House of Detention for Women, New York City
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The House of Detention for Women in New York City was a now-demolished municipal jail in Greenwich Village that primarily held female prisoners, including several high-profile inmates in the early to mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
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| House of Detention for Women, New York City canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17065786 — 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: House of Detention for Women, New York City Context triple: [Billie Frechette, placeOfDetention, House of Detention for Women, New York City]
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Newgate State Prison (New York)
Newgate State Prison (New York) was an early New York State penitentiary in Manhattan, notable as one of the first American prisons designed with reformist ideals in mind.
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B.
Rikers Island
Rikers Island is a large New York City jail complex located in the East River between Queens and the Bronx, known for housing thousands of detainees and for its troubled history of violence and poor conditions.
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C.
Cooper Street Correctional Facility
Cooper Street Correctional Facility is a state-run prison in Jackson County, Michigan, that houses adult male inmates under the Michigan Department of Corrections.
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D.
Suitland Federal Center
Suitland Federal Center is a major U.S. federal office complex in Suitland, Maryland, that houses several government agencies and serves as a key hub for federal statistical and intelligence operations.
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E.
Broad Street Prison
Broad Street Prison was a historic colonial-era detention facility in central Lagos, Nigeria, later redeveloped into the cultural and memorial complex now known as Freedom Park Lagos.
- 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: House of Detention for Women, New York City Target entity description: The House of Detention for Women in New York City was a now-demolished municipal jail in Greenwich Village that primarily held female prisoners, including several high-profile inmates in the early to mid-20th century.
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A.
Newgate State Prison (New York)
Newgate State Prison (New York) was an early New York State penitentiary in Manhattan, notable as one of the first American prisons designed with reformist ideals in mind.
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B.
Rikers Island
Rikers Island is a large New York City jail complex located in the East River between Queens and the Bronx, known for housing thousands of detainees and for its troubled history of violence and poor conditions.
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C.
Cooper Street Correctional Facility
Cooper Street Correctional Facility is a state-run prison in Jackson County, Michigan, that houses adult male inmates under the Michigan Department of Corrections.
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D.
Suitland Federal Center
Suitland Federal Center is a major U.S. federal office complex in Suitland, Maryland, that houses several government agencies and serves as a key hub for federal statistical and intelligence operations.
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E.
Broad Street Prison
Broad Street Prison was a historic colonial-era detention facility in central Lagos, Nigeria, later redeveloped into the cultural and memorial complex now known as Freedom Park Lagos.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.