Fort Patience
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Fort Patience is a historic coastal fort in Ghana, built during the colonial era as part of the European trading and defensive network along the Gold Coast.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Patience canonical | 2 |
| Fort Good Hope | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2518741 — 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 Patience Context triple: [Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, supervises, Fort Patience]
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A.
Fort Scratchley
Fort Scratchley is a historic coastal defense fort and museum in Newcastle, New South Wales, known for its commanding views over the Pacific Ocean and its role in protecting the city, including during World War II.
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B.
Fort Fincastle
Fort Fincastle is an 18th-century limestone fortress in Nassau, Bahamas, built to protect the harbor and now a popular historic landmark and tourist attraction.
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C.
Fort Ward
Fort Ward is a historic waterfront neighborhood and former military installation on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Patience Target entity description: Fort Patience is a historic coastal fort in Ghana, built during the colonial era as part of the European trading and defensive network along the Gold Coast.
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A.
Fort Scratchley
Fort Scratchley is a historic coastal defense fort and museum in Newcastle, New South Wales, known for its commanding views over the Pacific Ocean and its role in protecting the city, including during World War II.
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B.
Fort Fincastle
Fort Fincastle is an 18th-century limestone fortress in Nassau, Bahamas, built to protect the harbor and now a popular historic landmark and tourist attraction.
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C.
Fort Ward
Fort Ward is a historic waterfront neighborhood and former military installation on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European colonial fort
ⓘ
historic coastal fort ⓘ |
| builtFor | European colonial powers ⓘ |
| category |
Colonial forts and castles in Africa
ⓘ
Forts in Ghana ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bastions
ⓘ
cannon emplacements ⓘ coastal location ⓘ fortified walls ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
military fortification
ⓘ
trading post ⓘ |
| hasView | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| heritage | colonial-era architecture ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | colonial era ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ghana
ⓘ
Western Region, Gold Coast ⓘ
surface form:
Gold Coast (historical region)
|
| locatedOn |
Atlantic coast
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlantic Ocean coast
|
| material |
masonry
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
European defensive network on the Gold Coast
ⓘ
Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ
surface form:
European trading network on the Gold Coast
|
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence of European presence in West Africa
ⓘ
part of the historical Gold Coast fortifications ⓘ |
| tourism | heritage tourism site ⓘ |
| usedFor |
defense
ⓘ
trade ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Patience Description of subject: Fort Patience is a historic coastal fort in Ghana, built during the colonial era as part of the European trading and defensive network along the Gold Coast.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fort Good Hope