Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet
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The Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet was a historic maximum-security prison in Joliet, Illinois, known for housing notable inmates and for its iconic limestone architecture featured in popular culture.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet canonical | 2 |
| Joliet Correctional Center | 2 |
| Joliet Correctional Center (fictional depiction) | 1 |
| historic Joliet Correctional Center | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1741058 — 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: Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet Context triple: [Michael Schwab, imprisonedAt, Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet]
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A.
Lincoln Prison
Lincoln Prison is a correctional facility located in the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England.
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B.
Ohio State Reformatory
The Ohio State Reformatory is a historic former prison in Mansfield, Ohio, best known for serving as the primary filming location of the acclaimed film "The Shawshank Redemption."
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C.
United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute
United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute is a federal maximum-security prison in Indiana that houses male inmates and contains the federal execution chamber for carrying out death sentences.
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D.
Clinton Correctional Facility
Clinton Correctional Facility is a maximum-security state prison in Dannemora, New York, known for housing high-profile inmates and its long-standing role in the New York prison system.
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E.
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth is a historic federal prison in Kansas known for housing some of the most notorious American criminals of the 20th century.
- 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: Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet Target entity description: The Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet was a historic maximum-security prison in Joliet, Illinois, known for housing notable inmates and for its iconic limestone architecture featured in popular culture.
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A.
Lincoln Prison
Lincoln Prison is a correctional facility located in the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England.
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B.
Ohio State Reformatory
The Ohio State Reformatory is a historic former prison in Mansfield, Ohio, best known for serving as the primary filming location of the acclaimed film "The Shawshank Redemption."
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C.
United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute
United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute is a federal maximum-security prison in Indiana that houses male inmates and contains the federal execution chamber for carrying out death sentences.
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D.
Clinton Correctional Facility
Clinton Correctional Facility is a maximum-security state prison in Dannemora, New York, known for housing high-profile inmates and its long-standing role in the New York prison system.
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E.
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth is a historic federal prison in Kansas known for housing some of the most notorious American criminals of the 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
maximum-security prison ⓘ prison ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | limestone architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Joliet, Illinois
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Defunct prisons in Illinois ⓘ Maximum security prisons in the United States ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedAs |
historic maximum-security prison in Joliet, Illinois
ⓘ
iconic limestone prison featured in popular culture ⓘ |
| function |
detention of maximum-security inmates
ⓘ
incarceration of convicted offenders ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
castle-like façade
ⓘ
guard towers ⓘ perimeter walls ⓘ |
| hasPart |
administration building
ⓘ
cell blocks ⓘ main gate ⓘ prison yard ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
iconic American prison
ⓘ
notorious state prison ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic prison complex ⓘ |
| isA | state penitentiary ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois
|
| knownFor |
appearance in television series
ⓘ
appearance in the film "The Blues Brothers" ⓘ appearances in popular culture ⓘ housing notable inmates ⓘ iconic limestone architecture ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
Joliet, Illinois ⓘ Will County, Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Des Plaines River
ⓘ
downtown Joliet ⓘ |
| materialUsed | limestone ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Illinois Department of Corrections
ⓘ
State of Illinois ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois
|
| partOf |
Illinois state prison system
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois Department of Corrections
|
| securityClassification | maximum security ⓘ |
| usedFor | filming location ⓘ |
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: Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet Description of subject: The Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet was a historic maximum-security prison in Joliet, Illinois, known for housing notable inmates and for its iconic limestone architecture featured in popular culture.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet
linked to: Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet
linked to: Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet
linked to: Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet