Tule Lake Segregation Center
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Tule Lake Segregation Center was the largest and most controversial World War II incarceration camp for Japanese Americans, known for housing those labeled “disloyal” and for its harsh conditions and resistance movements.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tule Lake Segregation Center canonical | 1 |
| Tule Lake War Relocation Center | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4411365 — 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: Tule Lake Segregation Center Context triple: [Japanese American internment, includes, Tule Lake Segregation Center]
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A.
Topaz War Relocation Center
Topaz War Relocation Center was a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp in Utah where thousands of people of Japanese ancestry were unjustly incarcerated by the U.S. government.
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B.
Weihsien Internment Camp
Weihsien Internment Camp was a World War II Japanese civilian internment camp in Weihsien, China, where numerous foreign nationals, including Scottish Olympic champion Eric Liddell, were imprisoned.
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C.
Manzanar National Historic Site
Manzanar National Historic Site is a preserved World War II-era Japanese American incarceration camp in California that serves as a memorial and educational site about the internment of Japanese Americans.
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D.
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park is a preserved 19th-century Arizona prison complex turned museum that interprets the harsh conditions and history of the Old West penal system.
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E.
War Relocation Authority
The War Relocation Authority was a U.S. government agency during World War II responsible for administering the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans in internment camps.
- 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: Tule Lake Segregation Center Target entity description: Tule Lake Segregation Center was the largest and most controversial World War II incarceration camp for Japanese Americans, known for housing those labeled “disloyal” and for its harsh conditions and resistance movements.
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A.
Topaz War Relocation Center
Topaz War Relocation Center was a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp in Utah where thousands of people of Japanese ancestry were unjustly incarcerated by the U.S. government.
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B.
Weihsien Internment Camp
Weihsien Internment Camp was a World War II Japanese civilian internment camp in Weihsien, China, where numerous foreign nationals, including Scottish Olympic champion Eric Liddell, were imprisoned.
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C.
Manzanar National Historic Site
Manzanar National Historic Site is a preserved World War II-era Japanese American incarceration camp in California that serves as a memorial and educational site about the internment of Japanese Americans.
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D.
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park is a preserved 19th-century Arizona prison complex turned museum that interprets the harsh conditions and history of the Old West penal system.
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E.
War Relocation Authority
The War Relocation Authority was a U.S. government agency during World War II responsible for administering the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans in internment camps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese American incarceration camp
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War Relocation Authority camp ⓘ World War II incarceration camp ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Tule Lake strike of 1943
NERFINISHED
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imposition of martial law in November 1943 ⓘ loyalty questionnaire segregation program ⓘ mass renunciation of citizenship under the Renunciation Act of 1944 ⓘ |
| capacity | approximately 18,000 people ⓘ |
| climate |
harsh winters
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hot, dusty summers ⓘ |
| convertedToSegregationCenter | 1943 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| endDate | 1946-03 ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
barbed wire fences
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barracks housing ⓘ guard towers ⓘ latrines ⓘ mess halls ⓘ military police presence ⓘ stockade ⓘ |
| inmatesIncluded |
Issei (first-generation Japanese immigrants)
NERFINISHED
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Kibei (U.S.-born, educated in Japan) ⓘ Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inmatesLabeledAs | disloyal ⓘ |
| laterFunction | segregation center for those labeled disloyal ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Modoc County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Siskiyou County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Tule Lake
NERFINISHED
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Tulelake, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorializedBy | Tule Lake Committee pilgrimages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
harsh living conditions
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high rate of renunciation of U.S. citizenship ⓘ largest population among War Relocation Authority camps ⓘ martial law declaration in 1943 ⓘ resistance movements ⓘ segregation of so-called disloyal Japanese Americans ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
U.S. federal government
NERFINISHED
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War Relocation Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalFunction | standard War Relocation Authority camp ⓘ |
| partOf | Tule Lake National Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakPopulation | over 18,000 people ⓘ |
| primaryIncarceratedGroup |
Japanese Americans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japanese immigrants ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| startDate | 1942-05-27 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
documentary films about Japanese American wartime incarceration
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scholarly studies on Japanese American incarceration ⓘ |
| usedDuring | World War II ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tule Lake Segregation Center Description of subject: Tule Lake Segregation Center was the largest and most controversial World War II incarceration camp for Japanese Americans, known for housing those labeled “disloyal” and for its harsh conditions and resistance movements.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tule Lake War Relocation Center