Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
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The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum is a historic 19th-century psychiatric hospital in Weston, West Virginia, renowned for its massive Gothic Revival architecture and status as one of the largest hand-cut stone masonry buildings in the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum canonical | 4 |
| former Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17391911 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum Context triple: [Kirkbride Plan, hasNotableExample, Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum]
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A.
Kings County Asylum
Kings County Asylum was a historic psychiatric institution in New York that later became known as Kings Park Psychiatric Center.
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B.
Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane
Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane is a fictional high-security psychiatric institution featured in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film and television adaptations.
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C.
Vermont Asylum for the Insane
Vermont Asylum for the Insane was the original name of what is now the Brattleboro Retreat, a historic psychiatric hospital in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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D.
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital is a state-run mental health facility in New Jersey that provides inpatient psychiatric care and treatment services.
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E.
Athens State Hospital
Athens State Hospital was a 19th-century psychiatric institution in Athens, Ohio, later known as The Ridges and noted for its Kirkbride-plan architecture and role in the region’s mental health history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum Target entity description: The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum is a historic 19th-century psychiatric hospital in Weston, West Virginia, renowned for its massive Gothic Revival architecture and status as one of the largest hand-cut stone masonry buildings in the United States.
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A.
Kings County Asylum
Kings County Asylum was a historic psychiatric institution in New York that later became known as Kings Park Psychiatric Center.
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B.
Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane
Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane is a fictional high-security psychiatric institution featured in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film and television adaptations.
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C.
Vermont Asylum for the Insane
Vermont Asylum for the Insane was the original name of what is now the Brattleboro Retreat, a historic psychiatric hospital in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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D.
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital is a state-run mental health facility in New Jersey that provides inpatient psychiatric care and treatment services.
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E.
Athens State Hospital
Athens State Hospital was a 19th-century psychiatric institution in Athens, Ohio, later known as The Ridges and noted for its Kirkbride-plan architecture and role in the region’s mental health history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum