Fort Wood
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Fort Wood is a former coastal fortification in New York Harbor best known today as the star-shaped stone fort that forms the base of the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island.
All labels observed (1)
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| Fort Wood canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7817923 — 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: Fort Wood Context triple: [Harbor defenses of New York, hasPart, Fort Wood]
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Fort Tilden
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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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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Fort Marcy
Fort Marcy is a preserved Civil War-era earthwork fort in Virginia that now serves as a historic site and recreational area within the George Washington Memorial Parkway.
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Fort Montgomery, New York
Fort Montgomery, New York is a small hamlet in Orange County best known for its strategic Revolutionary War fortifications overlooking the Hudson River near Bear Mountain.
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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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Wood Target entity description: Fort Wood is a former coastal fortification in New York Harbor best known today as the star-shaped stone fort that forms the base of the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island.
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A.
Fort Tilden
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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B.
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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C.
Fort Marcy
Fort Marcy is a preserved Civil War-era earthwork fort in Virginia that now serves as a historic site and recreational area within the George Washington Memorial Parkway.
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D.
Fort Montgomery, New York
Fort Montgomery, New York is a small hamlet in Orange County best known for its strategic Revolutionary War fortifications overlooking the Hudson River near Bear Mountain.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former coastal fortification
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historic military site ⓘ star fort ⓘ |
| access | reachable by ferry to Liberty Island ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Statue of Liberty National Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Coastal fortifications in New York City
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Forts in Manhattan ⓘ Star forts in the United States ⓘ |
| constructedAs | coastal defense fortification ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| currentUse | pedestal base for Statue of Liberty ⓘ |
| formsBaseOf | Statue of Liberty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | harbor defense ⓘ |
| garrison | United States Army (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of a U.S. National Monument ⓘ |
| integratedInto | Statue of Liberty pedestal complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York City
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New York Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | an island in Upper New York Bay ⓘ |
| location | Liberty Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Eleazer Derby Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | forming the base of the Statue of Liberty ⓘ |
| operator | United States Army (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Harbor Defenses of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shape | star-shaped ⓘ |
| status | decommissioned fort ⓘ |
| tourism | major tourist attraction as part of Statue of Liberty visits ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Wood Description of subject: Fort Wood is a former coastal fortification in New York Harbor best known today as the star-shaped stone fort that forms the base of the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island.
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