Fort Tongass
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Fort Tongass was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in southeastern Alaska that served as an early American military and customs station near the border with British Columbia.
All labels observed (1)
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| Fort Tongass canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13637318 — 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: Fort Tongass Context triple: [U.S. Army Department of the Columbia, hasNotableGarrison, Fort Tongass]
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A.
Fort Wrangell
Fort Wrangell was a 19th-century U.S. military post in what is now Wrangell, Alaska, established to assert American presence and control in the region following the Alaska Purchase.
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B.
Fort Lapwai
Fort Lapwai was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in present-day Idaho that played a key role in military oversight and administration of the Nez Perce Reservation.
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C.
Fort Yukon
Fort Yukon is a remote Alaskan city within the Arctic Circle, historically a Gwich'in Athabascan settlement and former Hudson's Bay Company trading post.
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D.
Fort Klamath
Fort Klamath was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in southern Oregon that played a key role in regional military operations and conflicts with Native American tribes.
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E.
Fort Tompkins
Fort Tompkins is a historic coastal defense fortification on Staten Island, New York, that formed part of the harbor defenses of New York City.
- 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: Fort Tongass Target entity description: Fort Tongass was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in southeastern Alaska that served as an early American military and customs station near the border with British Columbia.
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A.
Fort Wrangell
Fort Wrangell was a 19th-century U.S. military post in what is now Wrangell, Alaska, established to assert American presence and control in the region following the Alaska Purchase.
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B.
Fort Lapwai
Fort Lapwai was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in present-day Idaho that played a key role in military oversight and administration of the Nez Perce Reservation.
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C.
Fort Yukon
Fort Yukon is a remote Alaskan city within the Arctic Circle, historically a Gwich'in Athabascan settlement and former Hudson's Bay Company trading post.
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D.
Fort Klamath
Fort Klamath was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in southern Oregon that played a key role in regional military operations and conflicts with Native American tribes.
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E.
Fort Tompkins
Fort Tompkins is a historic coastal defense fortification on Staten Island, New York, that formed part of the harbor defenses of New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
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