Vincennes Prison
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Vincennes Prison was a notorious French state prison and fortress near Paris, historically used to detain political prisoners and notable figures such as Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vincennes Prison canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2946091 — 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: Vincennes Prison Context triple: [Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, imprisonedAt, Vincennes Prison]
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A.
Lincoln Prison
Lincoln Prison is a correctional facility located in the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England.
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B.
Litchfield Penitentiary
Litchfield Penitentiary is the fictional women’s federal prison that serves as the primary backdrop for the television series "Orange Is the New Black."
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C.
Ohio State Reformatory
The Ohio State Reformatory is a historic former prison in Mansfield, Ohio, best known for serving as the primary filming location of the acclaimed film "The Shawshank Redemption."
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D.
Holmesburg Prison
Holmesburg Prison was a notorious Philadelphia correctional facility known for its harsh conditions, high-profile inmates, and later-revealed unethical medical experiments on prisoners.
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E.
Tegel Prison
Tegel Prison is a Berlin correctional facility historically known for holding political prisoners during the Nazi era, including theologian and resistance member Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
- 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: Vincennes Prison Target entity description: Vincennes Prison was a notorious French state prison and fortress near Paris, historically used to detain political prisoners and notable figures such as Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau.
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A.
Lincoln Prison
Lincoln Prison is a correctional facility located in the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England.
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B.
Litchfield Penitentiary
Litchfield Penitentiary is the fictional women’s federal prison that serves as the primary backdrop for the television series "Orange Is the New Black."
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C.
Ohio State Reformatory
The Ohio State Reformatory is a historic former prison in Mansfield, Ohio, best known for serving as the primary filming location of the acclaimed film "The Shawshank Redemption."
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D.
Holmesburg Prison
Holmesburg Prison was a notorious Philadelphia correctional facility known for its harsh conditions, high-profile inmates, and later-revealed unethical medical experiments on prisoners.
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E.
Tegel Prison
Tegel Prison is a Berlin correctional facility historically known for holding political prisoners during the Nazi era, including theologian and resistance member Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French prison
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fortress ⓘ state prison ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Bois de Vincennes ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | medieval fortress ⓘ |
| category |
Castles in Val-de-Marne
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Forts in Île-de-France ⓘ Prisons in France ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| currentUse |
heritage site
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| formerFunction |
royal hunting lodge
ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ |
| hasPart |
curtain walls
ⓘ
dungeon ⓘ tower ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic monument of France ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Ancien Régime
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French Revolution ⓘ |
| inception | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| knownFor |
detention of intellectuals and nobles
ⓘ
harsh conditions ⓘ political repression ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | French ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Paris city center ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Vincennes, Indiana
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surface form:
Vincennes
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Île-de-France region
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surface form:
Île-de-France
|
| locatedInBuilding | keep of the Château de Vincennes ⓘ |
| locatedInDepartment | Val-de-Marne ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Paris ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| notablePrisoner |
Denis Diderot
ⓘ
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau ⓘ Louis de Bourbon, Count of Vermandois ⓘ Marquis de Sade ⓘ Nicolas Fouquet ⓘ |
| officialName | Prison de Vincennes ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
French monarchy
ⓘ
French state (partially) ⓘ
surface form:
French state
|
| partOf |
Château de Vincennes
ⓘ
French royal fortifications ⓘ Parisian defensive system ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
imprisonment of Mirabeau in the 1770s
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use as a state prison under Louis XV ⓘ use as a state prison under Louis XVI ⓘ |
| usedFor |
detention of political prisoners
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military fortress functions ⓘ state imprisonment ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vincennes Prison Description of subject: Vincennes Prison was a notorious French state prison and fortress near Paris, historically used to detain political prisoners and notable figures such as Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau.
Referenced by (1)
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