Fort Snelling
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Fort Snelling is a historic 19th-century U.S. Army fort located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers in present-day Minnesota, significant for its roles in regional military history, westward expansion, and Native American relations.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Snelling canonical | 8 |
| Fort Snelling, Minnesota | 3 |
| Historic Fort Snelling | 2 |
| Fort Snelling Station | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T590185 — 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 Snelling Context triple: [Upper Mississippi Valley, contains, Fort Snelling]
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A.
Fort Lewis
Fort Lewis is a major U.S. Army installation in Washington State that serves as a key component of Joint Base Lewis–McChord and an important center for training and deploying military forces.
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B.
Kelley Barracks
Kelley Barracks is a U.S. Army installation in Stuttgart, Germany, best known as the home base of United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM).
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C.
Fort Eisenhower
Fort Eisenhower is a United States Army installation near Augusta, Georgia, known for housing the Army Cyber Center of Excellence and serving as a major hub for cyber and signal training.
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D.
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri is a historic U.S. Army post near St. Louis that served as a key military installation and training center throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
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E.
Fort Michilimackinac
Fort Michilimackinac is an 18th-century French and later British colonial fort and fur-trading post, now a reconstructed historic site and museum in present-day Mackinaw City, Michigan.
- 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 Snelling Target entity description: Fort Snelling is a historic 19th-century U.S. Army fort located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers in present-day Minnesota, significant for its roles in regional military history, westward expansion, and Native American relations.
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A.
Fort Lewis
Fort Lewis is a major U.S. Army installation in Washington State that serves as a key component of Joint Base Lewis–McChord and an important center for training and deploying military forces.
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B.
Kelley Barracks
Kelley Barracks is a U.S. Army installation in Stuttgart, Germany, best known as the home base of United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM).
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C.
Fort Eisenhower
Fort Eisenhower is a United States Army installation near Augusta, Georgia, known for housing the Army Cyber Center of Excellence and serving as a major hub for cyber and signal training.
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D.
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri is a historic U.S. Army post near St. Louis that served as a key military installation and training center throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
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E.
Fort Michilimackinac
Fort Michilimackinac is an 18th-century French and later British colonial fort and fur-trading post, now a reconstructed historic site and museum in present-day Mackinaw City, Michigan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army post
ⓘ
historic military fort ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Fort St. Anthony (early name) ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | stone frontier fortification ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | internment of Dakota people after the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople |
Sioux people
ⓘ
surface form:
Dakota people
|
| builder | United States Army ⓘ |
| builtDuring | 19th century ⓘ |
| category |
Forts in Minnesota
ⓘ
Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1825 ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1820 ⓘ |
| controlledBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentUse |
historic site
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| elevationAbove | confluence of Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers ⓘ |
| function |
military training center
ⓘ
regional command post ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy | U.S. Army troops ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Minnesota History Center
ⓘ
surface form:
Minnesota Historical Society
|
| hasPart |
Fort Snelling National Cemetery
ⓘ
Fort Snelling State Park ⓘ Fort Snelling self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Historic Fort Snelling
|
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedAtConfluenceOf |
Minnesota River
ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hennepin County
ⓘ
Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ
surface form:
Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area
Minnesota ⓘ Ramsey County, Minnesota ⓘ
surface form:
Ramsey County
|
| namedAfter | Josiah Snelling ⓘ |
| near |
Minneapolis
ⓘ
surface form:
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Paul, Minnesota
|
| partOf | U.S. system of frontier forts ⓘ |
| significantFor |
U.S.–Native American relations
ⓘ
regional military history ⓘ westward expansion of the United States ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSignificance |
19th century
ⓘ
American frontier era ⓘ U.S. Indian policy in the 19th century ⓘ |
| usedDuringConflict |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Dakota War of 1862 ⓘ
surface form:
U.S.–Dakota War of 1862
World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Snelling Description of subject: Fort Snelling is a historic 19th-century U.S. Army fort located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers in present-day Minnesota, significant for its roles in regional military history, westward expansion, and Native American relations.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
this entity surface form:
Fort Snelling Station
this entity surface form:
Historic Fort Snelling
this entity surface form:
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
this entity surface form:
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
this entity surface form:
Historic Fort Snelling
subject surface form:
Fort St. Anthony
subject surface form:
Fort St. Anthony