Fort St. Anthony (early name)
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Fort St. Anthony was the early name for Fort Snelling, a 19th-century U.S. Army fort located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers in present-day Minnesota.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort St. Anthony (early name) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3503773 — 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 St. Anthony (early name) Context triple: [Fort Snelling, alsoKnownAs, Fort St. Anthony (early name)]
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A.
Fort St. Anthony
Fort St. Anthony was a European-built coastal stronghold on the former Gold Coast (in present-day Ghana) that played a role in West African trade and colonial expansion.
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B.
Fort Good Hope
Fort Good Hope is a small, predominantly Indigenous community in the Northwest Territories of Canada, located above the Arctic Circle along the Mackenzie River.
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C.
Fort Churchill
Fort Churchill was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in Nevada that served as a key military and supply station along overland emigrant and mail routes in the American West.
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D.
Fort St. John
Fort St. John is a historic military fortification in present-day Quebec, Canada, that played a strategic role in colonial and Revolutionary War-era conflicts.
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E.
Fort Union
Fort Union was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in northeastern New Mexico that served as a key military and supply hub along the Santa Fe Trail.
- 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 St. Anthony (early name) Target entity description: Fort St. Anthony was the early name for Fort Snelling, a 19th-century U.S. Army fort located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers in present-day Minnesota.
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A.
Fort St. Anthony
Fort St. Anthony was a European-built coastal stronghold on the former Gold Coast (in present-day Ghana) that played a role in West African trade and colonial expansion.
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B.
Fort Good Hope
Fort Good Hope is a small, predominantly Indigenous community in the Northwest Territories of Canada, located above the Arctic Circle along the Mackenzie River.
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C.
Fort Churchill
Fort Churchill was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in Nevada that served as a key military and supply station along overland emigrant and mail routes in the American West.
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D.
Fort St. John
Fort St. John is a historic military fortification in present-day Quebec, Canada, that played a strategic role in colonial and Revolutionary War-era conflicts.
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E.
Fort Union
Fort Union was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in northeastern New Mexico that served as a key military and supply hub along the Santa Fe Trail.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army post
ⓘ
historic military fort ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | U.S. expansion into the Upper Midwest ⓘ |
| builtOf | limestone ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | circa 1824 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1820 ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem |
WGS84
ⓘ
surface form:
World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy | U.S. infantry units ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | part of Fort Snelling National Historic Landmark (under later name) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (as Fort Snelling) ⓘ |
| laterKnownAs | Fort Snelling ⓘ |
| locatedAtConfluenceOf |
Minnesota River
ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Minnesota
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInPresentDay |
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area
|
| locatedNear |
Minneapolis
ⓘ
surface form:
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Paul, Minnesota
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| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saint Anthony of Padua ⓘ |
| nearIndigenousLandsOf |
Sioux people
ⓘ
surface form:
Dakota (Sioux) people
White Earth Ojibwe ⓘ
surface form:
Ojibwe people
|
| overlooks |
Minnesota River
ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ |
| partOf |
western United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest frontier of the United States
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| predecessorOf | Fort Snelling ⓘ |
| purpose |
control of regional fur trade
ⓘ
military defense ⓘ protection of U.S. interests in Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort St. Anthony (early name) Description of subject: Fort St. Anthony was the early name for Fort Snelling, a 19th-century U.S. Army fort located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers in present-day Minnesota.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.