Prune Street Debtors' Prison, Philadelphia
E182361
Prune Street Debtors' Prison in Philadelphia was an 18th-century debtors' jail best known for holding prominent figures such as financier and Founding Father Robert Morris.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Prune Street Debtors' Prison, Philadelphia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1620407 — 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: Prune Street Debtors' Prison, Philadelphia Context triple: [Robert Morris, imprisonedAt, Prune Street Debtors' Prison, Philadelphia]
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A.
South 36th Street, Philadelphia
South 36th Street in Philadelphia is a street in the University City area that runs through the University of Pennsylvania campus and hosts several cultural and academic institutions.
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B.
Tremont Street commercial corridor
Tremont Street commercial corridor is a key mixed-use business district in Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood, known for its dense concentration of shops, restaurants, and local services.
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C.
Market Street (Philadelphia)
Market Street (Philadelphia) is one of the city’s primary east–west thoroughfares and historic commercial corridors, running through Center City and connecting key civic, business, and cultural landmarks.
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D.
Walnut Street
Walnut Street is a major commercial and cultural thoroughfare in Philadelphia, known for its shops, restaurants, and proximity to several universities in University City.
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E.
Walnut Street
Walnut Street is a major thoroughfare running through the Newton Highlands village of Newton, Massachusetts, serving as one of its primary local roads.
- 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: Prune Street Debtors' Prison, Philadelphia Target entity description: Prune Street Debtors' Prison in Philadelphia was an 18th-century debtors' jail best known for holding prominent figures such as financier and Founding Father Robert Morris.
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A.
South 36th Street, Philadelphia
South 36th Street in Philadelphia is a street in the University City area that runs through the University of Pennsylvania campus and hosts several cultural and academic institutions.
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B.
Tremont Street commercial corridor
Tremont Street commercial corridor is a key mixed-use business district in Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood, known for its dense concentration of shops, restaurants, and local services.
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C.
Market Street (Philadelphia)
Market Street (Philadelphia) is one of the city’s primary east–west thoroughfares and historic commercial corridors, running through Center City and connecting key civic, business, and cultural landmarks.
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D.
Walnut Street
Walnut Street is a major commercial and cultural thoroughfare in Philadelphia, known for its shops, restaurants, and proximity to several universities in University City.
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E.
Walnut Street
Walnut Street is a major thoroughfare running through the Newton Highlands village of Newton, Massachusetts, serving as one of its primary local roads.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
debtors' prison
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ jail ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Robert Morris bankruptcy
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early American financial history ⓘ history of American debtors' prisons ⓘ |
| buildingFunction | place of incarceration for civil debt ⓘ |
| city | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| historicalEra | post-Revolutionary United States ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Government of the City of Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Philadelphia authorities
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| knownFor |
holding prominent debtors
ⓘ
imprisonment of Robert Morris ⓘ |
| legalContext | imprisonment for debt ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pennsylvania
ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| notablePrisoner | Robert Morris ⓘ |
| notablePrisonerOccupation | financier ⓘ |
| notablePrisonerRole | Founding Father of the United States ⓘ |
| operationalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| partOf | penal system of Philadelphia in the 18th century ⓘ |
| state | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| street | Prune Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | confinement of debtors ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Prune Street Debtors' Prison, Philadelphia Description of subject: Prune Street Debtors' Prison in Philadelphia was an 18th-century debtors' jail best known for holding prominent figures such as financier and Founding Father Robert Morris.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.