Fort Tilden
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Fort Tilden is a former U.S. Army coastal defense installation on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, New York, now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area and used for beaches, trails, and historic military structures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Tilden canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2263907 — 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 Tilden Context triple: [Rockaway Peninsula, hasPart, Fort Tilden]
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A.
Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton is a historic U.S. Army installation in Brooklyn, New York, guarding the entrance to New York Harbor at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
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B.
Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton is a 19th-century British coastal artillery fort in Hamilton, Bermuda, built to defend the harbor and now preserved as a historic site and tourist attraction.
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C.
Fort Totten
Fort Totten is a residential neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., known for its proximity to the large Fort Totten Metro station and the historic Civil War-era fort site.
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D.
Fort Jay
Fort Jay is a historic coastal fortification on Governors Island in New York Harbor, notable for its star-shaped design and long military service from the early 19th century through the Cold War.
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E.
Fort Wadsworth
Fort Wadsworth is a historic former military installation and coastal defense fortification located at the Narrows in New York Harbor, now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area.
- 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 Tilden Target entity description: Fort Tilden is a former U.S. Army coastal defense installation on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, New York, now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area and used for beaches, trails, and historic military structures.
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A.
Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton is a historic U.S. Army installation in Brooklyn, New York, guarding the entrance to New York Harbor at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
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B.
Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton is a 19th-century British coastal artillery fort in Hamilton, Bermuda, built to defend the harbor and now preserved as a historic site and tourist attraction.
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C.
Fort Totten
Fort Totten is a residential neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., known for its proximity to the large Fort Totten Metro station and the historic Civil War-era fort site.
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D.
Fort Jay
Fort Jay is a historic coastal fortification on Governors Island in New York Harbor, notable for its star-shaped design and long military service from the early 19th century through the Cold War.
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E.
Fort Wadsworth
Fort Wadsworth is a historic former military installation and coastal defense fortification located at the Narrows in New York Harbor, now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former U.S. Army coastal defense installation
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military fortification ⓘ park area ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| currentStatus |
decommissioned military installation
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public recreation area ⓘ |
| formerFunction |
Nike missile site
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coastal artillery post ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
fishing
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hiking ⓘ photography ⓘ surfing ⓘ swimming ⓘ wildlife observation ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Atlantic Ocean beachfront
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abandoned military structures ⓘ artillery batteries ⓘ bunkers ⓘ concrete observation towers ⓘ dunes ⓘ maritime forest ⓘ unlifeguarded beach areas ⓘ |
| hasUse |
birdwatching area
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hiking trails ⓘ historic site ⓘ public beach ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Cold War
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World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gateway National Recreation Area
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Jamaica Bay ⓘ
surface form:
Jamaica Bay area
New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
Queens ⓘ Rockaway Peninsula ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterBody | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| near |
Breezy Point
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Jacob Riis Park ⓘ Rockaway Beach ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| partOf | Gateway National Recreation Area ⓘ |
| usedFor |
art installations
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coastal defense ⓘ community events ⓘ nature conservation ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Tilden Description of subject: Fort Tilden is a former U.S. Army coastal defense installation on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, New York, now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area and used for beaches, trails, and historic military structures.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.