Fort Sackville
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Fort Sackville was an 18th-century British frontier fort at Vincennes in present-day Indiana, best known for its capture by George Rogers Clark during the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Sackville canonical | 8 |
| British garrison of Fort Sackville | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10272664 — 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 Sackville Context triple: [Fort Sackville, Vincennes, alsoKnownAs, Fort Sackville]
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A.
Fort Bokar
Fort Bokar is a prominent 15th-century stone fortress guarding the seaward entrance to Dubrovnik’s Old City walls in Croatia.
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B.
Fort DeRussy
Fort DeRussy is a former U.S. Army coastal defense installation in Honolulu, Hawaii, now largely serving as a military recreation area and green space near Waikiki.
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C.
Fort DeRussy
Fort DeRussy is a historic Union Army earthwork fortification in Washington, D.C., built to protect the capital during the American Civil War and now preserved as part of Rock Creek Park.
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D.
Fort Crèvecœur
Fort Crèvecœur was a Dutch colonial fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used as a trading post and military stronghold.
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E.
Fort Patience
Fort Patience is a historic coastal fort in Ghana, built during the colonial era as part of the European trading and defensive network along the Gold Coast.
- 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 Sackville Target entity description: Fort Sackville was an 18th-century British frontier fort at Vincennes in present-day Indiana, best known for its capture by George Rogers Clark during the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
Fort Bokar
Fort Bokar is a prominent 15th-century stone fortress guarding the seaward entrance to Dubrovnik’s Old City walls in Croatia.
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B.
Fort DeRussy
Fort DeRussy is a former U.S. Army coastal defense installation in Honolulu, Hawaii, now largely serving as a military recreation area and green space near Waikiki.
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C.
Fort DeRussy
Fort DeRussy is a historic Union Army earthwork fortification in Washington, D.C., built to protect the capital during the American Civil War and now preserved as part of Rock Creek Park.
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D.
Fort Crèvecœur
Fort Crèvecœur was a Dutch colonial fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used as a trading post and military stronghold.
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E.
Fort Patience
Fort Patience is a historic coastal fort in Ghana, built during the colonial era as part of the European trading and defensive network along the Gold Coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British military fortification
ⓘ
frontier fort ⓘ |
| capturedBy |
George Rogers Clark
ⓘ
Virginia militia forces ⓘ
linked to:
Virginia militia
|
| capturedFrom |
British forces
ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Great Britain
ⓘ
Province of Quebec (British colony) ⓘ
linked to:
Province of Quebec
|
| country | Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateOfCapture | 1779-02-25 ⓘ |
| garrison |
British regulars and Canadian militia
ⓘ
Native American allies of the British ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (commemorative site) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois Country
ⓘ
Vincennes, Indiana ⓘ Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana ⓘ
linked to:
Vincennes, Indiana
Wabash River valley ⓘ
linked to:
Wabash Valley
present-day United States ⓘ
linked to:
contemporary United States
|
| locatedInTime | 18th century ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Lord George Germain, Viscount Sackville
ⓘ
linked to:
Lord George Germain
|
| notableFor | capture by George Rogers Clark ⓘ |
| partOf | British defenses in the Old Northwest ⓘ |
| precededBy | French fort at Vincennes ⓘ |
| presentLocationUse | commemorated by a memorial and reconstructed fort at George Rogers Clark National Historical Park ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Northwest Territory (historic region)
ⓘ
linked to:
Northwest Territory
|
| replacedBy | Fort Patrick Henry ⓘ |
| significantEvent | surrender of British garrison to American forces ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | control of the Wabash River corridor ⓘ |
| usedFor |
control of frontier trade and travel
ⓘ
military defense ⓘ |
| yearOfCapture | 1779 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Sackville Description of subject: Fort Sackville was an 18th-century British frontier fort at Vincennes in present-day Indiana, best known for its capture by George Rogers Clark during the American Revolutionary War.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.