Harrisville, Rhode Island
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Harrisville, Rhode Island is a small village in the town of Burrillville best known as the real-life location of the haunted farmhouse that inspired the horror film "The Conjuring."
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1748180 — 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: Harrisville, Rhode Island Context triple: [The Conjuring, setIn, Harrisville, Rhode Island]
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Tiverton, Rhode Island
Tiverton, Rhode Island is a coastal New England town in Newport County known for its rural character, waterfront along the Sakonnet River, and proximity to the Massachusetts border.
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Little Compton
Little Compton is a small rural village in the Cotswolds area of Oxfordshire, England, known for its traditional stone cottages and countryside setting.
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C.
Middletown, Rhode Island
Middletown, Rhode Island is a coastal town on Aquidneck Island known for its beaches, historic sites, and residential communities between Newport and Portsmouth.
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Hampton Falls, New Hampshire
Hampton Falls, New Hampshire is a small New England town in Rockingham County known for its historic character and rural charm.
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Wareham, Massachusetts
Wareham, Massachusetts is a coastal town in southeastern Massachusetts known as the "Gateway to Cape Cod" for its location at the head of Buzzards Bay and along major routes to the Cape.
- 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: Harrisville, Rhode Island Target entity description: Harrisville, Rhode Island is a small village in the town of Burrillville best known as the real-life location of the haunted farmhouse that inspired the horror film "The Conjuring."
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Tiverton, Rhode Island
Tiverton, Rhode Island is a coastal New England town in Newport County known for its rural character, waterfront along the Sakonnet River, and proximity to the Massachusetts border.
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Little Compton
Little Compton is a small rural village in the Cotswolds area of Oxfordshire, England, known for its traditional stone cottages and countryside setting.
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C.
Middletown, Rhode Island
Middletown, Rhode Island is a coastal town on Aquidneck Island known for its beaches, historic sites, and residential communities between Newport and Portsmouth.
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Hampton Falls, New Hampshire
Hampton Falls, New Hampshire is a small New England town in Rockingham County known for its historic character and rural charm.
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Wareham, Massachusetts
Wareham, Massachusetts is a coastal town in southeastern Massachusetts known as the "Gateway to Cape Cod" for its location at the head of Buzzards Bay and along major routes to the Cape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
populated place
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| areaCode | 401 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Town of Burrillville government
ⓘ
linked to:
Burrillville
|
| hasClimate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
residential area
ⓘ
rural surroundings ⓘ village center ⓘ |
| hasGNISFeatureClass | populated place ⓘ |
| hasNotablePlace |
historic mill village character
ⓘ
the farmhouse associated with the Perron family haunting ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasRegionCode | US-RI ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | village ⓘ |
| hasUTCOffset | UTC−05:00 ⓘ |
| hasUTCOffsetDST | UTC−04:00 ⓘ |
| knownFor | real-life location associated with the haunted farmhouse from The Conjuring ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Burrillville, Rhode Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Burrillville
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Providence County, Rhode Island
ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Glocester, Rhode Island
ⓘ
Mapleville, Rhode Island ⓘ
linked to:
Pascoag, Rhode Island
Pascoag, Rhode Island ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | North America ⓘ |
| partOf |
New England
ⓘ
northern Rhode Island ⓘ |
| postalCode | 02830 ⓘ |
| roadAccessVia |
Rhode Island Route 107
ⓘ
linked to:
Rhode Island Route 98
Rhode Island Route 98 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harrisville, Rhode Island Description of subject: Harrisville, Rhode Island is a small village in the town of Burrillville best known as the real-life location of the haunted farmhouse that inspired the horror film "The Conjuring."
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Harrisville, Rhode Island
linked to: Harrisville, Rhode Island
linked to: Harrisville, Rhode Island
subject linked to:
Christine in The Conjuring
linked to: Harrisville, Rhode Island
subject linked to:
Roger Perron in The Conjuring
linked to: Harrisville, Rhode Island