William A. Petersen
E141587
William A. Petersen was a 19th-century Washington, D.C. tailor and boardinghouse owner whose home became historically significant as the place where President Abraham Lincoln died.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William A. Petersen canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1102130 — 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: William A. Petersen Context triple: [Petersen House, namedAfter, William A. Petersen]
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A.
Chris Hargensen
Chris Hargensen is a central antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "Carrie," known as a cruel high school bully whose actions help trigger the story’s catastrophic climax.
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B.
Peter D. Graves
Peter D. Graves is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and science fiction movies, including Terminator Salvation.
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C.
Warren Spady
Warren Spady is a designer best known for creating the trophy awarded in the historic Oregon–Oregon State college football rivalry.
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D.
Sylvester Weaver
Sylvester Weaver was an influential American television executive best known for shaping early network TV programming and serving as president of NBC.
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E.
Ronald N. Perlman
Ronald N. Perlman is an American actor best known for his distinctive deep voice and leading roles in works such as the "Hellboy" films and the television series "Beauty and the Beast."
- 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: William A. Petersen Target entity description: William A. Petersen was a 19th-century Washington, D.C. tailor and boardinghouse owner whose home became historically significant as the place where President Abraham Lincoln died.
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A.
Chris Hargensen
Chris Hargensen is a central antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "Carrie," known as a cruel high school bully whose actions help trigger the story’s catastrophic climax.
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B.
Peter D. Graves
Peter D. Graves is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and science fiction movies, including Terminator Salvation.
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C.
Warren Spady
Warren Spady is a designer best known for creating the trophy awarded in the historic Oregon–Oregon State college football rivalry.
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D.
Sylvester Weaver
Sylvester Weaver was an influential American television executive best known for shaping early network TV programming and serving as president of NBC.
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E.
Ronald N. Perlman
Ronald N. Perlman is an American actor best known for his distinctive deep voice and leading roles in works such as the "Hellboy" films and the television series "Beauty and the Beast."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
boardinghouse owner
ⓘ
historic house ⓘ person ⓘ tailor ⓘ |
| associatedWithAddress |
Petersen House
ⓘ
surface form:
Petersen House in Washington, D.C.
|
| associatedWithEvent |
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
ⓘ
surface form:
death of Abraham Lincoln
death of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Abraham Lincoln
ⓘ
William A. Petersen self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfResidence |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| diedAt | Petersen House ⓘ |
| houseBecameHistoricSite | Petersen House ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a 19th-century tailor in Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
owning the house where Abraham Lincoln died ⓘ |
| location | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| locationOfBusiness | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| name | William A. Petersen self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the place where Abraham Lincoln died ⓘ |
| occupation |
boardinghouse owner
ⓘ
tailor ⓘ |
| operated |
Petersen House
ⓘ
surface form:
Petersen House boardinghouse
|
| operatedAs | boardinghouse ⓘ |
| owned | Petersen House ⓘ |
| ownedBy | William A. Petersen self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| residence | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: William A. Petersen Description of subject: William A. Petersen was a 19th-century Washington, D.C. tailor and boardinghouse owner whose home became historically significant as the place where President Abraham Lincoln died.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Petersen House
subject surface form:
Petersen House