Fort C. F. Smith
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Fort C. F. Smith was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in Montana Territory that protected travelers along the Bozeman Trail and became a focal point of conflict during Red Cloud's War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort C. F. Smith canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2243002 — 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 C. F. Smith Context triple: [Red Cloud's War, fortInvolved, Fort C. F. Smith]
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A.
Fort Cronkhite
Fort Cronkhite is a former World War II-era coastal defense fortification in Marin County, California, now preserved as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and used for recreation and historic interpretation.
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B.
Fort Ward
Fort Ward is a historic waterfront neighborhood and former military installation on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.
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C.
Fort Gulick
Fort Gulick was a former United States Army installation in the Panama Canal Zone that played a key role in regional military operations and training during the 20th century.
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D.
Fort Anderson
Fort Anderson is a historic Civil War–era Confederate fortification and archaeological site located along the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.
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E.
Fort Jackson
Fort Jackson is the U.S. Army’s largest basic combat training installation, located near Columbia, South Carolina.
- 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 C. F. Smith Target entity description: Fort C. F. Smith was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in Montana Territory that protected travelers along the Bozeman Trail and became a focal point of conflict during Red Cloud's War.
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A.
Fort Cronkhite
Fort Cronkhite is a former World War II-era coastal defense fortification in Marin County, California, now preserved as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and used for recreation and historic interpretation.
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B.
Fort Ward
Fort Ward is a historic waterfront neighborhood and former military installation on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.
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C.
Fort Gulick
Fort Gulick was a former United States Army installation in the Panama Canal Zone that played a key role in regional military operations and training during the 20th century.
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D.
Fort Anderson
Fort Anderson is a historic Civil War–era Confederate fortification and archaeological site located along the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.
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E.
Fort Jackson
Fort Jackson is the U.S. Army’s largest basic combat training installation, located near Columbia, South Carolina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Army post
ⓘ
frontier military fort ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bozeman Trail
ⓘ
Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Plains Indian Wars
|
| builtForPurpose |
to protect freight and mail routes to Montana goldfields
ⓘ
to protect travelers on the Bozeman Trail ⓘ |
| category |
19th-century fort in Montana Territory
ⓘ
Bozeman Trail fort system ⓘ
surface form:
Bozeman Trail military installation
|
| conflict | Red Cloud's War ⓘ |
| constructedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| controlledBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| establishedDuring | Red Cloud's War era ⓘ |
| focalPointOf | Red Cloud's War ⓘ |
| function |
military protection of settlers
ⓘ
protection of wagon trains ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy |
United States Cavalry
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army cavalry units
Infantry Branch ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army infantry units
|
| historicalEra |
United States–Native American wars
ⓘ
surface form:
American Indian Wars
post–Civil War frontier period ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Montana Territory ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Montana ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Bighorn River
ⓘ
Yellowstone River ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Bozeman Trail ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
C. F. Smith
ⓘ
Charles Ferguson Smith ⓘ |
| namedAfterOccupation | Union Army general ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Arapaho
ⓘ
Northern Cheyenne ⓘ Oglala Lakota ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bozeman Trail fort system
ⓘ
surface form:
Bozeman Trail forts
U.S. military posts in the Indian Wars ⓘ |
| region |
Great Plains
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Great Plains
|
| status |
abandoned
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| usedFor | projecting U.S. military power into Powder River country ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort C. F. Smith Description of subject: Fort C. F. Smith was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in Montana Territory that protected travelers along the Bozeman Trail and became a focal point of conflict during Red Cloud's War.
Referenced by (5)
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