Fort Henry
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Fort Henry is a historic 19th-century British military fortress and popular tourist site located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Henry canonical | 8 |
| Fort Henry National Historic Site | 6 |
| original Fort Henry (War of 1812-era fortification) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T175044 — 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 Henry Context triple: [Ontario, containsLandmark, Fort Henry]
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A.
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is a coastal fortification in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, best known as the site where the first shots of the American Civil War were fired in April 1861.
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B.
Schuylkill Banks
Schuylkill Banks is a popular urban waterfront park and recreational corridor along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, featuring trails, green space, and riverfront amenities.
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C.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia is a historic town at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, best known for John Brown’s 1859 raid and its pivotal role in the American Civil War.
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D.
Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry is a historic coastal fort in Baltimore, Maryland, best known for its successful defense during the War of 1812 that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem that became the U.S. national anthem.
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E.
High Rock Tower
High Rock Tower is a historic stone observation tower and former lighthouse in Lynn, Massachusetts, known for its panoramic coastal views and public park setting.
- 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 Henry Target entity description: Fort Henry is a historic 19th-century British military fortress and popular tourist site located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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A.
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is a coastal fortification in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, best known as the site where the first shots of the American Civil War were fired in April 1861.
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B.
Schuylkill Banks
Schuylkill Banks is a popular urban waterfront park and recreational corridor along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, featuring trails, green space, and riverfront amenities.
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C.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia is a historic town at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, best known for John Brown’s 1859 raid and its pivotal role in the American Civil War.
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D.
Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry is a historic coastal fort in Baltimore, Maryland, best known for its successful defense during the War of 1812 that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem that became the U.S. national anthem.
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E.
High Rock Tower
High Rock Tower is a historic stone observation tower and former lighthouse in Lynn, Massachusetts, known for its panoramic coastal views and public park setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic military fortress
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | 19th-century British military architecture ⓘ |
| builtToDefend |
Kingston harbour
ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Kingston
entrance to Rideau Canal ⓘ naval dockyard at Kingston ⓘ |
| constructedBy | British Army ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1837 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1832 ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
British Empire
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| designation | National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy |
British regular troops
ⓘ
Canadian militia ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bastions
ⓘ
casemates ⓘ dry ditch ⓘ ravelins ⓘ redoubt ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationAuthority | Parks Canada ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kingston, Ontario
ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Point Henry ⓘ |
| material | limestone ⓘ |
| near |
Kingston harbour
ⓘ
Royal Military College of Canada ⓘ |
| offers |
guided tours
ⓘ
historical reenactments ⓘ military drills demonstrations ⓘ sunset ceremonies ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operatedBy | St. Lawrence Parks Commission ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Lake Ontario
ⓘ
St. Lawrence River ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Lawrence River
|
| partOf |
Kingston Fortifications
ⓘ
Rideau Canal defensive system ⓘ
linked to:
Rideau Canal
|
| replaced |
original Fort Henry (War of 1812-era fortification)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Henry
|
| restoredAs | living history museum ⓘ |
| touristAttractionSince | 1930s ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | part of Rideau Canal and Kingston Fortifications World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| usedAs |
prisoner-of-war camp during World War I
ⓘ
prisoner-of-war camp during World War II ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
19th century
ⓘ
World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
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 Henry Description of subject: Fort Henry is a historic 19th-century British military fortress and popular tourist site located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fort Henry
linked to: Fort Henry
linked to: Fort Henry
linked to: Fort Henry
linked to: Fort Henry
subject linked to:
Kingston Fortifications (Rideau Canal and Kingston Fortifications UNESCO World Heritage Site component)
linked to: Fort Henry
subject linked to:
Kingston harbour
subject linked to:
Kingston harbour
linked to: Fort Henry