Fort Finney
E281904
Fort Finney was a late 18th-century U.S. military post on the Ohio River that served as a key site for negotiations and treaties with Native American tribes in the Northwest Territory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Finney canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2597523 — 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 Finney Context triple: [Treaty of Fort Finney, hasLocation, Fort Finney]
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A.
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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B.
Fort C. F. Smith
Fort C. F. Smith was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in Montana Territory that protected travelers along the Bozeman Trail and became a focal point of conflict during Red Cloud's War.
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C.
Fort Sandeman
Fort Sandeman is the former colonial-era name of the town now known as Zhob in Balochistan, Pakistan.
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D.
Fort Ward
Fort Ward is a historic waterfront neighborhood and former military installation on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.
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E.
Fort Pickens
Fort Pickens is a historic 19th-century coastal defense fort on the western end of Santa Rosa Island that played a key role in the defense of Pensacola Bay and remained in Union hands throughout the American Civil War.
- 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 Finney Target entity description: Fort Finney was a late 18th-century U.S. military post on the Ohio River that served as a key site for negotiations and treaties with Native American tribes in the Northwest Territory.
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A.
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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B.
Fort C. F. Smith
Fort C. F. Smith was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in Montana Territory that protected travelers along the Bozeman Trail and became a focal point of conflict during Red Cloud's War.
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C.
Fort Sandeman
Fort Sandeman is the former colonial-era name of the town now known as Zhob in Balochistan, Pakistan.
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D.
Fort Ward
Fort Ward is a historic waterfront neighborhood and former military installation on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.
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E.
Fort Pickens
Fort Pickens is a historic 19th-century coastal defense fort on the western end of Santa Rosa Island that played a key role in the defense of Pensacola Bay and remained in Union hands throughout the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army post
ⓘ
military fort ⓘ |
| associatedWithTribe |
Delaware
ⓘ
Miami ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ Wyandot ⓘ |
| builtFor | United States government ⓘ |
| conflictContext |
Northwest Indian War
ⓘ
post-American Revolutionary War frontier tensions ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | early United States frontier period ⓘ |
| function |
diplomatic center in the Northwest Territory
ⓘ
military outpost on the Ohio River ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Indiana ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Vincennes, Indiana
ⓘ
mouth of the Wabash River ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Ohio River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | James Finney ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States frontier fort system
ⓘ
surface form:
United States military frontier posts
|
| region | Old Northwest ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Treaty of Fort Finney
ⓘ
negotiations with Shawnee leaders ⓘ negotiations with other Northwest Territory tribes ⓘ |
| status | no longer standing ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
control of river traffic
ⓘ
frontier defense ⓘ negotiations with Native American tribes ⓘ treaty councils ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Finney Description of subject: Fort Finney was a late 18th-century U.S. military post on the Ohio River that served as a key site for negotiations and treaties with Native American tribes in the Northwest Territory.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.