Fort Crèvecœur
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Fort Crèvecœur was a Dutch colonial fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used as a trading post and military stronghold.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Crèvecœur canonical | 2 |
| Fort Crevecoeur | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2558235 — 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 Crèvecœur Context triple: [Dutch Gold Coast, majorFort, Fort Crèvecœur]
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A.
Fort Steuben
Fort Steuben was an 18th-century U.S. military outpost and surveying base on the Ohio River that later gave rise to the city of Steubenville, Ohio.
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B.
Fort Harmar
Fort Harmar was a late 18th-century U.S. Army frontier outpost built at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers in present-day Ohio to secure American interests in the Northwest Territory and oversee relations with Native American tribes.
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C.
Fort Totten
Fort Totten is a residential neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., known for its proximity to the large Fort Totten Metro station and the historic Civil War-era fort site.
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D.
Fort Patience
Fort Patience is a historic coastal fort in Ghana, built during the colonial era as part of the European trading and defensive network along the Gold Coast.
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E.
Fort Batenstein
Fort Batenstein is a historic European-built coastal fort in Ghana that formed part of the former Gold Coast’s network of trading and defensive outposts.
- 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 Crèvecœur Target entity description: Fort Crèvecœur was a Dutch colonial fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used as a trading post and military stronghold.
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A.
Fort Steuben
Fort Steuben was an 18th-century U.S. military outpost and surveying base on the Ohio River that later gave rise to the city of Steubenville, Ohio.
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B.
Fort Harmar
Fort Harmar was a late 18th-century U.S. Army frontier outpost built at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers in present-day Ohio to secure American interests in the Northwest Territory and oversee relations with Native American tribes.
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C.
Fort Totten
Fort Totten is a residential neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., known for its proximity to the large Fort Totten Metro station and the historic Civil War-era fort site.
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D.
Fort Patience
Fort Patience is a historic coastal fort in Ghana, built during the colonial era as part of the European trading and defensive network along the Gold Coast.
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E.
Fort Batenstein
Fort Batenstein is a historic European-built coastal fort in Ghana that formed part of the former Gold Coast’s network of trading and defensive outposts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch colonial fort
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fort ⓘ trading post ⓘ |
| access | open to visitors ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | European coastal fortification ⓘ |
| builtBy | Dutch West India Company ⓘ |
| category |
Dutch colonial architecture in Ghana
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Former Dutch colonies and territories ⓘ Forts in Ghana ⓘ |
| colonialPower | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| currentUse | museum ⓘ |
| function |
coastal defense
ⓘ
warehouse for goods ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bastions
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courtyard ⓘ sea-facing walls ⓘ |
| hasNameInEnglish |
Fort Crevecoeur
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linked to:
Fort Crèvecœur
|
| hasNameVariant | Fort Crèvecœur, Accra ⓘ |
| hasOwner | Government of Ghana ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of Ghanaian coastal forts ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early modern period ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Accra
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Greater Accra Region ⓘ Gulf of Guinea ⓘ present-day Old Accra area ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Gold Coast ⓘ |
| material |
masonry
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stone ⓘ |
| near |
Fort James
ⓘ
Ussher Fort ⓘ |
| ownershipAfterDutch | British Empire ⓘ |
| partOf | Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence of trans-Atlantic slave trade
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example of European coastal fortifications in West Africa ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
control of coastal trade routes
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protection of Dutch commercial interests ⓘ |
| surroundings |
Atlantic Ocean coast
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linked to:
Atlantic coast
|
| tradedGoods |
European manufactured goods
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gold ⓘ ivory ⓘ slaves ⓘ |
| usedFor |
military stronghold
ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ trade ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Crèvecœur Description of subject: Fort Crèvecœur was a Dutch colonial fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used as a trading post and military stronghold.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fort Crèvecœur