Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument
E255225
The Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument is a towering memorial in Brooklyn honoring the thousands of American prisoners who died on British prison ships during the Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument | 3 |
| Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument canonical | 2 |
| Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument stairway | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2328625 — 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: Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument Context triple: [Fort Greene Park, hasLandmark, Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument]
-
A.
Martyrs’ Monument
Martyrs’ Monument is a prominent commemorative structure honoring national martyrs, located at the center of Martyrs’ Square.
-
B.
Grey's Monument
Grey's Monument is a prominent 19th-century column and statue in Newcastle upon Tyne commemorating British Prime Minister Charles Grey, associated with the passing of the Great Reform Act of 1832.
-
C.
Peel Monument
Peel Monument is a prominent stone tower on Holcombe Hill in Greater Manchester, England, built to commemorate 19th-century British statesman Sir Robert Peel and offering panoramic views over the surrounding area.
-
D.
Wellington Monument
The Wellington Monument is a large obelisk in Dublin commemorating Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, and his military victories.
-
E.
Victory Monument
Victory Monument is a major military memorial and central traffic hub in Bangkok, Thailand, commemorating the country’s victory in the Franco-Thai War.
- 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: Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument Target entity description: The Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument is a towering memorial in Brooklyn honoring the thousands of American prisoners who died on British prison ships during the Revolutionary War.
-
A.
Martyrs’ Monument
Martyrs’ Monument is a prominent commemorative structure honoring national martyrs, located at the center of Martyrs’ Square.
-
B.
Grey's Monument
Grey's Monument is a prominent 19th-century column and statue in Newcastle upon Tyne commemorating British Prime Minister Charles Grey, associated with the passing of the Great Reform Act of 1832.
-
C.
Peel Monument
Peel Monument is a prominent stone tower on Holcombe Hill in Greater Manchester, England, built to commemorate 19th-century British statesman Sir Robert Peel and offering panoramic views over the surrounding area.
-
D.
Wellington Monument
The Wellington Monument is a large obelisk in Dublin commemorating Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, and his military victories.
-
E.
Victory Monument
Victory Monument is a major military memorial and central traffic hub in Bangkok, Thailand, commemorating the country’s victory in the Franco-Thai War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monument
ⓘ
outdoor sculpture ⓘ war memorial ⓘ |
| architect | Stanford White ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British prison ships in Wallabout Bay
ⓘ
HMS Jersey ⓘ |
| category |
American Revolutionary War memorial
ⓘ
Monuments and memorials in Brooklyn ⓘ |
| centennialObserved | 2008 ⓘ |
| commemorates |
American prisoners of war
ⓘ
prisoners who died on British prison ships ⓘ |
| commemoratesEvent | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1906 ⓘ |
| contains | crypt for remains of prisoners ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dedicatedTo | Prison Ship Martyrs of the American Revolution ⓘ |
| designer | Stanford White ⓘ |
| features |
Doric column
ⓘ
bronze urn at the top ⓘ stairway leading up the hill ⓘ |
| hasAccess | public ⓘ |
| hasPlaque | inscription honoring the prison ship dead ⓘ |
| hasRestoration | restoration completed in 2008 ⓘ |
| height | approximately 149 feet ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | November 14, 1908 ⓘ |
| listedIn | New York City designated landmarks (Fort Greene Park as a whole) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brooklyn
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
|
| locatedInNeighborhood | Fort Greene ⓘ |
| location | Fort Greene Park ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | New York City Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ |
| material |
bronze
ⓘ
granite ⓘ |
| numberOfInterred | over 11,500 remains ⓘ |
| ownedBy | New York City Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ |
| partOf | Fort Greene Park ⓘ |
| sculptor |
Adolph A. Weinman
ⓘ
surface form:
Adolph Alexander Weinman
|
| significance | major Revolutionary War memorial in New York City ⓘ |
| style | Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| yearOfEventCommemorated | 1776–1783 ⓘ |
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: Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument Description of subject: The Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument is a towering memorial in Brooklyn honoring the thousands of American prisoners who died on British prison ships during the Revolutionary War.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fort Greene Park
this entity surface form:
Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument
this entity surface form:
Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument
this entity surface form:
Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument stairway
this entity surface form:
Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument