Fort Marion
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Fort Marion is the former name of the Castillo de San Marcos, a historic 17th-century Spanish stone fortress in St. Augustine, Florida, now preserved as a national monument.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Marion canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9108819 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Marion Context triple: [Castillo de San Marcos, formerName, Fort Marion]
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Fort Royal prison
Fort Royal prison is a historic fortress-turned-detention facility on Île Sainte-Marguerite off the French Riviera, best known for holding the mysterious "Man in the Iron Mask."
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B.
Fort Ricketts
Fort Ricketts is a historic American Civil War-era earthwork fortification in Washington, D.C., built as part of the defensive ring protecting the capital.
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C.
Fort Anderson
Fort Anderson is a historic Civil War–era Confederate fortification and archaeological site located along the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.
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D.
Fort Recovery State Memorial
Fort Recovery State Memorial is a historic site and park in Ohio that preserves the location of a major 1791 U.S.–Native American conflict and interprets the broader history of early frontier warfare in the Northwest Territory.
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E.
Fort Macon
Fort Macon is a 19th-century coastal defense fortification in North Carolina, built as part of the United States’ Third System of seacoast defenses and now preserved as a state park and historic site.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Marion Target entity description: Fort Marion is the former name of the Castillo de San Marcos, a historic 17th-century Spanish stone fortress in St. Augustine, Florida, now preserved as a national monument.
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A.
Fort Royal prison
Fort Royal prison is a historic fortress-turned-detention facility on Île Sainte-Marguerite off the French Riviera, best known for holding the mysterious "Man in the Iron Mask."
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B.
Fort Ricketts
Fort Ricketts is a historic American Civil War-era earthwork fortification in Washington, D.C., built as part of the defensive ring protecting the capital.
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C.
Fort Anderson
Fort Anderson is a historic Civil War–era Confederate fortification and archaeological site located along the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.
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D.
Fort Recovery State Memorial
Fort Recovery State Memorial is a historic site and park in Ohio that preserves the location of a major 1791 U.S.–Native American conflict and interprets the broader history of early frontier warfare in the Northwest Territory.
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E.
Fort Macon
Fort Macon is a 19th-century coastal defense fortification in North Carolina, built as part of the United States’ Third System of seacoast defenses and now preserved as a state park and historic site.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States National Monument
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former name ⓘ historic fortress ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | bastion fort ⓘ |
| builder | Spanish colonial authorities in Florida ⓘ |
| builtBy | Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Military installation in Florida
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Spanish colonial fort in the United States ⓘ Tourist attraction in St. Augustine, Florida ⓘ |
| constructedAs | stone fortress ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1695 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1672 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designationDateAsNationalMonument | 1924 ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | Castillo de San Marcos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy |
Confederate States Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish Army NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Park Service ⓘ |
| hasFormerName | Fort Marion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | U.S. National Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Florida
ⓘ
St. Augustine, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Johns County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInHistoricCity | St. Augustine, the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the continental United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Matanzas Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | coquina ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Francis Marion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operator | National Park Service ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| partOf |
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
NERFINISHED
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Spanish colonial defenses of Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | defense of St. Augustine ⓘ |
| usedDuringConflict |
American Civil War
NERFINISHED
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American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ Anglo-Spanish conflicts in North America ⓘ Seminole Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
detention of Native American prisoners
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military defense ⓘ prison ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Marion Description of subject: Fort Marion is the former name of the Castillo de San Marcos, a historic 17th-century Spanish stone fortress in St. Augustine, Florida, now preserved as a national monument.
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