Pensacola Bay settlement
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The Pensacola Bay settlement was a short-lived 16th-century Spanish colonial outpost on the Gulf Coast that became one of the earliest European attempts at permanent settlement in what is now the United States.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17297023 — 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: Pensacola Bay settlement Context triple: [Tristán de Luna y Arellano expedition of 1559–1561, abandoned, Pensacola Bay settlement]
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A.
Fort Mose
Fort Mose was a Spanish colonial fort in Florida that became the first legally sanctioned free Black settlement in what is now the United States.
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B.
Fort Caroline
Fort Caroline was a short-lived 16th-century French colonial settlement near present-day Jacksonville, Florida, that became a focal point of conflict during Spain’s conquest of the region.
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Port of Pensacola
The Port of Pensacola is a deep-water seaport in downtown Pensacola, Florida, serving as a regional hub for cargo handling, maritime commerce, and industrial activities on the Gulf Coast.
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D.
San Marcos de Apalache
San Marcos de Apalache was a historic Spanish colonial fort and settlement in present-day Florida, strategically located at the confluence of the St. Marks and Wakulla rivers.
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E.
Saybrook Fort
Saybrook Fort was a 17th-century English colonial fortification in present-day Old Saybrook, Connecticut, built to protect settlers and control access to the Connecticut River.
- 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: Pensacola Bay settlement Target entity description: The Pensacola Bay settlement was a short-lived 16th-century Spanish colonial outpost on the Gulf Coast that became one of the earliest European attempts at permanent settlement in what is now the United States.
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A.
Fort Mose
Fort Mose was a Spanish colonial fort in Florida that became the first legally sanctioned free Black settlement in what is now the United States.
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B.
Fort Caroline
Fort Caroline was a short-lived 16th-century French colonial settlement near present-day Jacksonville, Florida, that became a focal point of conflict during Spain’s conquest of the region.
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C.
Port of Pensacola
The Port of Pensacola is a deep-water seaport in downtown Pensacola, Florida, serving as a regional hub for cargo handling, maritime commerce, and industrial activities on the Gulf Coast.
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D.
San Marcos de Apalache
San Marcos de Apalache was a historic Spanish colonial fort and settlement in present-day Florida, strategically located at the confluence of the St. Marks and Wakulla rivers.
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E.
Saybrook Fort
Saybrook Fort was a 17th-century English colonial fortification in present-day Old Saybrook, Connecticut, built to protect settlers and control access to the Connecticut River.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.