Fort Wise
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Fort Wise was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in what is now Colorado, historically notable as the site where the controversial Treaty of Fort Wise was signed with several Plains tribes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Wise canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11080351 — 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 Wise Context triple: [Treaty of Fort Wise, signedAt, Fort Wise]
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A.
Tubac
Tubac is a historic village in southern Arizona that began as a Spanish colonial presidio and is now known for its art colony and cultural heritage.
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B.
Pecos
Pecos is a historic village in northern New Mexico known for its rich Indigenous and Spanish colonial heritage, nearby ancient pueblo ruins, and scenic location along the Pecos River.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Fort Davis
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.
- 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 Wise Target entity description: Fort Wise was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in what is now Colorado, historically notable as the site where the controversial Treaty of Fort Wise was signed with several Plains tribes.
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A.
Tubac
Tubac is a historic village in southern Arizona that began as a Spanish colonial presidio and is now known for its art colony and cultural heritage.
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B.
Pecos
Pecos is a historic village in northern New Mexico known for its rich Indigenous and Spanish colonial heritage, nearby ancient pueblo ruins, and scenic location along the Pecos River.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Fort Davis
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century fort
ⓘ
United States Army post ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Treaty of Fort Wise ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Plains tribes ⓘ |
| associatedWithTribe |
Arapaho
ⓘ
Cheyenne ⓘ Comanche ⓘ Kiowa ⓘ
linked to:
Kiowa people
Plains Apache ⓘ
linked to:
Lipan Apache
|
| builtFor |
protection of Santa Fe Trail
ⓘ
protection of overland travel ⓘ |
| category |
19th-century forts in the United States
ⓘ
Forts in Colorado ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Union Army ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| function |
Indian agency location
ⓘ
military outpost ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy | U.S. Army troops ⓘ |
| geographicContext | southeastern Colorado ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Great Plains ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado Territory
ⓘ
linked to:
Territory of Colorado
|
| locatedInPresentDay | Colorado ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Bent’s Old Fort
ⓘ
linked to:
Bent’s Fort, Colorado
|
| locatedOn | Arkansas River ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Governor of Virginia Henry A. Wise
ⓘ
Henry A. Wise ⓘ |
| notableFor | Treaty of Fort Wise and its impact on Plains tribes ⓘ |
| onRoute | Santa Fe Trail ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. frontier military posts ⓘ |
| replacedStructure |
Bent’s New Fort
ⓘ
linked to:
Bent’s Fort, Colorado
|
| roleInHistory | site of U.S.–Native American treaty-making ⓘ |
| status | former military post ⓘ |
| treatyCharacterization | controversial treaty ⓘ |
| treatyConsequence |
increased tensions on the Plains
ⓘ
reduction of Cheyenne and Arapaho lands ⓘ |
| treatyDate | 1861 ⓘ |
| treatyParties |
Southern Arapaho
ⓘ
linked to:
Arapaho people
Southern Cheyenne ⓘ United States government ⓘ |
| treatySignedHere | Treaty of Fort Wise ⓘ |
| usedDuring | American Civil War era ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Wise Description of subject: Fort Wise was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in what is now Colorado, historically notable as the site where the controversial Treaty of Fort Wise was signed with several Plains tribes.
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