Fort Ouiatenon
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Fort Ouiatenon was an 18th-century French fur-trading and military outpost near present-day Lafayette, Indiana, that became a strategic site in the struggle for control of the Old Northwest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Ouiatenon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10272697 — 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 Ouiatenon Context triple: [British posts in the Old Northwest, hasPart, Fort Ouiatenon]
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A.
Fort Plaisance
Fort Plaisance was a French colonial fortification built to protect the fishing settlement at Placentia in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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B.
Fort Osage
Fort Osage is a historic early 19th-century U.S. Army outpost and trading post on the Missouri River, significant for its role in frontier defense and commerce during westward expansion.
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C.
Fort Crèvecœur
Fort Crèvecœur was a Dutch colonial fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used as a trading post and military stronghold.
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D.
Fort Sackville, Vincennes
Fort Sackville in Vincennes was a British-held frontier outpost during the American Revolutionary War, famously recaptured by George Rogers Clark’s American forces in 1779.
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E.
Fort Harmar
Fort Harmar was a late 18th-century U.S. Army frontier outpost built at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers in present-day Ohio to secure American interests in the Northwest Territory and oversee relations with Native American tribes.
- 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 Ouiatenon Target entity description: Fort Ouiatenon was an 18th-century French fur-trading and military outpost near present-day Lafayette, Indiana, that became a strategic site in the struggle for control of the Old Northwest.
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A.
Fort Plaisance
Fort Plaisance was a French colonial fortification built to protect the fishing settlement at Placentia in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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B.
Fort Osage
Fort Osage is a historic early 19th-century U.S. Army outpost and trading post on the Missouri River, significant for its role in frontier defense and commerce during westward expansion.
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C.
Fort Crèvecœur
Fort Crèvecœur was a Dutch colonial fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used as a trading post and military stronghold.
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D.
Fort Sackville, Vincennes
Fort Sackville in Vincennes was a British-held frontier outpost during the American Revolutionary War, famously recaptured by George Rogers Clark’s American forces in 1779.
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E.
Fort Harmar
Fort Harmar was a late 18th-century U.S. Army frontier outpost built at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers in present-day Ohio to secure American interests in the Northwest Territory and oversee relations with Native American tribes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former military fort
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fur trading post ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| abandonedBy | British forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| abandonedIn | late 18th century ⓘ |
| builtBy | François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtIn | 1717 ⓘ |
| capturedBy | British forces ⓘ |
| capturedIn | 1760 ⓘ |
| commoditiesTraded |
European manufactured goods
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furs ⓘ |
| conflictContext | French and Indian War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructedBy | French colonial authorities ⓘ |
| constructedFor |
alliance with Native Americans
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fur trade ⓘ military defense ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| currentStatus |
archaeological site
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reconstructed fort ⓘ |
| FeastOfHuntersMoonFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| garrisonFunction | protect French interests in the Wabash valley ⓘ |
| hasReconstruction | blockhouse ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | important French colonial site in Indiana ⓘ |
| hostsEvent | Feast of the Hunters’ Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inUseDuring | 18th century ⓘ |
| laterControlledBy | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tippecanoe County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Old Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Lafayette, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Wabash River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | West Lafayette, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NRHPListingYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Tippecanoe County Historical Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
French colonial empire in North America
NERFINISHED
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Pays d’en Haut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity | fur trade ⓘ |
| strategicFor |
control of the Old Northwest
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control of the Wabash River valley ⓘ |
| tradedWith |
Kickapoo people
NERFINISHED
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Miami people NERFINISHED ⓘ Piankashaw people NERFINISHED ⓘ Wea people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
French fur traders
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French military NERFINISHED ⓘ Native American allies of France ⓘ |
| usedFor |
living history events
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public education ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Ouiatenon Description of subject: Fort Ouiatenon was an 18th-century French fur-trading and military outpost near present-day Lafayette, Indiana, that became a strategic site in the struggle for control of the Old Northwest.
Referenced by (1)
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