Maison Centrale
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Maison Centrale is the French colonial-era name for Hỏa Lò Prison in Hanoi, a notorious site once used to hold political prisoners and later American POWs during the Vietnam War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maison Centrale canonical | 5 |
| Maison Centrale prison | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1764939 — 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: Maison Centrale Context triple: [Hoa Lo Prison, alsoKnownAs, Maison Centrale]
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A.
Salpêtrière prison
Salpêtrière prison was a notorious Parisian detention facility, originally part of a vast hospital complex, that became infamous for its role in the violent upheavals of the French Revolution.
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B.
Lachine Hospital
Lachine Hospital is a community hospital in Lachine, Montreal, affiliated with McGill University and integrated into the McGill University Health Centre network.
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C.
La Force prison
La Force prison was a notorious Parisian jail during the French Revolution, known for housing political prisoners and being a major site of revolutionary violence.
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D.
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Hotel Dieu Hospital is a healthcare facility in Kingston, Ontario, known for providing specialized ambulatory and outpatient medical services.
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E.
Kingston Penitentiary (historic)
Kingston Penitentiary (historic) is a former maximum-security federal prison in Kingston, Ontario, renowned as one of Canada’s oldest and most notorious correctional 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: Maison Centrale Target entity description: Maison Centrale is the French colonial-era name for Hỏa Lò Prison in Hanoi, a notorious site once used to hold political prisoners and later American POWs during the Vietnam War.
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A.
Salpêtrière prison
Salpêtrière prison was a notorious Parisian detention facility, originally part of a vast hospital complex, that became infamous for its role in the violent upheavals of the French Revolution.
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B.
Lachine Hospital
Lachine Hospital is a community hospital in Lachine, Montreal, affiliated with McGill University and integrated into the McGill University Health Centre network.
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C.
La Force prison
La Force prison was a notorious Parisian jail during the French Revolution, known for housing political prisoners and being a major site of revolutionary violence.
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D.
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Hotel Dieu Hospital is a healthcare facility in Kingston, Ontario, known for providing specialized ambulatory and outpatient medical services.
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E.
Kingston Penitentiary (historic)
Kingston Penitentiary (historic) is a former maximum-security federal prison in Kingston, Ontario, renowned as one of Canada’s oldest and most notorious correctional institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical site
ⓘ
prison ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hanoi Hilton
ⓘ
Hoa Lo Prison ⓘ
linked to:
Hoa Lo Prison (historic site)
Hỏa Lò Prison ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | French colonial architecture ⓘ |
| constructedBy | French colonial authorities ⓘ |
| constructionStart |
1896
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
ⓘ
French colonial administration ⓘ
linked to:
French colonial empire
North Vietnamese government ⓘ
linked to:
Government of North Vietnam
|
| country |
Vietnam
ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| currentUse | museum ⓘ |
| demolishedFor | Hanoi Towers development ⓘ |
| exhibitsFocus |
French colonial repression
ⓘ
Vietnamese revolutionary struggle ⓘ treatment of American POWs ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
communal cells
ⓘ
guillotine room ⓘ leg irons and stocks ⓘ solitary confinement cells ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historical relic of Hanoi ⓘ |
| knownFor |
harsh conditions
ⓘ
holding American POWs ⓘ overcrowding ⓘ torture allegations ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
French Indochina
ⓘ
Hanoi ⓘ Hoan Kiem District ⓘ
linked to:
Hoàn Kiếm District
Old Quarter of Hanoi ⓘ
linked to:
Hoàn Kiếm District
|
| museumName |
Hoa Lo Prison Relic
ⓘ
linked to:
Hoa Lo Prison (historic site)
|
| namedInLanguage | French ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
central house
ⓘ
central prison ⓘ |
| notableIn |
history of French Indochina
ⓘ
history of the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| notablePrisoner |
Everett Alvarez Jr.
ⓘ
James Stockdale ⓘ John McCain ⓘ |
| opened | around 1899 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partiallyDemolished | 1990s ⓘ |
| purpose |
to detain Vietnamese political prisoners
ⓘ
to detain common criminals ⓘ |
| remainingPortion | museum ⓘ |
| usedDuringConflict |
First Indochina War
ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ |
| usedFor |
detention of American prisoners of war
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detention of political prisoners under French rule ⓘ incarceration of Vietnamese revolutionaries ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maison Centrale Description of subject: Maison Centrale is the French colonial-era name for Hỏa Lò Prison in Hanoi, a notorious site once used to hold political prisoners and later American POWs during the Vietnam War.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Hoa Lo Prison (historic site)
subject linked to:
"Hỏa Lò" can mean "fiery furnace" or "stove"
linked to: Maison Centrale
linked to: Maison Centrale
subject linked to:
Hỏa Lò