McHenry County Jail
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McHenry County Jail is a county detention facility in McHenry County, Illinois, that houses individuals awaiting trial or serving short sentences under the jurisdiction of local law enforcement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McHenry County Jail canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4399608 — 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: McHenry County Jail Context triple: [McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, operates, McHenry County Jail]
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A.
Cook County Jail
Cook County Jail is a large correctional facility in Chicago, Illinois, known as one of the largest single-site jails in the United States.
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B.
Fox River State Penitentiary
Fox River State Penitentiary is a fictional maximum-security prison in the TV series "Prison Break," serving as the primary setting for the show's first season.
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C.
Erie County Holding Center
Erie County Holding Center is a county-operated jail facility in Buffalo, New York, used to detain individuals awaiting trial or serving short sentences under the jurisdiction of the Erie County Sheriff’s Office.
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D.
Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet
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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E.
Benton County Jail
Benton County Jail is a county detention facility that houses individuals in custody and operates under the authority of the Benton County Sheriff's Office.
- 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: McHenry County Jail Target entity description: McHenry County Jail is a county detention facility in McHenry County, Illinois, that houses individuals awaiting trial or serving short sentences under the jurisdiction of local law enforcement.
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A.
Cook County Jail
Cook County Jail is a large correctional facility in Chicago, Illinois, known as one of the largest single-site jails in the United States.
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B.
Fox River State Penitentiary
Fox River State Penitentiary is a fictional maximum-security prison in the TV series "Prison Break," serving as the primary setting for the show's first season.
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C.
Erie County Holding Center
Erie County Holding Center is a county-operated jail facility in Buffalo, New York, used to detain individuals awaiting trial or serving short sentences under the jurisdiction of the Erie County Sheriff’s Office.
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D.
Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet
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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E.
Benton County Jail
Benton County Jail is a county detention facility that houses individuals in custody and operates under the authority of the Benton County Sheriff's Office.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
county jail
ⓘ
detention facility ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
McHenry County Sheriff
ⓘ
linked to:
McHenry County Sheriff’s Office
McHenry County court system ⓘ
linked to:
McHenry County Sheriff’s Office
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distinguishedFrom |
federal prison
ⓘ
state prison ⓘ |
| function |
pretrial detention
ⓘ
short-term incarceration ⓘ |
| governedBy |
McHenry County government
ⓘ
linked to:
McHenry County Board
|
| hasFacilityType | jail ⓘ |
| holds |
individuals serving county sentences
ⓘ
pretrial detainees ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
McHenry County
ⓘ
linked to:
McHenry County, Illinois
|
| lawEnforcementRole | custody of arrested individuals ⓘ |
| legalStatus | county correctional facility ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
McHenry County, Illinois ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| operatedBy | McHenry County Sheriff’s Office ⓘ |
| partOf | McHenry County criminal justice system ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
| securityClass |
adult detention
ⓘ
multiple security levels ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| typeOfInmates |
county-level offenders
ⓘ
individuals awaiting trial ⓘ individuals serving short sentences ⓘ |
| underAuthorityOf |
McHenry County courts
ⓘ
linked to:
McHenry County, Illinois
local law enforcement ⓘ |
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: McHenry County Jail Description of subject: McHenry County Jail is a county detention facility in McHenry County, Illinois, that houses individuals awaiting trial or serving short sentences under the jurisdiction of local law enforcement.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.