Fort Myer, Virginia
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Fort Myer, Virginia is a historic U.S. Army post adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery that serves as a key ceremonial and administrative installation for the military in the Washington, D.C. area.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Myer, Virginia canonical | 5 |
| Fort Myer | 4 |
| Fort Myer (part of Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall) | 1 |
| U.S. Army Garrison Fort Myer | 1 |
| United States Army Garrison Fort Myer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2226993 — 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 Myer, Virginia Context triple: [3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), garrison, Fort Myer, Virginia]
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A.
Fort Belvoir
Fort Belvoir is a major United States Army installation in Fairfax County, Virginia, that serves as a key administrative and logistical hub for numerous military and defense agencies.
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B.
Fort McNair
Fort McNair is a historic U.S. Army post in Washington, D.C., that houses major military commands and educational institutions and has served as a key defense installation since the early 19th century.
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C.
Fort Meade, Maryland
Fort Meade, Maryland is a major U.S. Army installation best known as the primary center for American military intelligence and cybersecurity operations.
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D.
Fort Eustis, Virginia
Fort Eustis, Virginia is a major U.S. Army installation in Newport News known for its role in training, logistics, and aviation support.
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E.
Arlington, Virginia
Arlington, Virginia is an urban county directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., known for its dense development, federal government agencies, and landmarks such as the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.
- 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 Myer, Virginia Target entity description: Fort Myer, Virginia is a historic U.S. Army post adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery that serves as a key ceremonial and administrative installation for the military in the Washington, D.C. area.
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A.
Fort Belvoir
Fort Belvoir is a major United States Army installation in Fairfax County, Virginia, that serves as a key administrative and logistical hub for numerous military and defense agencies.
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B.
Fort McNair
Fort McNair is a historic U.S. Army post in Washington, D.C., that houses major military commands and educational institutions and has served as a key defense installation since the early 19th century.
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C.
Fort Meade, Maryland
Fort Meade, Maryland is a major U.S. Army installation best known as the primary center for American military intelligence and cybersecurity operations.
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D.
Fort Eustis, Virginia
Fort Eustis, Virginia is a major U.S. Army installation in Newport News known for its role in training, logistics, and aviation support.
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E.
Arlington, Virginia
Arlington, Virginia is an urban county directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., known for its dense development, federal government agencies, and landmarks such as the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army post
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military installation ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
U.S. Army Installation Management Command
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Installation Management Command
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| garrisonFor |
Joint Task Force–National Capital Region
ⓘ
surface form:
Joint Task Force–National Capital Region units
3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) ⓘ
surface form:
The Old Guard (3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment)
United States Army Band ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Band "Pershing's Own"
|
| governedBy |
Fort Myer, Virginia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army Garrison Fort Myer
|
| hasAccessPoint |
Hatfield Gate
ⓘ
Wright Gate ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
chapel
ⓘ
headquarters buildings ⓘ military housing ⓘ parade field ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administrative support installation
ⓘ
ceremonial support installation ⓘ support for Army leadership in National Capital Region ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSignificance | longstanding ceremonial center for U.S. Army in Washington, D.C. area ⓘ |
| hasHistoricUse |
cavalry post
ⓘ
signal corps post ⓘ |
| hasRole |
support of arrival ceremonies for foreign dignitaries
ⓘ
support of military funerals at Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ support of official ceremonies for the U.S. government ⓘ support of presidential ceremonies ⓘ support of state funerals ⓘ |
| hasSecurityStatus | active duty military installation ⓘ |
| hasTransportationAccess | Washington Metro via nearby stations ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arlington County
ⓘ
surface form:
Arlington County, Virginia
Virginia ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Virginia
|
| locatedInMetropolitanArea |
Washington metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
|
| locatedNear |
Pentagon
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Albert J. Myer
ⓘ
surface form:
Brigadier General Albert J. Myer
|
| nearbyLandmark |
Arlington Ridge
ⓘ
Marine Corps War Memorial ⓘ
surface form:
Iwo Jima Memorial (Marine Corps War Memorial)
|
| partOf |
Arlington, Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Arlington military community
Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall ⓘ United States Army Military District of Washington ⓘ
surface form:
National Capital Region military district
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| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Army
ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Defense
|
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fort Myer, Virginia Description of subject: Fort Myer, Virginia is a historic U.S. Army post adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery that serves as a key ceremonial and administrative installation for the military in the Washington, D.C. area.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fort Myer (part of Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall)
subject surface form:
Arlington County
this entity surface form:
Fort Myer
this entity surface form:
United States Army Garrison Fort Myer
this entity surface form:
Fort Myer
this entity surface form:
Fort Myer
this entity surface form:
U.S. Army Garrison Fort Myer
this entity surface form:
Fort Myer