Springfield Penitentiary
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Springfield Penitentiary is a fictional prison in the animated television series "The Simpsons," known for housing many of the show's recurring criminal characters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Springfield Penitentiary canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17143185 — 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: Springfield Penitentiary Context triple: [Springfield, hasLandmark, Springfield Penitentiary]
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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.
Litchfield Penitentiary
Litchfield Penitentiary is the fictional women’s federal prison that serves as the primary backdrop for the television series "Orange Is the New Black."
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C.
Attica Correctional Facility
Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum-security state prison in Attica, New York, best known for the deadly 1971 inmate uprising that became a landmark event in U.S. prison history.
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D.
Washington Arsenal Penitentiary
Washington Arsenal Penitentiary was a Civil War–era military prison in Washington, D.C., best known as the site where several Lincoln assassination conspirators were held and executed.
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E.
Vincennes Prison
Vincennes Prison was a notorious French state prison and fortress near Paris, historically used to detain political prisoners and notable figures such as Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau.
- 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: Springfield Penitentiary Target entity description: Springfield Penitentiary is a fictional prison in the animated television series "The Simpsons," known for housing many of the show's recurring criminal characters.
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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.
Litchfield Penitentiary
Litchfield Penitentiary is the fictional women’s federal prison that serves as the primary backdrop for the television series "Orange Is the New Black."
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C.
Attica Correctional Facility
Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum-security state prison in Attica, New York, best known for the deadly 1971 inmate uprising that became a landmark event in U.S. prison history.
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D.
Washington Arsenal Penitentiary
Washington Arsenal Penitentiary was a Civil War–era military prison in Washington, D.C., best known as the site where several Lincoln assassination conspirators were held and executed.
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E.
Vincennes Prison
Vincennes Prison was a notorious French state prison and fortress near Paris, historically used to detain political prisoners and notable figures such as Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.