My Lai village
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My Lai village is a settlement in central Vietnam infamous as the site of the 1968 My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| My Lai | 2 |
| My Lai village canonical | 2 |
| My Lai 4 | 1 |
| Mỹ Lai | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6328574 — 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: My Lai village Context triple: [Son Tinh District, contains, My Lai village]
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A.
My Lai massacre
The My Lai massacre was a notorious 1968 atrocity during the Vietnam War in which U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, becoming a symbol of the conflict’s brutality and sparking widespread outrage.
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B.
The Killing Fields
The Killing Fields is a 1984 historical drama film about the Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge, focusing on the harrowing experiences of a journalist and his interpreter.
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C.
Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film, loosely based on the real-life 1964 murders of civil rights workers in Mississippi, that explores racism and FBI investigation in the Deep South.
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D.
My Lai Memorial in Son My
The My Lai Memorial in Son My is a memorial site and museum in Vietnam dedicated to honoring the victims of the 1968 My Lai massacre and educating visitors about the atrocity and its historical context.
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E.
The Massacre
The Massacre is a 2005 hip hop album by 50 Cent that features hit singles like "Candy Shop" and "Just a Lil Bit" and solidified his mainstream commercial success.
- 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: My Lai village Target entity description: My Lai village is a settlement in central Vietnam infamous as the site of the 1968 My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War.
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A.
My Lai massacre
The My Lai massacre was a notorious 1968 atrocity during the Vietnam War in which U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, becoming a symbol of the conflict’s brutality and sparking widespread outrage.
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B.
The Killing Fields
The Killing Fields is a 1984 historical drama film about the Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge, focusing on the harrowing experiences of a journalist and his interpreter.
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C.
Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film, loosely based on the real-life 1964 murders of civil rights workers in Mississippi, that explores racism and FBI investigation in the Deep South.
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D.
My Lai Memorial in Son My
The My Lai Memorial in Son My is a memorial site and museum in Vietnam dedicated to honoring the victims of the 1968 My Lai massacre and educating visitors about the atrocity and its historical context.
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E.
The Massacre
The Massacre is a 2005 hip hop album by 50 Cent that features hit singles like "Candy Shop" and "Just a Lil Bit" and solidified his mainstream commercial success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionType | village ⓘ |
| associatedWithDocumentary | documentaries about the My Lai Massacre ⓘ |
| associatedWithLiterature | books on the Vietnam War and war crimes ⓘ |
| commemoratesAtSite | victims of the My Lai Massacre ⓘ |
| conflictContext | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| country |
Vietnam
ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| countryOfPerpetrators |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currentGoverningCountry |
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| eventDateAtLocation | 1968-03-16 ⓘ |
| governingCountryAtTimeOfMassacre | South Vietnam ⓘ |
| hasCommemorativeEvents | annual memorial ceremonies for massacre victims ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
catalyst for anti-war sentiment in the United States
ⓘ
symbol of atrocities committed during the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| hasInternationalAttention | site visited by foreign delegations and tourists ⓘ |
| hasMemorial |
My Lai Massacre Memorial
ⓘ
linked to:
My Lai Memorial in Son My
Son My Memorial ⓘ |
| hasMuseum |
Son My Memorial Museum
ⓘ
linked to:
Son My Memorial
|
| hasPrimaryEconomicActivityHistorically |
agriculture
ⓘ
rice farming ⓘ |
| hasWarCrimeClassification |
mass killing of civilians
ⓘ
war crime ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Cold War era ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Vietnamese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Quang Ngai province
ⓘ
linked to:
Quang Ngai Province
Son My commune ⓘ
linked to:
Son My village
Son Tinh district ⓘ
linked to:
Son Tinh District
central Vietnam ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Quang Ngai city
ⓘ
linked to:
Quang Ngai City
South China Sea ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
South Central Coast region of Vietnam
ⓘ
linked to:
South Central Coast
|
| massacreVictimsApproximateNumber | 500 ⓘ |
| massacreVictimsDescription | unarmed South Vietnamese civilians ⓘ |
| massacreVictimsIncluded |
children
ⓘ
elderly people ⓘ women ⓘ |
| notableFor |
My Lai Massacre
ⓘ
linked to:
My Lai massacre
|
| originalNameInVietnamese |
Mỹ Lai
ⓘ
linked to:
My Lai village
|
| partOf |
Quang Ngai province
ⓘ
linked to:
Quang Ngai Province
Son My commune ⓘ
linked to:
Son My village
Son Tinh district ⓘ
linked to:
Son Tinh District
|
| perpetratedByMilitaryUnit |
U.S. Army 23rd Infantry Division
ⓘ
linked to:
23rd Infantry Division
U.S. Army Americal Division ⓘ U.S. Army Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment ⓘ |
| regionType | rural area ⓘ |
| siteOf |
My Lai Massacre
ⓘ
linked to:
My Lai massacre
|
| tourismType | dark tourism site ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: My Lai village Description of subject: My Lai village is a settlement in central Vietnam infamous as the site of the 1968 My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: My Lai village
linked to: My Lai village
linked to: My Lai village