Fort Totten
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Fort Totten is a former U.S. Army installation in northeastern Queens, New York City, now used as a public park and historic site overlooking the Long Island Sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Totten canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8401199 — 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 Totten Context triple: [Bay Terrace, Queens, nearLandmark, Fort Totten]
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A.
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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B.
Fort Putnam
Fort Putnam is a historic Revolutionary War-era fortification overlooking the Hudson River at West Point, New York, now preserved as part of the United States Military Academy’s historic district.
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C.
Fort Loyal
Fort Loyal was a 17th-century English colonial fortification in what is now Portland, Maine, that played a key role in regional conflicts between European settlers and Native American groups.
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D.
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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E.
Fort Zoutman
Fort Zoutman is a historic 18th-century military fort and landmark in Oranjestad, Aruba, known as the island’s oldest remaining building and a symbol of its colonial past.
- 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 Totten Target entity description: Fort Totten is a former U.S. Army installation in northeastern Queens, New York City, now used as a public park and historic site overlooking the Long Island Sound.
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A.
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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B.
Fort Putnam
Fort Putnam is a historic Revolutionary War-era fortification overlooking the Hudson River at West Point, New York, now preserved as part of the United States Military Academy’s historic district.
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C.
Fort Loyal
Fort Loyal was a 17th-century English colonial fortification in what is now Portland, Maine, that played a key role in regional conflicts between European settlers and Native American groups.
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D.
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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E.
Fort Zoutman
Fort Zoutman is a historic 18th-century military fort and landmark in Oranjestad, Aruba, known as the island’s oldest remaining building and a symbol of its colonial past.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former United States Army installation
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historic site ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Cross Island Parkway
NERFINISHED
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Little Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Throgs Neck Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| currentUse |
emergency services training site
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historic district ⓘ military reserve center ⓘ public park ⓘ |
| era |
American Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Endicott Period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Civil War–era fortifications
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Endicott-era batteries ⓘ barracks ⓘ battery structures ⓘ guardhouse ⓘ historic buildings ⓘ officers’ club ⓘ officers’ quarters ⓘ parade ground ⓘ parade lawn ⓘ sports fields ⓘ walking trails ⓘ waterfront esplanade ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalActivity |
birdwatching
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fishing ⓘ kayaking ⓘ picnicking ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Long Island Sound
NERFINISHED
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Throgs Neck Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bayside, Queens
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ Queens ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| namedAfter | Brigadier General Joseph Gilbert Totten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator |
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
NERFINISHED
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New York City Fire Department NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlooks | Long Island Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Harbor Defenses of New York
NERFINISHED
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New York City Department of Parks and Recreation system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| situatedOn | Willets Point, Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
coastal defense
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harbor defense ⓘ public access ⓘ recreation ⓘ training ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fort Totten Description of subject: Fort Totten is a former U.S. Army installation in northeastern Queens, New York City, now used as a public park and historic site overlooking the Long Island Sound.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.