Fort Amsterdam
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Fort Amsterdam is a historic European-built coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that played a key role in the trans-Atlantic trade era.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Amsterdam canonical | 8 |
| Fort Amsterdam at Abandze | 1 |
| Fort Amsterdam, Abandze | 1 |
| Fort Cormantin (Fort Amsterdam) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1862989 — 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 Amsterdam Context triple: [Gold Coast, hasFort, Fort Amsterdam]
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Fort Amsterdam
Fort Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification on the southern tip of Manhattan that served as the administrative and military center of New Netherland.
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Fort Rotterdam
Fort Rotterdam is a well-preserved 17th-century Dutch colonial fortress in Makassar, Indonesia, that served as a key stronghold of the Dutch East India Company in Sulawesi.
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C.
Fort Zeelandia
Fort Zeelandia is a historic 17th-century Dutch colonial fortress in Paramaribo, Suriname, that played a central role in the city’s military and administrative history.
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D.
Fort Willem Hendrick
Fort Willem Hendrick was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification in what is now Lower Manhattan, serving as a key military and administrative center of New Netherland.
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E.
Fort Orange
Fort Orange was a 17th-century Dutch fur-trading post and military fortification located near present-day Albany, New York, that served as a key outpost of the colony of New Netherland.
- 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 Amsterdam Target entity description: Fort Amsterdam is a historic European-built coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that played a key role in the trans-Atlantic trade era.
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A.
Fort Amsterdam
Fort Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification on the southern tip of Manhattan that served as the administrative and military center of New Netherland.
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B.
Fort Rotterdam
Fort Rotterdam is a well-preserved 17th-century Dutch colonial fortress in Makassar, Indonesia, that served as a key stronghold of the Dutch East India Company in Sulawesi.
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C.
Fort Zeelandia
Fort Zeelandia is a historic 17th-century Dutch colonial fortress in Paramaribo, Suriname, that played a central role in the city’s military and administrative history.
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D.
Fort Willem Hendrick
Fort Willem Hendrick was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification in what is now Lower Manhattan, serving as a key military and administrative center of New Netherland.
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E.
Fort Orange
Fort Orange was a 17th-century Dutch fur-trading post and military fortification located near present-day Albany, New York, that served as a key outpost of the colony of New Netherland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Amsterdam Description of subject: Fort Amsterdam is a historic European-built coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that played a key role in the trans-Atlantic trade era.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fort Amsterdam
subject linked to:
village of Abandze
subject linked to:
village of Abandze
subject linked to:
village of Abandze
linked to: Fort Amsterdam
linked to: Fort Amsterdam