Durham Prison
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Durham Prison is a high-security women's prison in County Durham, England, historically known for holding some of the country’s most notorious female offenders.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Durham Prison canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8005037 — 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: Durham Prison Context triple: [Myra Hindley, incarceratedIn, Durham Prison]
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A.
Wakefield Prison
Wakefield Prison is a high-security men’s prison in West Yorkshire, England, known for holding some of the country’s most dangerous and high-profile inmates.
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B.
Holloway Prison
Holloway Prison was a major women's prison in London, England, historically known for housing some of the country’s most notorious female offenders.
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C.
Bodmin Jail
Bodmin Jail is a historic former prison in Cornwall, England, now a museum and tourist attraction known for its grim history and ghost tours.
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D.
Styal Prison
Styal Prison is a women's prison and young offender institution located in Cheshire, England, primarily housing female inmates from across the region.
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E.
Werl Prison
Werl Prison is a correctional facility in Werl, Germany, historically used by the Allies after World War II to incarcerate high-ranking Nazi war criminals.
- 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: Durham Prison Target entity description: Durham Prison is a high-security women's prison in County Durham, England, historically known for holding some of the country’s most notorious female offenders.
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A.
Wakefield Prison
Wakefield Prison is a high-security men’s prison in West Yorkshire, England, known for holding some of the country’s most dangerous and high-profile inmates.
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B.
Holloway Prison
Holloway Prison was a major women's prison in London, England, historically known for housing some of the country’s most notorious female offenders.
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C.
Bodmin Jail
Bodmin Jail is a historic former prison in Cornwall, England, now a museum and tourist attraction known for its grim history and ghost tours.
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D.
Styal Prison
Styal Prison is a women's prison and young offender institution located in Cheshire, England, primarily housing female inmates from across the region.
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E.
Werl Prison
Werl Prison is a correctional facility in Werl, Germany, historically used by the Allies after World War II to incarcerate high-ranking Nazi war criminals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
closed prison
ⓘ
prison ⓘ |
| category |
Category A prison
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Category B prison ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| genderOfPrisoners | female ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
custody of remand female prisoners
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custody of sentenced female prisoners ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high-security female inmate population
ⓘ
holding some of the United Kingdom's most notorious female offenders ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
County Durham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Durham, County Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ North East England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Durham city centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Durham Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | His Majesty's Prison Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Durham Castle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Durham Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | His Majesty's Prison Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | HM Prison Service estate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | England ⓘ |
| securityClassification | high security ⓘ |
| securityRole | holding high-risk female prisoners ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| type | public sector prison ⓘ |
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: Durham Prison Description of subject: Durham Prison is a high-security women's prison in County Durham, England, historically known for holding some of the country’s most notorious female offenders.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.