King’s Navy Yard
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King’s Navy Yard was a British naval dockyard and military facility in Amherstburg, Upper Canada, that played a key role in Great Lakes operations during the early 19th century, including the War of 1812.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King’s Navy Yard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8221659 — 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: King’s Navy Yard Context triple: [Amherstburg, Upper Canada, hasMilitaryInstallation, King’s Navy Yard]
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A.
Charlestown Navy Yard
Charlestown Navy Yard is a historic former U.S. Navy shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts, known for its role in American naval history and as the home port of the USS Constitution.
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B.
Norfolk Navy Yard
Norfolk Navy Yard, also known as Norfolk Naval Shipyard, is a major United States Navy shipbuilding and repair facility located in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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C.
Brooklyn Navy Yard
The Brooklyn Navy Yard is a historic former U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility on the Brooklyn waterfront that played a major role in American naval construction before its redevelopment into an industrial and commercial hub.
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D.
Annapolis City Dock
Annapolis City Dock is a historic waterfront area in downtown Annapolis, Maryland, known for its marina, colonial-era surroundings, and role as a hub for boating, tourism, and public events.
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E.
Charleston Navy Yard
Charleston Navy Yard was a major U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility in Charleston, South Carolina, active through both World Wars.
- 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: King’s Navy Yard Target entity description: King’s Navy Yard was a British naval dockyard and military facility in Amherstburg, Upper Canada, that played a key role in Great Lakes operations during the early 19th century, including the War of 1812.
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A.
Charlestown Navy Yard
Charlestown Navy Yard is a historic former U.S. Navy shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts, known for its role in American naval history and as the home port of the USS Constitution.
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B.
Norfolk Navy Yard
Norfolk Navy Yard, also known as Norfolk Naval Shipyard, is a major United States Navy shipbuilding and repair facility located in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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C.
Brooklyn Navy Yard
The Brooklyn Navy Yard is a historic former U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility on the Brooklyn waterfront that played a major role in American naval construction before its redevelopment into an industrial and commercial hub.
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D.
Annapolis City Dock
Annapolis City Dock is a historic waterfront area in downtown Annapolis, Maryland, known for its marina, colonial-era surroundings, and role as a hub for boating, tourism, and public events.
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E.
Charleston Navy Yard
Charleston Navy Yard was a major U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility in Charleston, South Carolina, active through both World Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British naval dockyard
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military facility ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | War of 1812 campaigns on the Detroit frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Fort Malden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledBy | British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryToday | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentName | King’s Navy Yard Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentUse | public park ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic site ⓘ |
| historicalEra | early 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Amherstburg, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Detroit River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Amherstburg, Upper Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Amherstburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in British control of the Detroit River during the War of 1812
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supporting naval operations against the United States on the Great Lakes ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
British Army
NERFINISHED
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Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | British naval establishment on the Great Lakes ⓘ |
| provinceToday | Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Great Lakes
NERFINISHED
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Upper Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
key base for British naval operations on the Great Lakes
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support hub for British and Indigenous allied forces ⓘ |
| usedDuringConflict |
Anglo-American conflicts on the Great Lakes
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War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
military logistics
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naval supply depot ⓘ ship repair ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: King’s Navy Yard Description of subject: King’s Navy Yard was a British naval dockyard and military facility in Amherstburg, Upper Canada, that played a key role in Great Lakes operations during the early 19th century, including the War of 1812.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Amherstburg, Upper Canada (during service in North America)
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hasMilitaryInstallation
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King’s Navy Yard
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subject surface form:
Amherstburg, Upper Canada