Fort Bridger, Wyoming
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Fort Bridger, Wyoming is a historic 19th-century trading post and military outpost in southwestern Wyoming that served as a key resupply and transit point for westward-bound emigrants.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Bridger | 4 |
| Fort Bridger, Wyoming canonical | 2 |
| Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1197190 — 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 Bridger, Wyoming Context triple: [Mormon Trail, passesThrough, Fort Bridger, Wyoming]
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A.
Fort Union
Fort Union was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in northeastern New Mexico that served as a key military and supply hub along the Santa Fe Trail.
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B.
Fort Laramie
Fort Laramie was a key 19th-century U.S. Army post and trading hub in present-day Wyoming that served as a major resupply and gathering point for westward migrants, Native American tribes, and the military.
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C.
Fort Larned
Fort Larned is a historic 19th-century U.S. Army post in Kansas that protected commerce and travel along the Santa Fe Trail.
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D.
Cheyenne
The Cheyenne are a Native American people of the Great Plains known for their nomadic horse culture, warrior societies, and significant role in 19th-century U.S. frontier history.
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E.
Cheyenne
Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of Wyoming, known for its historic railroad roots and annual Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo.
- 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 Bridger, Wyoming Target entity description: Fort Bridger, Wyoming is a historic 19th-century trading post and military outpost in southwestern Wyoming that served as a key resupply and transit point for westward-bound emigrants.
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A.
Fort Union
Fort Union was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in northeastern New Mexico that served as a key military and supply hub along the Santa Fe Trail.
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B.
Fort Laramie
Fort Laramie was a key 19th-century U.S. Army post and trading hub in present-day Wyoming that served as a major resupply and gathering point for westward migrants, Native American tribes, and the military.
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C.
Fort Larned
Fort Larned is a historic 19th-century U.S. Army post in Kansas that protected commerce and travel along the Santa Fe Trail.
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D.
Cheyenne
The Cheyenne are a Native American people of the Great Plains known for their nomadic horse culture, warrior societies, and significant role in 19th-century U.S. frontier history.
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E.
Cheyenne
Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of Wyoming, known for its historic railroad roots and annual Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census-designated place
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historic site ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ |
| areaCode | 307 ⓘ |
| associatedWithActivity |
emigrant travel
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fur trade ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | westward expansion of the United States ⓘ |
| climateType | cold semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| elevation |
approximately 2,100 meters
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approximately 6,900 feet ⓘ |
| establishedAsCommunity | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
California Trail
ⓘ
Historic sites in Wyoming ⓘ Mormon Trail ⓘ Oregon Trail ⓘ Pony Express ⓘ Populated places in Uinta County, Wyoming ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | Wyoming state historic site ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalFunction |
military outpost
ⓘ
trading post ⓘ |
| hasStructure | Fort Bridger State Historic Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Uinta County, Wyoming
ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southwestern Wyoming ⓘ |
| locatedOnRoute |
California Trail
ⓘ
Mormon Trail ⓘ Oregon Trail ⓘ Overland Trail ⓘ Pony Express route ⓘ
linked to:
Pony Express National Historic Trail
|
| namedAfter |
Fort Bridger
ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Bridger, Wyoming
|
| near | Blacks Fork of the Green River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Fort Bridger Historic Site
ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Bridger State Historic Site
|
| postalCode | 82933 ⓘ |
| servedAs |
U.S. Army post
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key resupply point for westward emigrants ⓘ transit point for wagon trains ⓘ |
| timeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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 Bridger, Wyoming Description of subject: Fort Bridger, Wyoming is a historic 19th-century trading post and military outpost in southwestern Wyoming that served as a key resupply and transit point for westward-bound emigrants.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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