Booth family
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The Booth family was a prominent 19th-century American theatrical dynasty best known for its celebrated stage actors and for John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Booth family canonical | 12 |
| Booth theatrical family | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1011431 — 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: Booth family Context triple: [Junius Brutus Booth, memberOf, Booth family]
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A.
Beecher family
The Beecher family is a prominent American family known for its influential 19th-century clergymen, reformers, and writers, including figures like Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher.
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B.
Howard family
The Howard family is an American show-business family best known for actors and filmmakers like Rance Howard and his son Ron Howard.
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C.
Howard family
The Howard family is a prominent English noble house that has long held the dukedom of Norfolk and played a major role in the political and social life of the British aristocracy.
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D.
Carroll family
The Carroll family is a benefactor family whose philanthropy and support for business education led to the naming of Boston College’s Carroll School of Management in their honor.
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E.
Bingham family
The Bingham family is a prominent American family historically known for its wealth, social standing, and influence, particularly in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Booth family Target entity description: The Booth family was a prominent 19th-century American theatrical dynasty best known for its celebrated stage actors and for John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
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A.
Beecher family
The Beecher family is a prominent American family known for its influential 19th-century clergymen, reformers, and writers, including figures like Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher.
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B.
Howard family
The Howard family is a prominent English noble house that has long held the dukedom of Norfolk and played a major role in the political and social life of the British aristocracy.
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C.
Howard family
The Howard family is an American show-business family best known for actors and filmmakers like Rance Howard and his son Ron Howard.
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D.
Carroll family
The Carroll family is a benefactor family whose philanthropy and support for business education led to the naming of Boston College’s Carroll School of Management in their honor.
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E.
Bingham family
The Bingham family is a prominent American family historically known for its wealth, social standing, and influence, particularly in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American family
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theatrical family ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Civil War era
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Ford's Theatre ⓘ
surface form:
Ford’s Theatre
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| ethnicOrigin | English-American ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | theatre ⓘ |
| hasFamilyRelationship |
Asia Booth Clarke is the sister of John Wilkes Booth
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surface form:
Asia Booth Clarke is the sister of Edwin Booth
Asia Booth Clarke is the sister of John Wilkes Booth ⓘ Edwin Booth ⓘ
surface form:
Edwin Booth is the brother of Junius Brutus Booth Jr.
John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
surface form:
John Wilkes Booth is the brother of Edwin Booth
John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
surface form:
John Wilkes Booth is the brother of Junius Brutus Booth Jr.
Junius Brutus Booth ⓘ
surface form:
Junius Brutus Booth is the father of Edwin Booth
Junius Brutus Booth ⓘ
surface form:
Junius Brutus Booth is the father of John Wilkes Booth
Junius Brutus Booth ⓘ
surface form:
Junius Brutus Booth is the father of Junius Brutus Booth Jr.
Mary Ann Holmes ⓘ
surface form:
Mary Ann Holmes is the mother of Edwin Booth
Mary Ann Holmes ⓘ
surface form:
Mary Ann Holmes is the mother of John Wilkes Booth
Rosalie Booth ⓘ
surface form:
Rosalie Booth is the sister of Edwin Booth
Rosalie Booth is the sister of John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| hasNotableEvent |
public scandal and notoriety after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865
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rise to prominence on the American stage in the mid-19th century ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Asia Booth Clarke
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Edwin Booth ⓘ Elizabeth Booth ⓘ Henry Byron Booth ⓘ John Wilkes Booth ⓘ Joseph Adrian Booth ⓘ Junius Brutus Booth ⓘ Junius Brutus Booth Jr. ⓘ Mary Ann Holmes ⓘ Mary Elizabeth Booth ⓘ Rosalie Booth ⓘ |
| knownFor | Shakespearean acting ⓘ |
| legacy |
enduring infamy due to John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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major influence on 19th-century American theatre ⓘ |
| matriarch | Mary Ann Holmes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
19th-century American stage acting
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John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Bel Air, Maryland ⓘ |
| patriarch | Junius Brutus Booth ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Booth family Description of subject: The Booth family was a prominent 19th-century American theatrical dynasty best known for its celebrated stage actors and for John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
Referenced by (16)
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