Billy the Kid

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Billy the Kid was a notorious 19th-century American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West, famed for his role in the Lincoln County War and his legendary reputation as a young desperado.

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American
gunfighter
historical figure
outlaw
activeIn Arizona Territory
New Mexico Territory
affiliation Regulators
alsoKnownAs Billy Bonney
Kid Antrim
William H. Bonney
birthName Henry McCarty
burialPlace Fort Sumner Cemetery
surface form: Old Fort Sumner Cemetery
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
convictedOf murder of Sheriff William J. Brady
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
criminalCharge cattle rustling
horse theft
murder
culturalDepictionAs folk hero
young desperado
dateOfBirth 1859-11-20
1859-11-23
dateOfDeath 1881-07-14
era Old West
surface form: American Old West
escapeDate 1881-04-28
escapedFrom Lincoln County jail
killed Bob Olinger NERFINISHED
James Bell
Joe Grant
Sheriff William J. Brady
killedBy Pat Garrett
surface form: Sheriff Pat Garrett
languageOfName English
legendStatus icon of the American frontier
mother Catherine McCarty
movedTo New Mexico Territory
notableEvent ambush of Sheriff Brady
shootout at Blazer’s Mill
notableFor Lincoln County War
numberOfPeopleLikelyKilled 8
numberOfPeopleReportedKilled 21
occupation cowboy
outlaw
ranch hand
participatedIn Lincoln County War
placeOfBirth New York
New York City
placeOfDeath Fort Sumner
surface form: Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory
portrayedIn dime novels
numerous Western films
spentChildhoodIn Indiana
Kansas
stepfather William Antrim NERFINISHED
subjectOf biography "The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid" by Pat Garrett

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Instruction
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# Requirements
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- 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: Billy the Kid
Description of subject: Billy the Kid was a notorious 19th-century American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West, famed for his role in the Lincoln County War and his legendary reputation as a young desperado.

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Billy the Kid depicts Billy the Kid
this entity surface form: Billy the Kid (outlaw)
Lincoln County War notableParticipant Billy the Kid
Young Guns mainCharacter Billy the Kid
Young Guns portrays Billy the Kid
Young Guns characterPortrayed Billy the Kid
this entity surface form: Billy the Kid by Emilio Estevez
The Outlaw (1943 film) character Billy the Kid
subject surface form: The Outlaw
The Outlaw character Billy the Kid
The Left Handed Gun mainSubject Billy the Kid
village of Lincoln, New Mexico associatedWithPerson Billy the Kid
subject surface form: Lincoln, New Mexico
Tunstall Store associatedWithPerson Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett killed Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett wroteAbout Billy the Kid
John Tunstall associatedWith Billy the Kid
Lincoln County associatedWith Billy the Kid
subject surface form: Lincoln County, New Mexico