Fort Davis
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Fort Davis is a historic Civil War–era fortification site in Washington, D.C., now preserved as part of the National Park Service’s Fort Circle Parks system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Davis canonical | 4 |
| Fort Davis neighborhood | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7781174 — 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 Davis Context triple: [Fort Circle Parks, hasPart, Fort Davis]
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A.
Fort Davis
Fort Davis was a former U.S. Army military post in the Panama Canal Zone that played a key role in the defense and operation of the Panama Canal.
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B.
Fort Davis
Fort Davis is a small historic town in the Davis Mountains of far West Texas, known for its well-preserved frontier military post and scenic high-desert landscapes.
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C.
Guymon
Guymon is a small city in the Oklahoma Panhandle known as an agricultural and energy-production hub for the surrounding High Plains region.
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D.
Fort Yates
Fort Yates is a small community in North Dakota that serves as the administrative and cultural center of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
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E.
Fort Davis area
The Fort Davis area is a preserved Civil War fortification site within Petersburg National Battlefield that interprets Union defensive works and their role in the siege of Petersburg, Virginia.
- 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 Davis Target entity description: Fort Davis is a historic Civil War–era fortification site in Washington, D.C., now preserved as part of the National Park Service’s Fort Circle Parks system.
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A.
Fort Davis
Fort Davis was a former U.S. Army military post in the Panama Canal Zone that played a key role in the defense and operation of the Panama Canal.
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B.
Fort Davis
Fort Davis is a small historic town in the Davis Mountains of far West Texas, known for its well-preserved frontier military post and scenic high-desert landscapes.
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C.
Guymon
Guymon is a small city in the Oklahoma Panhandle known as an agricultural and energy-production hub for the surrounding High Plains region.
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D.
Fort Yates
Fort Yates is a small community in North Dakota that serves as the administrative and cultural center of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
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E.
Fort Davis area
The Fort Davis area is a preserved Civil War fortification site within Petersburg National Battlefield that interprets Union defensive works and their role in the siege of Petersburg, Virginia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Civil War-era fortification
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earthwork fort ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| builtDuring | American Civil War ⓘ |
| builtFor | defense of Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| category |
American Civil War forts
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Civil War Defenses of Washington ⓘ Parks in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Union Army ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| hasAccess |
local neighborhood entrances
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pedestrian trails ⓘ |
| hasCurrentUse |
public park
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recreational area ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
earthen embankments
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open green space ⓘ wooded areas ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic Civil War fort site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Southeast Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Alabama Avenue SE
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Fort Dupont ⓘ Fort Stanton ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Fort Davis Drive SE vicinity ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis ⓘ |
| operator | National Park Service ⓘ |
| partOf |
Civil War Defenses of Washington
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Fort Circle Parks ⓘ ring of fortifications around Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Davis Description of subject: Fort Davis is a historic Civil War–era fortification site in Washington, D.C., now preserved as part of the National Park Service’s Fort Circle Parks system.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fort Davis