Alipore Jail
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Alipore Jail is a historic colonial-era prison in Kolkata, India, known for incarcerating prominent Indian freedom fighters during the struggle for independence.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alipore Central Jail | 2 |
| Alipore Central Correctional Home | 1 |
| Alipore Jail canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T860868 — 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: Alipore Jail Context triple: [Sri Aurobindo, imprisonedAt, Alipore Jail]
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A.
Cellular Jail
Cellular Jail is a former British colonial prison in the Andaman Islands, infamous for housing Indian freedom fighters under brutal conditions and now preserved as a national memorial.
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B.
Ambala Central Jail
Ambala Central Jail is a historic prison in Ambala, India, known among other things as the site of Nathuram Godse’s execution.
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C.
Birmingham city jail
Birmingham city jail is the Alabama detention facility where Martin Luther King Jr. was incarcerated in 1963 and wrote his influential "Letter from Birmingham Jail" during the civil rights movement.
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D.
Hay Gaol
Hay Gaol is a historic former prison complex in Hay, New South Wales, now preserved as a heritage-listed museum site reflecting the region’s penal and social history.
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E.
Pentonville
Pentonville is a district in North London, England, historically known as a 19th-century residential and industrial area associated with notable figures and institutions.
- 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: Alipore Jail Target entity description: Alipore Jail is a historic colonial-era prison in Kolkata, India, known for incarcerating prominent Indian freedom fighters during the struggle for independence.
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A.
Cellular Jail
Cellular Jail is a former British colonial prison in the Andaman Islands, infamous for housing Indian freedom fighters under brutal conditions and now preserved as a national memorial.
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B.
Ambala Central Jail
Ambala Central Jail is a historic prison in Ambala, India, known among other things as the site of Nathuram Godse’s execution.
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C.
Birmingham city jail
Birmingham city jail is the Alabama detention facility where Martin Luther King Jr. was incarcerated in 1963 and wrote his influential "Letter from Birmingham Jail" during the civil rights movement.
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D.
Hay Gaol
Hay Gaol is a historic former prison complex in Hay, New South Wales, now preserved as a heritage-listed museum site reflecting the region’s penal and social history.
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E.
Pentonville
Pentonville is a district in North London, England, historically known as a 19th-century residential and industrial area associated with notable figures and institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial-era prison
ⓘ
historical site ⓘ prison ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Alipore Bomb Case ⓘ |
| category |
Colonial-era buildings in India
ⓘ
History of Kolkata ⓘ Indian independence movement sites ⓘ Prisons in Kolkata ⓘ |
| city |
Kolkata
ⓘ
linked to:
Calcutta
|
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| formerName |
Alipore Central Jail
ⓘ
linked to:
Alipore Jail
|
| governingBody | Government of West Bengal ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic site ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | British colonial period ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Alipore Bomb Case prisoners
ⓘ
incarceration of Indian freedom fighters ⓘ role in Indian independence movement ⓘ |
| languageOfLocality |
Bengali
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alipore
ⓘ
Alipore neighborhood ⓘ
linked to:
Alipore
Kolkata ⓘ
linked to:
Calcutta
West Bengal ⓘ |
| notablePrisoner |
Aurobindo Ghosh
ⓘ
linked to:
Sri Aurobindo
Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das ⓘ
linked to:
Chittaranjan Das
Subhas Chandra Bose ⓘ other Indian freedom fighters ⓘ |
| partOf | prison system of West Bengal ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern India
ⓘ
linked to:
eastern India
|
| significance |
symbol of Indian nationalist resistance
ⓘ
symbol of colonial repression ⓘ |
| usedFor |
detention of common criminals
ⓘ
detention of political prisoners ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Alipore Jail Description of subject: Alipore Jail is a historic colonial-era prison in Kolkata, India, known for incarcerating prominent Indian freedom fighters during the struggle for independence.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Alipore Jail
linked to: Alipore Jail