Ludlow Street Jail
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Ludlow Street Jail was a 19th-century New York City prison best known for housing and witnessing the death of the notorious political boss William "Boss" Tweed.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ludlow Street Jail canonical | 2 |
| Jefferson Market Prison | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7756100 — 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: Ludlow Street Jail Context triple: [Boss Tweed, placeOfDeath, Ludlow Street Jail]
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A.
Hỏa Lò Prison
Hỏa Lò Prison, infamously nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton" by American POWs, was a French-built jail in Hanoi later used by North Vietnam to detain U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War.
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B.
Occoquan Workhouse, Virginia
Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia was a notorious early-20th-century prison and labor camp where suffragists like Alice Paul were harshly incarcerated for their activism.
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C.
Old York Gaol
Old York Gaol is a historic 18th-century jail in York, Maine, recognized as one of the oldest public buildings in the United States and preserved as a museum.
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D.
Birmingham city jail
Birmingham city jail is the Alabama detention facility where Martin Luther King Jr. was incarcerated in 1963 and wrote his influential "Letter from Birmingham Jail" during the civil rights movement.
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E.
Moabit Prison
Moabit Prison was a notorious Berlin detention facility used by various German regimes, including the Nazis, to hold political prisoners and other inmates.
- 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: Ludlow Street Jail Target entity description: Ludlow Street Jail was a 19th-century New York City prison best known for housing and witnessing the death of the notorious political boss William "Boss" Tweed.
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A.
Hỏa Lò Prison
Hỏa Lò Prison, infamously nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton" by American POWs, was a French-built jail in Hanoi later used by North Vietnam to detain U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War.
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B.
Occoquan Workhouse, Virginia
Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia was a notorious early-20th-century prison and labor camp where suffragists like Alice Paul were harshly incarcerated for their activism.
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C.
Old York Gaol
Old York Gaol is a historic 18th-century jail in York, Maine, recognized as one of the oldest public buildings in the United States and preserved as a museum.
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D.
Birmingham city jail
Birmingham city jail is the Alabama detention facility where Martin Luther King Jr. was incarcerated in 1963 and wrote his influential "Letter from Birmingham Jail" during the civil rights movement.
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E.
Moabit Prison
Moabit Prison was a notorious Berlin detention facility used by various German regimes, including the Nazis, to hold political prisoners and other inmates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
ⓘ
jail ⓘ prison ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New York City political corruption
ⓘ
Tammany Hall ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Manhattan
ⓘ
Defunct prisons in New York City ⓘ History of New York City ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| coordinateRole | place of confinement for civil cases ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| demolished | true ⓘ |
| demolishedInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| function | municipal jail ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | site of the imprisonment and death of Boss Tweed ⓘ |
| inceptionCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | New York City ⓘ |
| knownFor |
housing William "Boss" Tweed
ⓘ
site of the death of William "Boss" Tweed ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod | Gilded Age ⓘ |
| location |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ludlow Street ⓘ |
| notableInmate |
William M. Tweed
ⓘ
linked to:
Boss Tweed
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| operatedBy |
City of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
New York City Department of Correction ⓘ |
| partOf |
New York City penal system
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City Department of Correction
|
| securityClass | local jail ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| street | Ludlow Street ⓘ |
| usedFor |
confinement of civil prisoners
ⓘ
confinement of political prisoners ⓘ imprisonment of debtors ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ludlow Street Jail Description of subject: Ludlow Street Jail was a 19th-century New York City prison best known for housing and witnessing the death of the notorious political boss William "Boss" Tweed.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ludlow Street Jail