Prohibition in North America
E1037204
Prohibition in North America was a period in the early 20th century when the production, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages were banned or heavily restricted, leading to widespread bootlegging, speakeasies, and organized crime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prohibition in North America canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13387181 — 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: Prohibition in North America Context triple: [Tunnels of Moose Jaw, focusesOnPeriod, Prohibition in North America]
-
A.
Prohibition era in the United States
The Prohibition era in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933, which fueled organized crime, speakeasies, and significant social and political conflict.
-
B.
The Prohibition
The Prohibition is the English title of Surah At-Tahrim, a chapter of the Qur’an addressing issues of personal conduct, oaths, and repentance.
-
C.
First Partisan Prohibition
First Partisan Prohibition is an initial legal or constitutional measure aimed at restricting or regulating the role of political parties or partisan activity within a particular political system.
-
D.
National Prohibition Act
The National Prohibition Act, commonly known as the Volstead Act, was the U.S. federal law that defined and enforced the nationwide ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the early 20th century.
-
E.
Report on the Enforcement of the Prohibition Laws of the United States
The "Report on the Enforcement of the Prohibition Laws of the United States" is a landmark 1931 Wickersham Commission document that critically examined the effectiveness, corruption, and social consequences of enforcing national alcohol prohibition.
- 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: Prohibition in North America Target entity description: Prohibition in North America was a period in the early 20th century when the production, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages were banned or heavily restricted, leading to widespread bootlegging, speakeasies, and organized crime.
-
A.
Prohibition era in the United States
The Prohibition era in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933, which fueled organized crime, speakeasies, and significant social and political conflict.
-
B.
The Prohibition
The Prohibition is the English title of Surah At-Tahrim, a chapter of the Qur’an addressing issues of personal conduct, oaths, and repentance.
-
C.
First Partisan Prohibition
First Partisan Prohibition is an initial legal or constitutional measure aimed at restricting or regulating the role of political parties or partisan activity within a particular political system.
-
D.
National Prohibition Act
The National Prohibition Act, commonly known as the Volstead Act, was the U.S. federal law that defined and enforced the nationwide ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the early 20th century.
-
E.
Report on the Enforcement of the Prohibition Laws of the United States
The "Report on the Enforcement of the Prohibition Laws of the United States" is a landmark 1931 Wickersham Commission document that critically examined the effectiveness, corruption, and social consequences of enforcing national alcohol prohibition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alcohol control policy
ⓘ
historical period ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
improve public health
ⓘ
improve public morals ⓘ reduce alcohol consumption ⓘ reduce crime ⓘ |
| eventuallyResultedIn |
repeal of national prohibition laws
ⓘ
shift to alcohol regulation instead of total ban ⓘ |
| hadConsequence |
closure of distilleries
ⓘ
decline in legal breweries ⓘ loss of alcohol tax revenue ⓘ poisoning from illicit alcohol ⓘ public health controversies ⓘ |
| hadLegalBasis |
local option laws
ⓘ
national legislation ⓘ provincial legislation ⓘ state legislation ⓘ |
| hadOppositionFrom |
alcohol industry
ⓘ
immigrant communities ⓘ urban populations ⓘ |
| hadSupportFrom |
rural populations
ⓘ
some Protestant churches ⓘ temperance organizations ⓘ |
| hasKeyFeature |
ban on production of alcoholic beverages
ⓘ
ban on sale of alcoholic beverages ⓘ ban on transport of alcoholic beverages ⓘ heavy restriction of alcoholic beverages ⓘ |
| hasMainType | alcohol prohibition ⓘ |
| hasNotableComponent |
Prohibition in Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prohibition in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ alcohol prohibition in Mexico ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
War on Drugs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
temperance movement in North America ⓘ |
| ledTo |
black market for alcohol
ⓘ
bootlegging ⓘ corruption in law enforcement ⓘ illegal alcohol trade ⓘ organized crime growth ⓘ smuggling of alcohol ⓘ speakeasies ⓘ |
| regulates | alcoholic beverages ⓘ |
| startPeriodApprox | early 20th century ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceInCountry |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasInfluencedBy |
religious revivalism
ⓘ
social reform movements ⓘ temperance movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Prohibition in North America Description of subject: Prohibition in North America was a period in the early 20th century when the production, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages were banned or heavily restricted, leading to widespread bootlegging, speakeasies, and organized crime.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.