The Ballad of Booth
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"The Ballad of Booth" is a song from Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s musical *Assassins* that dramatizes and critiques John Wilkes Booth’s justification for assassinating President Abraham Lincoln.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Ballad of Booth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15202038 — 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: The Ballad of Booth Context triple: [Assassins, notableSong, The Ballad of Booth]
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A.
Manhunt for John Wilkes Booth
The Manhunt for John Wilkes Booth was the intensive, nearly two-week pursuit across the American countryside to capture the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln following the 1865 Ford’s Theatre shooting.
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B.
John Brown Going to His Hanging
"John Brown Going to His Hanging" is a 1942 painting by African American artist Horace Pippin that depicts the abolitionist John Brown on his way to execution, reflecting themes of racial injustice and moral conviction.
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C.
The Day Lincoln Was Shot
The Day Lincoln Was Shot is a historical television film dramatizing the events surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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D.
John Brown’s Body
"John Brown’s Body" is an American Civil War-era marching song that commemorates the abolitionist John Brown and later provided the melody for "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
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E.
Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight
"Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight" is a poem by Vachel Lindsay that imagines the restless ghost of Abraham Lincoln wandering the streets of Springfield, Illinois, burdened by the sorrows and conflicts of the modern world.
- 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: The Ballad of Booth Target entity description: "The Ballad of Booth" is a song from Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s musical *Assassins* that dramatizes and critiques John Wilkes Booth’s justification for assassinating President Abraham Lincoln.
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A.
Manhunt for John Wilkes Booth
The Manhunt for John Wilkes Booth was the intensive, nearly two-week pursuit across the American countryside to capture the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln following the 1865 Ford’s Theatre shooting.
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B.
John Brown Going to His Hanging
"John Brown Going to His Hanging" is a 1942 painting by African American artist Horace Pippin that depicts the abolitionist John Brown on his way to execution, reflecting themes of racial injustice and moral conviction.
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C.
The Day Lincoln Was Shot
The Day Lincoln Was Shot is a historical television film dramatizing the events surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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D.
John Brown’s Body
"John Brown’s Body" is an American Civil War-era marching song that commemorates the abolitionist John Brown and later provided the melody for "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
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E.
Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight
"Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight" is a poem by Vachel Lindsay that imagines the restless ghost of Abraham Lincoln wandering the streets of Springfield, Illinois, burdened by the sorrows and conflicts of the modern world.
- F. None of above. chosen
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