Fort Phil Kearny
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Fort Phil Kearny was a 19th-century U.S. Army outpost in present-day Wyoming that became a focal point of conflict between the United States and Lakota Sioux during the Indian Wars.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Phil Kearny canonical | 5 |
| Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2243000 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Phil Kearny Context triple: [Red Cloud's War, fortInvolved, Fort Phil Kearny]
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Fort Baker
Fort Baker is a historic former U.S. Army post at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California, now part of a waterfront park and conference area within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
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Fort Totten
Fort Totten is a residential neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., known for its proximity to the large Fort Totten Metro station and the historic Civil War-era fort site.
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C.
Fort Drum
Fort Drum is a major U.S. Army installation in northern New York that serves as the home of the 10th Mountain Division and a key training center for light infantry forces.
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D.
Fort Jay
Fort Jay is a historic coastal fortification on Governors Island in New York Harbor, notable for its star-shaped design and long military service from the early 19th century through the Cold War.
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E.
Fort Montgomery, New York
Fort Montgomery, New York is a small hamlet in Orange County best known for its strategic Revolutionary War fortifications overlooking the Hudson River near Bear Mountain.
- 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 Phil Kearny Target entity description: Fort Phil Kearny was a 19th-century U.S. Army outpost in present-day Wyoming that became a focal point of conflict between the United States and Lakota Sioux during the Indian Wars.
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A.
Fort Baker
Fort Baker is a historic former U.S. Army post at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California, now part of a waterfront park and conference area within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
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B.
Fort Totten
Fort Totten is a residential neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., known for its proximity to the large Fort Totten Metro station and the historic Civil War-era fort site.
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C.
Fort Drum
Fort Drum is a major U.S. Army installation in northern New York that serves as the home of the 10th Mountain Division and a key training center for light infantry forces.
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D.
Fort Jay
Fort Jay is a historic coastal fortification on Governors Island in New York Harbor, notable for its star-shaped design and long military service from the early 19th century through the Cold War.
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E.
Fort Montgomery, New York
Fort Montgomery, New York is a small hamlet in Orange County best known for its strategic Revolutionary War fortifications overlooking the Hudson River near Bear Mountain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Army fort
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Lakota leaders
ⓘ
Red Cloud ⓘ U.S. Army officers on the Bozeman Trail ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Fetterman Fight
ⓘ
Fetterman Fight ⓘ
surface form:
Fetterman Massacre
Hayfield Fight ⓘ Wagon Box Fight ⓘ |
| builtFor | westward expansion of the United States ⓘ |
| category |
Bozeman Trail
ⓘ
Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming ⓘ Pre-statehood history of Wyoming ⓘ |
| conflict |
United States–Native American wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Wars
Red Cloud's War ⓘ |
| constructedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| garrisonFunction | military outpost ⓘ |
| hasVisitorCenter | Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site visitor center ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Historic Landmark
site on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| historicalRole | focal point of conflict between the United States and Lakota Sioux ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Johnson County, Wyoming
ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ present-day United States ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Bozeman Trail ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Philip Kearny
ⓘ
surface form:
Major General Philip Kearny
Philip Kearny ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Wyoming
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Wyoming
|
| partOf | Bozeman Trail fort system ⓘ |
| primaryAdversary |
Sioux people
ⓘ
surface form:
Lakota Sioux
Plains Indians ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Plains tribes
|
| purpose |
to protect travelers on the Bozeman Trail
ⓘ
to secure routes to the Montana gold fields ⓘ |
| region |
Great Plains
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Great Plains
|
| status |
historic site
ⓘ
no longer active military post ⓘ |
| topic |
19th-century frontier forts
ⓘ
United States–Native American wars ⓘ
surface form:
United States–Native American military conflicts
westward migration routes ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Phil Kearny Description of subject: Fort Phil Kearny was a 19th-century U.S. Army outpost in present-day Wyoming that became a focal point of conflict between the United States and Lakota Sioux during the Indian Wars.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site