Fort Massac
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Fort Massac is a historic 18th-century military fortification on the Ohio River in southern Illinois, notable for its role in early American frontier and Revolutionary War-era history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Massac canonical | 2 |
| Fort Massac Encampment | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20021516 — 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 Massac Context triple: [Massac County, Illinois, namedAfter, Fort Massac]
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Fort Macomb
Fort Macomb is a 19th-century masonry coastal defense fortification near New Orleans, Louisiana, built to protect the approaches to the city and now preserved as a historic site.
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Fort Ouiatenon
Fort Ouiatenon was an 18th-century French fur-trading and military outpost near present-day Lafayette, Indiana, that became a strategic site in the struggle for control of the Old Northwest.
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Fort Osage
Fort Osage is a historic early 19th-century U.S. Army outpost and trading post on the Missouri River, significant for its role in frontier defense and commerce during westward expansion.
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Fort Harmar
Fort Harmar was a late 18th-century U.S. Army frontier outpost built at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers in present-day Ohio to secure American interests in the Northwest Territory and oversee relations with Native American tribes.
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Fort Meigs
Fort Meigs is a historic War of 1812-era U.S. military fortification located in present-day Perrysburg, Ohio, known for its role in defending the Northwest Territory against British and Native American forces.
- 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 Massac Target entity description: Fort Massac is a historic 18th-century military fortification on the Ohio River in southern Illinois, notable for its role in early American frontier and Revolutionary War-era history.
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A.
Fort Macomb
Fort Macomb is a 19th-century masonry coastal defense fortification near New Orleans, Louisiana, built to protect the approaches to the city and now preserved as a historic site.
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B.
Fort Ouiatenon
Fort Ouiatenon was an 18th-century French fur-trading and military outpost near present-day Lafayette, Indiana, that became a strategic site in the struggle for control of the Old Northwest.
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C.
Fort Osage
Fort Osage is a historic early 19th-century U.S. Army outpost and trading post on the Missouri River, significant for its role in frontier defense and commerce during westward expansion.
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D.
Fort Harmar
Fort Harmar was a late 18th-century U.S. Army frontier outpost built at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers in present-day Ohio to secure American interests in the Northwest Territory and oversee relations with Native American tribes.
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E.
Fort Meigs
Fort Meigs is a historic War of 1812-era U.S. military fortification located in present-day Perrysburg, Ohio, known for its role in defending the Northwest Territory against British and Native American forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fort Massac