Fort St. Anthony
E208535
Fort St. Anthony was a European-built coastal stronghold on the former Gold Coast (in present-day Ghana) that played a role in West African trade and colonial expansion.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort St. Anthony canonical | 3 |
| Fort Good Hope | 1 |
| Fort Victoria | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1862988 — 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 St. Anthony Context triple: [Gold Coast, hasFort, Fort St. Anthony]
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A.
Fort Churchill
Fort Churchill was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in Nevada that served as a key military and supply station along overland emigrant and mail routes in the American West.
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B.
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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C.
Fort Victoria
Fort Victoria was the colonial-era name for the Zimbabwean city now known as Masvingo, one of the country’s oldest urban settlements near the Great Zimbabwe ruins.
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D.
Fort Cataraqui
Fort Cataraqui was a historic French military fortification established in the late 17th century at the site of present-day Kingston, Ontario, to control access to the Great Lakes and the fur trade routes.
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E.
Saybrook Fort
Saybrook Fort was a 17th-century English colonial fortification in present-day Old Saybrook, Connecticut, built to protect settlers and control access to the Connecticut River.
- 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 St. Anthony Target entity description: Fort St. Anthony was a European-built coastal stronghold on the former Gold Coast (in present-day Ghana) that played a role in West African trade and colonial expansion.
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A.
Fort Churchill
Fort Churchill was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in Nevada that served as a key military and supply station along overland emigrant and mail routes in the American West.
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B.
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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C.
Fort Victoria
Fort Victoria was the colonial-era name for the Zimbabwean city now known as Masvingo, one of the country’s oldest urban settlements near the Great Zimbabwe ruins.
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D.
Fort Cataraqui
Fort Cataraqui was a historic French military fortification established in the late 17th century at the site of present-day Kingston, Ontario, to control access to the Great Lakes and the fur trade routes.
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E.
Saybrook Fort
Saybrook Fort was a 17th-century English colonial fortification in present-day Old Saybrook, Connecticut, built to protect settlers and control access to the Connecticut River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European-built coastal fort
ⓘ
historical site ⓘ trading post ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | European coastal fortification ⓘ |
| builder | Portuguese Empire ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Exploration
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European colonial period in West Africa ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic coastal fort of Ghana ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
military stronghold on the Gold Coast
ⓘ
node in European–African trade networks ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Axim
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Ghana ⓘ Western Region, Ghana ⓘ
linked to:
Western Region (Ghana)
former Gold Coast ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Atlantic coast of West Africa ⓘ |
| materialTraded |
gold
ⓘ
ivory ⓘ other West African commodities ⓘ |
| partOf | network of forts on the Gold Coast ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
coastal stronghold
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trade fort ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Gold Coast
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West Africa ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
European colonial presence on the Gold Coast
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control of coastal trade routes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
West African trade
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colonial expansion ⓘ protection of maritime trade routes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort St. Anthony Description of subject: Fort St. Anthony was a European-built coastal stronghold on the former Gold Coast (in present-day Ghana) that played a role in West African trade and colonial expansion.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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