Fort Sherman
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Fort Sherman was a former United States Army military installation on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal, historically used for jungle warfare training and canal defense.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Sherman canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8716383 — 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 Sherman Context triple: [Fort Gulick, locatedNear, Fort Sherman]
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A.
Fort Terry
Fort Terry is a former U.S. Army coastal defense fortification that played a role in protecting the approaches to New York Harbor.
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B.
Fort Neally
Fort Neally is a historic frontier fortification site located in Berkeley County, West Virginia, associated with early colonial-era defense and settlement in the region.
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C.
Fort Wetherill
Fort Wetherill is a former coastal artillery fortification in Jamestown, Rhode Island, that played a key role in the seacoast defense system of Narragansett Bay and is now preserved as a state park.
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D.
Fort Canby
Fort Canby was a former U.S. Army coastal defense fortification located near the mouth of the Columbia River in Washington State.
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E.
Fort Pilar
Fort Pilar is a historic 17th-century Spanish military fortress and Catholic shrine in Zamboanga City, Philippines, known as a symbol of the city’s colonial past and religious devotion.
- 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 Sherman Target entity description: Fort Sherman was a former United States Army military installation on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal, historically used for jungle warfare training and canal defense.
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A.
Fort Terry
Fort Terry is a former U.S. Army coastal defense fortification that played a role in protecting the approaches to New York Harbor.
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B.
Fort Neally
Fort Neally is a historic frontier fortification site located in Berkeley County, West Virginia, associated with early colonial-era defense and settlement in the region.
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C.
Fort Wetherill
Fort Wetherill is a former coastal artillery fortification in Jamestown, Rhode Island, that played a key role in the seacoast defense system of Narragansett Bay and is now preserved as a state park.
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D.
Fort Canby
Fort Canby was a former U.S. Army coastal defense fortification located near the mouth of the Columbia River in Washington State.
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E.
Fort Pilar
Fort Pilar is a historic 17th-century Spanish military fortress and Catholic shrine in Zamboanga City, Philippines, known as a symbol of the city’s colonial past and religious devotion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former United States Army post
ⓘ
military installation ⓘ |
| closureCause | Torrijos–Carter Treaties ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1911 ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 9.3167°N 79.9667°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dissolvedOrAbolished | 1999 ⓘ |
| environmentType | tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| garrison |
United States Army Caribbean
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Army South
United States Southern Command ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Southern Command
|
| hasFacility |
airstrip
ⓘ
barracks ⓘ coastal artillery batteries ⓘ communications facilities ⓘ dock facilities ⓘ jungle warfare training center ⓘ |
| inception |
1912
ⓘ
1913 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Panama ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Colón Province ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Caribbean Sea ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Atlantic side of the Panama Canal ⓘ |
| locatedOpposite |
Fort Amador
ⓘ
Fort Clayton ⓘ Pacific side defenses of the Panama Canal ⓘ
linked to:
Defense of the Panama Canal
|
| militaryRole |
defense of the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal
ⓘ
training of U.S. and allied forces in jungle operations ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Colón ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterBody | Limon Bay ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extensive jungle training areas
ⓘ
strategic position at the Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal ⓘ |
| operator | United States Army ⓘ |
| partOf |
Panama Canal Zone
ⓘ
linked to:
Panama Canal Zone (historical)
|
| partOfDefensiveSystem |
Panama Canal defenses
ⓘ
linked to:
Defense of the Panama Canal
|
| postClosureUse |
Panamanian civilian and commercial development
ⓘ
tourism-related activities ⓘ |
| returnedTo |
Republic of Panama
ⓘ
linked to:
Panama
|
| terrainFeature | dense tropical jungle ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Cold War
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World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| usedFor |
canal defense
ⓘ
jungle warfare training ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Sherman Description of subject: Fort Sherman was a former United States Army military installation on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal, historically used for jungle warfare training and canal defense.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.