Yorktown Battlefield
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Yorktown Battlefield is the historic site in Yorktown, Virginia, where the decisive 1781 American Revolutionary War victory over the British effectively secured American independence.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yorktown Battlefield canonical | 10 |
| Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center | 2 |
| Yorktown Visitor Center | 1 |
| Yorktown defenses | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4009676 — 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: Yorktown Battlefield Context triple: [Virginia Peninsula, contains, Yorktown Battlefield]
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A.
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park is a U.S. National Park Service site preserving the Revolutionary War battlefield of the 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse and related historic landscapes and monuments.
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B.
Brandywine Battlefield
Brandywine Battlefield is a preserved American Revolutionary War site in Pennsylvania where the pivotal 1777 Battle of Brandywine took place between British and American forces.
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C.
Saratoga Battlefield
Saratoga Battlefield is a historic Revolutionary War site in upstate New York where American forces won a decisive victory over the British in 1777.
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D.
Yorktown Museum
Yorktown Museum is a local history museum in Yorktown, New York, dedicated to preserving and interpreting the town’s cultural and historical heritage.
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E.
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield is a U.S. National Park Service site in southwestern Pennsylvania that preserves the location of an early battle of the French and Indian War involving a young George Washington.
- 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: Yorktown Battlefield Target entity description: Yorktown Battlefield is the historic site in Yorktown, Virginia, where the decisive 1781 American Revolutionary War victory over the British effectively secured American independence.
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A.
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park is a U.S. National Park Service site preserving the Revolutionary War battlefield of the 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse and related historic landscapes and monuments.
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B.
Brandywine Battlefield
Brandywine Battlefield is a preserved American Revolutionary War site in Pennsylvania where the pivotal 1777 Battle of Brandywine took place between British and American forces.
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C.
Saratoga Battlefield
Saratoga Battlefield is a historic Revolutionary War site in upstate New York where American forces won a decisive victory over the British in 1777.
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D.
Yorktown Museum
Yorktown Museum is a local history museum in Yorktown, New York, dedicated to preserving and interpreting the town’s cultural and historical heritage.
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E.
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield is a U.S. National Park Service site in southwestern Pennsylvania that preserves the location of an early battle of the French and Indian War involving a young George Washington.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Revolutionary War site
ⓘ
historic battlefield ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American independence
ⓘ
Treaty of Alliance (1778) ⓘ
surface form:
Franco-American alliance
Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Paris 1783
|
| category |
American Revolutionary War sites in Virginia
ⓘ
battlefields in the United States ⓘ protected areas of York County, Virginia ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfEvent | 1781 ⓘ |
| designation | National Historical Park unit ⓘ |
| governingBody |
United States Department of the Interior
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of the Interior
|
| hasCommander |
Charles Cornwallis
ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ
surface form:
Comte de Rochambeau
George Washington ⓘ |
| hasMonument | Yorktown Victory Monument ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
British Army
ⓘ
Continental Army ⓘ French Army ⓘ French Navy ⓘ |
| hasSite |
earthworks
ⓘ
historic town of Yorktown ⓘ redoubts ⓘ siege lines ⓘ surrender field ⓘ |
| hasVisitorCenter |
Yorktown Battlefield
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center
|
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Historic Landmark
|
| historicalSignificance |
effectively secured American independence
ⓘ
last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Virginia ⓘ York County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Yorktown ⓘ
surface form:
Yorktown, Virginia
|
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| near | York River ⓘ |
| offers |
driving tour
ⓘ
interpretive programs ⓘ walking trails ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chesapeake Bay region history
ⓘ
Colonial National Historical Park ⓘ |
| result | decisive American and French victory ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Siege of Yorktown
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Yorktown
Siege of Yorktown ⓘ |
| tourism | popular heritage tourism destination ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yorktown Battlefield Description of subject: Yorktown Battlefield is the historic site in Yorktown, Virginia, where the decisive 1781 American Revolutionary War victory over the British effectively secured American independence.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yorktown Visitor Center
this entity surface form:
Yorktown defenses
subject surface form:
Busch Gardens Williamsburg
this entity surface form:
Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center
this entity surface form:
Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center