The Day Lincoln Was Shot
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The Day Lincoln Was Shot is a historical television film dramatizing the events surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Day Lincoln Was Shot canonical | 1 |
| The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1956 television production) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10075719 — 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 Day Lincoln Was Shot Context triple: [Gerald W. Abrams, notableWork, The Day Lincoln Was Shot]
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A.
Killing Lincoln
Killing Lincoln is a historical docudrama film that dramatizes the events leading up to and following the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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B.
The Lincoln Conspiracy
The Lincoln Conspiracy is a 1977 historical thriller film that dramatizes an alternative theory about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, suggesting a broader political plot behind the crime.
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C.
Lincoln's Dreams
Lincoln's Dreams is a critically acclaimed speculative novel by Connie Willis that intertwines Civil War history with a contemporary story about dreams, memory, and the lingering impact of trauma.
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D.
Lincoln the Unknown
"Lincoln the Unknown" is a biographical book by Dale Carnegie that offers an accessible, narrative-driven portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s personal struggles and character development.
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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 Day Lincoln Was Shot Target entity description: 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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A.
Killing Lincoln
Killing Lincoln is a historical docudrama film that dramatizes the events leading up to and following the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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B.
The Lincoln Conspiracy
The Lincoln Conspiracy is a 1977 historical thriller film that dramatizes an alternative theory about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, suggesting a broader political plot behind the crime.
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C.
Lincoln's Dreams
Lincoln's Dreams is a critically acclaimed speculative novel by Connie Willis that intertwines Civil War history with a contemporary story about dreams, memory, and the lingering impact of trauma.
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D.
Lincoln the Unknown
"Lincoln the Unknown" is a biographical book by Dale Carnegie that offers an accessible, narrative-driven portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s personal struggles and character development.
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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
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Day Lincoln Was Shot (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Jim Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Kees Van Oostrum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Mark Snow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
Ford's Theatre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Petersen House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | John Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | TNT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Michael Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | David L. Wolper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAirDate | 1998-04-12 ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ television movie ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Abraham Lincoln
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | TNT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | color ⓘ |
| portrays |
Abraham Lincoln
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edwin Stanton NERFINISHED ⓘ John Wilkes Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Todd Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ events of April 14, 1865 ⓘ |
| producer | David L. Wolper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | TNT Original Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1998 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 95 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | American Civil War era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Day Lincoln Was Shot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: The Day Lincoln Was Shot Description of subject: The Day Lincoln Was Shot is a historical television film dramatizing the events surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1956 television production)