Salpêtrière prison
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Salpêtrière prison was a notorious Parisian detention facility, originally part of a vast hospital complex, that became infamous for its role in the violent upheavals of the French Revolution.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bastille prison | 1 |
| Prison de la Salpêtrière | 1 |
| Salpêtrière prison canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T993504 — 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: Salpêtrière prison Context triple: [September Massacres, tookPlaceIn, Salpêtrière prison]
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A.
Île d’Yeu prison
Île d’Yeu prison was a French island penitentiary best known for holding Marshal Philippe Pétain during his post–World War II imprisonment.
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B.
La Force prison
La Force prison was a notorious Parisian jail during the French Revolution, known for housing political prisoners and being a major site of revolutionary violence.
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C.
Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum
Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum is a former psychiatric hospital in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, where Vincent van Gogh stayed and created some of his most famous works.
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D.
Jacobin convent
The Jacobin convent was a former Dominican monastery in Paris that became a central meeting place and symbolic stronghold of the radical Jacobin political movement during the French Revolution.
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E.
Conciergerie
The Conciergerie is a former royal palace and notorious Parisian prison on the Île de la Cité, best known for holding many prisoners during the French Revolution, including Marie Antoinette.
- 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: Salpêtrière prison Target entity description: Salpêtrière prison was a notorious Parisian detention facility, originally part of a vast hospital complex, that became infamous for its role in the violent upheavals of the French Revolution.
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A.
Île d’Yeu prison
Île d’Yeu prison was a French island penitentiary best known for holding Marshal Philippe Pétain during his post–World War II imprisonment.
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B.
La Force prison
La Force prison was a notorious Parisian jail during the French Revolution, known for housing political prisoners and being a major site of revolutionary violence.
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C.
Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum
Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum is a former psychiatric hospital in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, where Vincent van Gogh stayed and created some of his most famous works.
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D.
Jacobin convent
The Jacobin convent was a former Dominican monastery in Paris that became a central meeting place and symbolic stronghold of the radical Jacobin political movement during the French Revolution.
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E.
Conciergerie
The Conciergerie is a former royal palace and notorious Parisian prison on the Île de la Cité, best known for holding many prisoners during the French Revolution, including Marie Antoinette.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
detention facility
ⓘ
prison ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière
ⓘ
surface form:
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
|
| administeredBy | Hôpital général de Paris ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Salpêtrière prison
ⓘ
surface form:
Prison de la Salpêtrière
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| associatedWith |
Parisian urban poor control policies
ⓘ
women’s incarceration in early modern France ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
French Revolution
ⓘ
September Massacres ⓘ storming of prisons in Paris ⓘ |
| city | Paris ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
history of psychiatry in France
ⓘ
history of social control in Ancien Régime France ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| foundedUnder |
Louis XIV of France
ⓘ
surface form:
Louis XIV
|
| function |
carceral institution
ⓘ
hospital-prison ⓘ |
| governedBy | royal authorities of France ⓘ |
| hasGenderRestriction | primarily women ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Ancien Régime
ⓘ
French Revolution ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
13th arrondissement of Paris
ⓘ
Faubourg Saint-Marcel ⓘ France ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| locatedOn | left bank of the Seine ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière
ⓘ
surface form:
Hôpital de la Salpêtrière
|
| notableFor |
harsh conditions
ⓘ
mass releases of prisoners during the French Revolution ⓘ role in revolutionary violence ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière
ⓘ
surface form:
Hôpital de la Salpêtrière
Hôpital général de Paris ⓘ Quartier de la Salpêtrière ⓘ
surface form:
Salpêtrière complex
network of Parisian prisons ⓘ |
| presentDaySite |
Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière
ⓘ
surface form:
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital complex
|
| status | former prison ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfUse |
17th century
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18th century ⓘ French Revolutionary period ⓘ |
| usedFor |
confinement of prostitutes
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confinement of the mentally ill ⓘ confinement of the poor ⓘ confinement of vagrants ⓘ confinement of women ⓘ detention of political prisoners ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Salpêtrière prison Description of subject: Salpêtrière prison was a notorious Parisian detention facility, originally part of a vast hospital complex, that became infamous for its role in the violent upheavals of the French Revolution.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bastille prison
this entity surface form:
Prison de la Salpêtrière