legalCharacterization | minor participant in the Lincoln assassination conspiracy ⓘ |
| legalStatus | convicted conspirator in the Lincoln assassination ⓘ |
| nickname | Ned ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being convicted as a minor conspirator in the Lincoln assassination
ⓘ
being implicated in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| occupation |
carpenter
ⓘ
stagehand ⓘ |
| partOf | group of individuals tried for the Lincoln assassination conspiracy ⓘ |
| placeOfWork | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | alleged minor conspirator in the Lincoln assassination ⓘ |
| trialHeldBy | United States military commission ⓘ |
| workedAt | Ford's Theatre ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Edman Spangler Description of subject: Edman Spangler was a stagehand at Ford's Theatre who was implicated and later convicted as a minor conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Edman Spangler
linked to: Edman Spangler
subject linked to:
Edman Spangler – stagehand who assisted Booth at Ford’s Theatre