Fort Goede Hoop
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Fort Goede Hoop was a key Dutch colonial trading fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used for commerce and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Coenraadsburg | 1 |
| Fort Goede Hoop canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2558234 — 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 Goede Hoop Context triple: [Dutch Gold Coast, majorFort, Fort Goede Hoop]
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A.
Fort Willem Hendrick
Fort Willem Hendrick was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification in what is now Lower Manhattan, serving as a key military and administrative center of New Netherland.
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B.
Fort Good Hope
Fort Good Hope is a small, predominantly Indigenous community in the Northwest Territories of Canada, located above the Arctic Circle along the Mackenzie River.
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C.
Fort Kobbe
Fort Kobbe was a former United States Army installation in the Panama Canal Zone that played a key role in the defense and administration of the canal area during much of the 20th century.
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D.
Fort Salonga
Fort Salonga is a suburban hamlet on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, known for its residential character and coastal location along Long Island Sound.
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E.
Fort Hackenberg
Fort Hackenberg is a massive French fortification complex in northeastern France that served as one of the largest and most important strongpoints of the Maginot Line.
- 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 Goede Hoop Target entity description: Fort Goede Hoop was a key Dutch colonial trading fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used for commerce and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
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A.
Fort Willem Hendrick
Fort Willem Hendrick was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification in what is now Lower Manhattan, serving as a key military and administrative center of New Netherland.
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B.
Fort Good Hope
Fort Good Hope is a small, predominantly Indigenous community in the Northwest Territories of Canada, located above the Arctic Circle along the Mackenzie River.
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C.
Fort Kobbe
Fort Kobbe was a former United States Army installation in the Panama Canal Zone that played a key role in the defense and administration of the canal area during much of the 20th century.
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D.
Fort Salonga
Fort Salonga is a suburban hamlet on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, known for its residential character and coastal location along Long Island Sound.
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E.
Fort Hackenberg
Fort Hackenberg is a massive French fortification complex in northeastern France that served as one of the largest and most important strongpoints of the Maginot Line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch colonial fort
ⓘ
slave trade fort ⓘ trading post ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dutch colonialism in Africa
ⓘ
European maritime trade ⓘ history of slavery in Ghana ⓘ |
| builtBy | Dutch colonists ⓘ |
| category |
Dutch Gold Coast
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch Gold Coast forts
Forts in Ghana ⓘ Slave forts ⓘ |
| colonialPower |
Dutch Republic
ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Dutch West India Company ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| heritage | Dutch colonial architecture ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
key Dutch colonial trading fort on the Gold Coast
ⓘ
node in the Atlantic slave trade network ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Atlantic slave trade
ⓘ
European colonial trade in West Africa ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gold Coast
ⓘ
present-day Ghana ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Gulf of Guinea
ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf of Guinea coast
|
| operator | Dutch West India Company ⓘ |
| partOf | Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commerce
ⓘ
trade in enslaved Africans ⓘ trade in gold ⓘ trans-Atlantic slave trade ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Goede Hoop Description of subject: Fort Goede Hoop was a key Dutch colonial trading fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used for commerce and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fort Coenraadsburg