Fort Bellefontaine
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Fort Bellefontaine was an early 19th-century U.S. military post near St. Louis that served as a key frontier outpost and staging point for western exploration and expansion.
All labels observed (1)
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| Fort Bellefontaine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15228075 — 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 Bellefontaine Context triple: [Pike expedition to the headwaters of the Mississippi River, departureLocation, Fort Bellefontaine]
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Fort Plaisance
Fort Plaisance was a French colonial fortification built to protect the fishing settlement at Placentia in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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Bellefontaine
Bellefontaine is a French-origin surname borne by various individuals, including Benedict Bellefontaine.
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Fort-Lamy
Fort-Lamy was the former colonial name of Chad’s capital city, now known as N'Djamena, established by the French along the Chari River.
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Fort Royal
Fort Royal is a historic coastal fortress on Île Sainte-Marguerite off the French Riviera, best known for housing the mysterious "Man in the Iron Mask."
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Fort Royal
Fort Royal is a historic coastal fortification in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, built by the French to defend their North Atlantic fishing and colonial interests.
- 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 Bellefontaine Target entity description: Fort Bellefontaine was an early 19th-century U.S. military post near St. Louis that served as a key frontier outpost and staging point for western exploration and expansion.
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A.
Fort Plaisance
Fort Plaisance was a French colonial fortification built to protect the fishing settlement at Placentia in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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B.
Bellefontaine
Bellefontaine is a French-origin surname borne by various individuals, including Benedict Bellefontaine.
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C.
Fort-Lamy
Fort-Lamy was the former colonial name of Chad’s capital city, now known as N'Djamena, established by the French along the Chari River.
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D.
Fort Royal
Fort Royal is a historic coastal fortress on Île Sainte-Marguerite off the French Riviera, best known for housing the mysterious "Man in the Iron Mask."
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E.
Fort Royal
Fort Royal is a historic coastal fortification in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, built by the French to defend their North Atlantic fishing and colonial interests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Pike expedition to the headwaters of the Mississippi River
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Fort Bellefontaine
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