Poston Elementary School Unit 1

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former elementary school historic school building property listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Poston Elementary School Unit 1 is a historic former school complex in Poston, Arizona, associated with the World War II-era Japanese American incarceration camp located there.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Poston Elementary School Unit 1 canonical	1
Poston Elementary School Unit 2	1
Poston Elementary School Unit 3	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9715638 — 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: Poston Elementary School Unit 1
Context triple: [Poston, Arizona, hasHeritageSite, Poston Elementary School Unit 1]

A. North Elementary School
North Elementary School is a public elementary school serving young students in the town of Londonderry, New Hampshire.
B. Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School is a public primary school serving students in the village of Wilmette, Illinois.
C. Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School is a public elementary school in the Wamego USD 320 school district in Kansas.
D. Union Elementary School
Union Elementary School is a public elementary school that is part of the Zionsville Community Schools district in Indiana.
E. South Elementary School
South Elementary School is a public elementary school serving young students in the town of Londonderry, New Hampshire.
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: Poston Elementary School Unit 1
Target entity description: Poston Elementary School Unit 1 is a historic former school complex in Poston, Arizona, associated with the World War II-era Japanese American incarceration camp located there.

A. North Elementary School
North Elementary School is a public elementary school serving young students in the town of Londonderry, New Hampshire.
B. Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School is a public primary school serving students in the village of Wilmette, Illinois.
C. Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School is a public elementary school in the Wamego USD 320 school district in Kansas.
D. Union Elementary School
Union Elementary School is a public elementary school that is part of the Zionsville Community Schools district in Indiana.
E. South Elementary School
South Elementary School is a public elementary school serving young students in the town of Londonderry, New Hampshire.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former elementary school ⓘ historic school building ⓘ property listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
architecturalType	military-style temporary construction ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup	Japanese Americans ⓘ Native Americans of the Colorado River Indian Tribes ⓘ linked to: Colorado River Indian Tribes
associatedWith	Japanese American incarceration during World War II ⓘ Poston War Relocation Center ⓘ World War II ⓘ
builtFor	War Relocation Authority ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in La Paz County, Arizona ⓘ Japanese-American internment camps ⓘ School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona ⓘ
context	U.S. home front during World War II ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
educationLevel	elementary school ⓘ
era	World War II era ⓘ linked to: World War II
formerUse	school for Japanese American children incarcerated at Poston ⓘ
functionDuringWWII	school for incarcerated Japanese American children ⓘ
hasPart	administration building ⓘ classroom buildings ⓘ playground area ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
heritageValue	reminder of wartime civil rights violations ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
locatedIn	La Paz County, Arizona ⓘ Poston, Arizona ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedNear	Colorado River ⓘ
locatedOn	Colorado River Indian Reservation ⓘ linked to: Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation
managedByDuringWWII	War Relocation Authority ⓘ
material	wood-frame construction ⓘ
memorializedAs	site of conscience for Japanese American incarceration ⓘ
NRHPType	historic district contributing property ⓘ
operatorDuringWWII	War Relocation Authority ⓘ
ownedByDuringWWII	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
partOf	Poston War Relocation Center historic complex ⓘ linked to: Poston War Relocation Center
period	1940s ⓘ
preservationStatus	historic site ⓘ
relatedEvent	forced relocation of Japanese Americans from the West Coast ⓘ
relatedTo	Poston Elementary School Unit 2 ⓘ linked to: Poston Elementary School Unit 1 Poston Elementary School Unit 3 ⓘ linked to: Poston Elementary School Unit 1
significance	education of Japanese American children in confinement ⓘ remnant of Poston incarceration camp infrastructure ⓘ
state	Arizona ⓘ
theme	Japanese American history ⓘ civil liberties history in the United States ⓘ
topicOf	studies of education in incarceration camps ⓘ
use	elementary education ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poston, Arizona → hasHeritageSite → Poston Elementary School Unit 1 ⓘ

Poston Elementary School Unit 1 → relatedTo → Poston Elementary School Unit 2 ⓘ

linked to: Poston Elementary School Unit 1

Poston Elementary School Unit 1 → relatedTo → Poston Elementary School Unit 3 ⓘ