Fort Warren
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Fort Warren is a historic 19th-century coastal fortification on Georges Island in Boston Harbor that served as a key defensive stronghold and later as a Civil War prison.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Warren canonical | 9 |
| Fort Warren, Boston Harbor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2617999 — 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 Warren Context triple: [Third System of US seacoast defense, hasPart, Fort Warren]
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Fort Jay
Fort Jay is a historic coastal fortification on Governors Island in New York Harbor, notable for its star-shaped design and long military service from the early 19th century through the Cold War.
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B.
Charlestown Navy Yard
Charlestown Navy Yard is a historic former U.S. Navy shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts, known for its role in American naval history and as the home port of the USS Constitution.
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C.
Fort Point
Fort Point is a prominent headland in Gloucester, Massachusetts, that helps form the entrance to Gloucester Harbor and has historically hosted defensive and navigational structures.
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D.
Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton is a 19th-century British coastal artillery fort in Hamilton, Bermuda, built to defend the harbor and now preserved as a historic site and tourist attraction.
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Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton is a historic U.S. Army installation in Brooklyn, New York, guarding the entrance to New York Harbor at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
- 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 Warren Target entity description: Fort Warren is a historic 19th-century coastal fortification on Georges Island in Boston Harbor that served as a key defensive stronghold and later as a Civil War prison.
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A.
Fort Jay
Fort Jay is a historic coastal fortification on Governors Island in New York Harbor, notable for its star-shaped design and long military service from the early 19th century through the Cold War.
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B.
Charlestown Navy Yard
Charlestown Navy Yard is a historic former U.S. Navy shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts, known for its role in American naval history and as the home port of the USS Constitution.
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C.
Fort Point
Fort Point is a prominent headland in Gloucester, Massachusetts, that helps form the entrance to Gloucester Harbor and has historically hosted defensive and navigational structures.
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D.
Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton is a 19th-century British coastal artillery fort in Hamilton, Bermuda, built to defend the harbor and now preserved as a historic site and tourist attraction.
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E.
Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton is a historic U.S. Army installation in Brooklyn, New York, guarding the entrance to New York Harbor at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century fort
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coastal fortification ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| armamentType | seacoast artillery ⓘ |
| builtBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1833 ⓘ |
| constructionCompleted | circa 1861 ⓘ |
| currentUse |
public historic site
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tourist attraction ⓘ |
| decommissionedAsFort | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| designedAsPartOf |
Third System of US coastal defenses
ⓘ
linked to:
Third System of US seacoast defense
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| eraOfSignificance |
19th century
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American Civil War era ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy | Union Army ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bastions
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casemates ⓘ dry moat ⓘ parade ground ⓘ sally port ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
Civil War military prison
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coastal defense fort ⓘ |
| hasLegend | Lady in Black ghost story ⓘ |
| listedIn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boston Harbor Islands
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Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Boston Harbor ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| locatedOn | Georges Island ⓘ |
| managedBy | Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation ⓘ |
| materialUsed | granite ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren
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linked to:
Joseph Warren
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| notablePrisonerHeld |
Alexander H. Stephens
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James M. Mason ⓘ John Slidell ⓘ |
| openToPublic | seasonally ⓘ |
| partOf | Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area ⓘ |
| servedAs |
Union Army training camp
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garrison post ⓘ prison for Confederate naval officers ⓘ prison for Confederate political prisoners ⓘ prison for Confederate soldiers ⓘ |
| shape | pentagonal fort ⓘ |
| significance | key element of Boston Harbor defenses ⓘ |
| usedDuringConflict |
American Civil War
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World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Warren Description of subject: Fort Warren is a historic 19th-century coastal fortification on Georges Island in Boston Harbor that served as a key defensive stronghold and later as a Civil War prison.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fort Warren