Mary Elizabeth Jenkins
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Mary Elizabeth Jenkins, better known as Mary Surratt, was an American boardinghouse owner who became the first woman executed by the U.S. federal government for her role in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Elizabeth Jenkins canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1126131 — 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: Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Context triple: [Mary Surratt, birthName, Mary Elizabeth Jenkins]
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A.
Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Mary Elizabeth Ellis is an American actress and comedian best known for her recurring role as The Waitress on the TV series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
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B.
Mary Ann Holmes
Mary Ann Holmes was the mother of renowned 19th-century American actor Edwin Booth and the wife of Shakespearean tragedian Junius Brutus Booth.
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C.
Mary Ann Bertles
Mary Ann Bertles was the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart.
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D.
Mary Scudder
Mary Scudder is the pious, dutiful young heroine of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel "The Minister’s Wooing," whose moral integrity and emotional struggles drive much of the story’s drama.
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E.
Mary Carr
Mary Carr was an American character actress of the silent and early sound film era, often cast as kindly maternal figures.
- 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: Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Target entity description: Mary Elizabeth Jenkins, better known as Mary Surratt, was an American boardinghouse owner who became the first woman executed by the U.S. federal government for her role in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
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A.
Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Mary Elizabeth Ellis is an American actress and comedian best known for her recurring role as The Waitress on the TV series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
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B.
Mary Ann Holmes
Mary Ann Holmes was the mother of renowned 19th-century American actor Edwin Booth and the wife of Shakespearean tragedian Junius Brutus Booth.
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C.
Mary Ann Bertles
Mary Ann Bertles was the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart.
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D.
Mary Scudder
Mary Scudder is the pious, dutiful young heroine of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel "The Minister’s Wooing," whose moral integrity and emotional struggles drive much of the story’s drama.
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E.
Mary Carr
Mary Carr was an American character actress of the silent and early sound film era, often cast as kindly maternal figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American boardinghouse owner
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mary Surratt
ⓘ
surface form:
Mary E. Surratt
Mary Surratt ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
David Herold
ⓘ
Edman Spangler ⓘ
surface form:
Edmund Spangler
George Atzerodt ⓘ John Wilkes Booth ⓘ Lewis Powell ⓘ Dr. Samuel Mudd ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel Mudd
|
| causeOfNotability | involvement in Lincoln assassination plot ⓘ |
| convictedBy |
United States military commission
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. military commission
|
| convictedOf | conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfExecution | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | self-employed ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| executionOrderedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. federal government
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasNameInReligion | Mary ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Anna Surratt
ⓘ
Isaac Surratt ⓘ John H. Surratt ⓘ
surface form:
John H. Surratt Jr.
|
| hasVictim | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ
surface form:
Reconstruction era United States
|
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | guilty verdict ⓘ |
| legalStatus | executed convict ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by hanging ⓘ |
| notableEvent | first woman executed by the U.S. federal government ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first woman executed by the U.S. federal government
ⓘ
role in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| occupation | boardinghouse owner ⓘ |
| owned |
Mary Surratt’s boarding house, Washington, D.C., United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Surratt boardinghouse in Washington, D.C.
Surrattsville tavern in Maryland ⓘ |
| participantIn | conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| partOf |
American Civil War and Reconstruction era
ⓘ
surface form:
American Civil War era United States society
|
| penalty | death ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Confederate sympathizer ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | conspirator in Lincoln assassination plot ⓘ |
| sourcedFrom | historical records of the Lincoln assassination ⓘ |
| spouse | John Harrison Surratt Sr. ⓘ |
| trialHeldBy | United States military authorities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Description of subject: Mary Elizabeth Jenkins, better known as Mary Surratt, was an American boardinghouse owner who became the first woman executed by the U.S. federal government for her role in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.