Fort Cumberland
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Fort Cumberland was a key 18th-century British frontier fort in present-day Cumberland, Maryland, that served as a strategic base during the French and Indian War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Cumberland canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12534917 — 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 Cumberland Context triple: [Braddock’s Road, startPoint, Fort Cumberland]
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Fort St. David
Fort St. David was a key British East India Company stronghold on the Coromandel Coast of India that played a significant role in 18th-century Anglo-French colonial conflicts.
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B.
Fort Johnson
Fort Johnson is a historic coastal fortification on James Island in South Carolina that played a key role in the early events of the American Civil War.
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C.
Fort Fincastle
Fort Fincastle is an 18th-century limestone fortress in Nassau, Bahamas, built to protect the harbor and now a popular historic landmark and tourist attraction.
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D.
Fort Hancock
Fort Hancock is a historic former U.S. Army coastal defense installation located on Sandy Hook in New Jersey, now preserved as part of Gateway National Recreation Area.
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E.
Fort George
Fort George was a historic fur-trading post and strategic outpost at the mouth of the Columbia River, later forming the nucleus of present-day Astoria, Oregon.
- 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 Cumberland Target entity description: Fort Cumberland was a key 18th-century British frontier fort in present-day Cumberland, Maryland, that served as a strategic base during the French and Indian War.
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A.
Fort St. David
Fort St. David was a key British East India Company stronghold on the Coromandel Coast of India that played a significant role in 18th-century Anglo-French colonial conflicts.
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B.
Fort Johnson
Fort Johnson is a historic coastal fortification on James Island in South Carolina that played a key role in the early events of the American Civil War.
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C.
Fort Fincastle
Fort Fincastle is an 18th-century limestone fortress in Nassau, Bahamas, built to protect the harbor and now a popular historic landmark and tourist attraction.
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D.
Fort Hancock
Fort Hancock is a historic former U.S. Army coastal defense installation located on Sandy Hook in New Jersey, now preserved as part of Gateway National Recreation Area.
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E.
Fort George
Fort George was a historic fur-trading post and strategic outpost at the mouth of the Columbia River, later forming the nucleus of present-day Astoria, Oregon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.