Fort Nonsense
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Fort Nonsense is a Revolutionary War-era earthwork fortification in Morristown, New Jersey, traditionally believed to have been built under George Washington’s orders as part of the winter encampment defenses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Nonsense canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T347234 — 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 Nonsense Context triple: [Morristown encampments, hasPart, Fort Nonsense]
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A.
Behind the Front
"Behind the Front" is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Black Eyed Peas, showcasing their early alternative and socially conscious rap style before their later pop-oriented success.
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B.
Battle of the Pockets
The Battle of the Pockets was a series of intense engagements during the early World War II fighting on Bataan in which U.S. and Filipino forces contained and destroyed Japanese penetrations in their defensive lines.
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C.
Drôle de guerre
Drôle de guerre is the term for the early phase of World War II on the Western Front marked by little active fighting despite the formal state of war between the Allies and Germany.
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D.
Unternehmen Zitadelle
Unternehmen Zitadelle was the German codename for the major 1943 offensive on the Eastern Front that led to the Battle of Kursk, one of the largest tank battles in history.
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E.
Troop Zero
Troop Zero is a 2019 family comedy-drama film about a misfit girl in 1970s rural Georgia who forms an unconventional Birdie Scout troop to compete for a chance to have her voice recorded on NASA’s Golden Record.
- 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 Nonsense Target entity description: Fort Nonsense is a Revolutionary War-era earthwork fortification in Morristown, New Jersey, traditionally believed to have been built under George Washington’s orders as part of the winter encampment defenses.
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A.
Behind the Front
"Behind the Front" is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Black Eyed Peas, showcasing their early alternative and socially conscious rap style before their later pop-oriented success.
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B.
Battle of the Pockets
The Battle of the Pockets was a series of intense engagements during the early World War II fighting on Bataan in which U.S. and Filipino forces contained and destroyed Japanese penetrations in their defensive lines.
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C.
Drôle de guerre
Drôle de guerre is the term for the early phase of World War II on the Western Front marked by little active fighting despite the formal state of war between the Allies and Germany.
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D.
Unternehmen Zitadelle
Unternehmen Zitadelle was the German codename for the major 1943 offensive on the Eastern Front that led to the Battle of Kursk, one of the largest tank battles in history.
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E.
Troop Zero
Troop Zero is a 2019 family comedy-drama film about a misfit girl in 1970s rural Georgia who forms an unconventional Birdie Scout troop to compete for a chance to have her voice recorded on NASA’s Golden Record.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Revolutionary War fortification
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earthwork fort ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| allegedlyOrderedBy | George Washington ⓘ |
| associatedWith | George Washington ⓘ |
| builtDuring | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| category |
American Revolutionary War sites
ⓘ
Forts in New Jersey ⓘ Protected areas of Morris County, New Jersey ⓘ |
| constructedAs | defensive earthwork ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| elevationRelativeToTown | on a high point above Morristown ⓘ |
| governingBody |
National Park Service
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surface form:
U.S. National Park Service
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| hasAccess | walking trails ⓘ |
| hasConstructionMaterial |
earth
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stone ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
interpretive signage
ⓘ
overlook of Morristown ⓘ remains of earthwork embankments ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation | focus on Washington’s Morristown encampments ⓘ |
| hasLegend | Washington ordered the fort built merely to keep idle troops busy ⓘ |
| hasSignificance | example of Revolutionary War-era field fortifications ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Morristown, New Jersey
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surface form:
downtown Morristown
|
| heritageDesignation | part of the first National Historical Park in the United States ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed within Morristown National Historical Park on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| historicalDebate | true purpose and military value are disputed by historians ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Morris County, New Jersey ⓘ |
| locatedOn | hill overlooking Morristown ⓘ |
| location | Morristown, New Jersey ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| namedAfter | popular legend that the work was military "nonsense" ⓘ |
| near |
Jockey Hollow
ⓘ
Morristown Green ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| ownership |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| partOf | Morristown National Historical Park ⓘ |
| purpose |
to guard approaches to Morristown
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to protect the Morristown winter encampment ⓘ to serve as a signal station ⓘ |
| region | Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| state |
New Jersey, United States
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surface form:
New Jersey
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| timePeriod | 1777–1779 Morristown encampments ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | Morristown, New Jersey ⓘ |
| usedFor |
historical education
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recreation ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Nonsense Description of subject: Fort Nonsense is a Revolutionary War-era earthwork fortification in Morristown, New Jersey, traditionally believed to have been built under George Washington’s orders as part of the winter encampment defenses.
Referenced by (3)
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