Fort Vaux
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Fort Vaux is a French World War I fortress near Verdun, renowned for its fierce 1916 defense against German forces during the Battle of Verdun.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Vaux canonical | 8 |
| French garrison of Fort Vaux | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T830782 — 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 Vaux Context triple: [Battle of Verdun, fortificationInvolved, Fort Vaux]
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A.
Fort Conde
Fort Conde is a reconstructed 18th-century French colonial fort and museum in Mobile, Alabama, that interprets the region’s early military and colonial history.
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B.
Fort du Portalet
Fort du Portalet is a 19th-century French mountain fortress in the Pyrenees, later used as a prison during World War II, notably for detaining Marshal Philippe Pétain.
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C.
Barrage Vauban
Barrage Vauban is a historic 17th-century defensive weir and bridge in Strasbourg, France, known for its panoramic views over the city and its role in the former fortifications.
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D.
Fort Saint-Jean
Fort Saint-Jean is a historic coastal fortress in Marseille, France, guarding the entrance to the Old Port and now integrated into the MuCEM museum complex.
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E.
Gardon de Saint-Jean
Gardon de Saint-Jean is a river in southern France that serves as one of the main tributaries of the Gardon River, flowing through the Cévennes region.
- 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 Vaux Target entity description: Fort Vaux is a French World War I fortress near Verdun, renowned for its fierce 1916 defense against German forces during the Battle of Verdun.
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A.
Fort Conde
Fort Conde is a reconstructed 18th-century French colonial fort and museum in Mobile, Alabama, that interprets the region’s early military and colonial history.
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B.
Fort du Portalet
Fort du Portalet is a 19th-century French mountain fortress in the Pyrenees, later used as a prison during World War II, notably for detaining Marshal Philippe Pétain.
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C.
Barrage Vauban
Barrage Vauban is a historic 17th-century defensive weir and bridge in Strasbourg, France, known for its panoramic views over the city and its role in the former fortifications.
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D.
Fort Saint-Jean
Fort Saint-Jean is a historic coastal fortress in Marseille, France, guarding the entrance to the Old Port and now integrated into the MuCEM museum complex.
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E.
Gardon de Saint-Jean
Gardon de Saint-Jean is a river in southern France that serves as one of the main tributaries of the Gardon River, flowing through the Cévennes region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War I site
ⓘ
fortress ⓘ military fortification ⓘ |
| armedWith |
artillery
ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ |
| builtBy | French Army ⓘ |
| capturedBy | German Army ⓘ |
| commanderDuring1916Defense | Sylvain Eugène Raynal ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1875 ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| currentUse |
museum
ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ |
| dateOfRecapture | 1916-11-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfSurrender | 1916-06-07 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Séré de Rivières system engineers ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy | French Army ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
barracks
ⓘ
casemates ⓘ observation posts ⓘ underground galleries ⓘ ventilation shafts ⓘ water cisterns ⓘ |
| hasMemorialsTo |
Battle of Verdun casualties
ⓘ
French defenders of 1916 ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic monument ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extreme conditions of thirst for defenders
ⓘ
fierce defense in June 1916 ⓘ intense underground fighting ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Grand Est region
ⓘ
linked to:
Grand Est
Meuse department ⓘ Verdun ⓘ
linked to:
Verdun, France
northeastern France ⓘ |
| material |
concrete
ⓘ
masonry ⓘ |
| near |
Douaumont
ⓘ
Ossuary of Douaumont ⓘ
linked to:
Douaumont Ossuary
|
| notableEvent |
Battle of Verdun
ⓘ
Siege of Fort Vaux ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Séré de Rivières system
ⓘ
Verdun fortifications ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Douaumont
|
| recapturedBy | French Army ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
control of approaches to Verdun
ⓘ
defense of Verdun ⓘ |
| theaterOf |
trench warfare
ⓘ
underground combat ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1881 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Fort Vaux Description of subject: Fort Vaux is a French World War I fortress near Verdun, renowned for its fierce 1916 defense against German forces during the Battle of Verdun.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fort Vaux