The Wall (public execution site at Harvard)
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The Wall is a grim execution site at Harvard University in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, where the theocratic regime of Gilead publicly displays the bodies of those it has condemned.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Wall (public execution site at Harvard) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19753664 — 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: The Wall (public execution site at Harvard) Context triple: [Cambridge, Massachusetts (fictionalized as part of Gilead), hasFictionalLandmark, The Wall (public execution site at Harvard)]
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A.
Harvard bus tunnel
The Harvard bus tunnel is an underground transit facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that allows MBTA buses to pass beneath Harvard Square and connect to the Harvard Red Line station.
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B.
Harvard Medical School Quad
Harvard Medical School Quad is the central green courtyard and focal gathering space of Harvard Medical School’s campus in Boston’s Longwood Medical Area.
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C.
Boston Massacre victims’ monument
The Boston Massacre victims’ monument is a commemorative memorial in Boston’s Granary Burying Ground honoring those killed in the 1770 confrontation between British soldiers and colonists.
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D.
Staple Hill
Staple Hill is a suburban area and former village now effectively part of the eastern outskirts of Bristol, in South Gloucestershire, England.
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E.
Staple Hill
Staple Hill is a prominent summit in Somerset, England, known as the highest point in the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
- 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: The Wall (public execution site at Harvard) Target entity description: The Wall is a grim execution site at Harvard University in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, where the theocratic regime of Gilead publicly displays the bodies of those it has condemned.
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A.
Harvard bus tunnel
The Harvard bus tunnel is an underground transit facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that allows MBTA buses to pass beneath Harvard Square and connect to the Harvard Red Line station.
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B.
Harvard Medical School Quad
Harvard Medical School Quad is the central green courtyard and focal gathering space of Harvard Medical School’s campus in Boston’s Longwood Medical Area.
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C.
Boston Massacre victims’ monument
The Boston Massacre victims’ monument is a commemorative memorial in Boston’s Granary Burying Ground honoring those killed in the 1770 confrontation between British soldiers and colonists.
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D.
Staple Hill
Staple Hill is a suburban area and former village now effectively part of the eastern outskirts of Bristol, in South Gloucestershire, England.
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E.
Staple Hill
Staple Hill is a prominent summit in Somerset, England, known as the highest point in the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Cambridge, Massachusetts (fictionalized as part of Gilead)
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hasFictionalLandmark
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The Wall (public execution site at Harvard)
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