Bedford County Gaol
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Bedford County Gaol was the English prison in Bedford where the Puritan preacher and author John Bunyan was incarcerated, during which he began writing "The Pilgrim's Progress."
All labels observed (1)
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| Bedford County Gaol canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16331708 — 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: Bedford County Gaol Context triple: [John Bunyan, placeOfImprisonment, Bedford County Gaol]
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Old County Gaol
Old County Gaol is a historic former prison in Montgomery, Wales, notable for its role in the town’s judicial and penal history.
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Reading County Gaol
Reading County Gaol was a historic prison in Reading, Berkshire, England, best known for housing Oscar Wilde and inspiring his poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol."
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Dorchester Gaol
Dorchester Gaol was a historic English prison in Dorchester, Dorset, known for holding political and religious dissenters among its inmates.
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D.
Cooma Gaol
Cooma Gaol is a historic former prison in Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, notable for its 19th-century origins and later use for various correctional and institutional purposes.
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E.
Old York Gaol
Old York Gaol is a historic 18th-century jail in York, Maine, recognized as one of the oldest public buildings in the United States and preserved as a museum.
- 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: Bedford County Gaol Target entity description: Bedford County Gaol was the English prison in Bedford where the Puritan preacher and author John Bunyan was incarcerated, during which he began writing "The Pilgrim's Progress."
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A.
Old County Gaol
Old County Gaol is a historic former prison in Montgomery, Wales, notable for its role in the town’s judicial and penal history.
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B.
Reading County Gaol
Reading County Gaol was a historic prison in Reading, Berkshire, England, best known for housing Oscar Wilde and inspiring his poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol."
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C.
Dorchester Gaol
Dorchester Gaol was a historic English prison in Dorchester, Dorset, known for holding political and religious dissenters among its inmates.
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D.
Cooma Gaol
Cooma Gaol is a historic former prison in Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, notable for its 19th-century origins and later use for various correctional and institutional purposes.
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E.
Old York Gaol
Old York Gaol is a historic 18th-century jail in York, Maine, recognized as one of the oldest public buildings in the United States and preserved as a museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
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