Fort Pike
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Fort Pike is a 19th-century masonry coastal fortification near New Orleans, Louisiana, built to protect strategic waterways as part of the United States’ post–War of 1812 seacoast defense system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Pike canonical | 2 |
| Fort Pike (Louisiana) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2618018 — 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 Pike Context triple: [Third System of US seacoast defense, hasPart, Fort Pike]
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A.
Griggstown Causeway
Griggstown Causeway is a small local roadway and crossing in Griggstown, New Jersey, known for spanning the Millstone River and providing access through the surrounding rural and canal-side landscape.
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B.
Pensacola Pass
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C.
Creek Turnpike
Creek Turnpike is a major toll highway in the Tulsa, Oklahoma metropolitan area that serves as a key bypass and connector for suburbs such as Broken Arrow.
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D.
Bowers Ridge
Bowers Ridge is a prominent submarine volcanic ridge in the Bering Sea that forms part of the region’s complex seafloor topography and influences its oceanographic and ecological systems.
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E.
French Hill
French Hill is a residential neighborhood in northern Jerusalem known for its mixed population, proximity to major universities, and strategic location overlooking key routes into the city.
- 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 Pike Target entity description: Fort Pike is a 19th-century masonry coastal fortification near New Orleans, Louisiana, built to protect strategic waterways as part of the United States’ post–War of 1812 seacoast defense system.
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A.
Griggstown Causeway
Griggstown Causeway is a small local roadway and crossing in Griggstown, New Jersey, known for spanning the Millstone River and providing access through the surrounding rural and canal-side landscape.
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B.
Pensacola Pass
Pensacola Pass is the natural inlet that links the Gulf of Mexico to the Pensacola Bay system in northwest Florida, serving as a key navigational channel for the region.
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C.
Creek Turnpike
Creek Turnpike is a major toll highway in the Tulsa, Oklahoma metropolitan area that serves as a key bypass and connector for suburbs such as Broken Arrow.
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D.
Bowers Ridge
Bowers Ridge is a prominent submarine volcanic ridge in the Bering Sea that forms part of the region’s complex seafloor topography and influences its oceanographic and ecological systems.
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E.
French Hill
French Hill is a residential neighborhood in northern Jerusalem known for its mixed population, proximity to major universities, and strategic location overlooking key routes into the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century fort
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coastal fortification ⓘ masonry fort ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Fort Pike State Historic Site ⓘ |
| builder |
United States Army Corps of Engineers
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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| builtAfter | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| builtForPurpose |
coastal defense
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to guard the Rigolets pass between Lake Pontchartrain and the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ to protect strategic waterways near New Orleans ⓘ |
| capturedBy |
Confederate States forces
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linked to:
Confederate States Army
|
| constructionMaterial |
brick
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masonry ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| currentUse |
historic site
ⓘ
state historic site ⓘ |
| damagedBy |
Hurricane Isaac
ⓘ
Hurricane Katrina ⓘ |
| decommissioned | late 19th century ⓘ |
| endDate | 1826 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bastions
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casemates ⓘ drawbridge ⓘ moat ⓘ |
| hasStatus | periodically closed to the public due to storm damage and budget issues ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
U.S. National Historic Landmark
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linked to:
National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ
linked to:
National Register of Historic Places
|
| locatedIn |
Louisiana
ⓘ
Orleans Parish, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to:
Orleans Parish
|
| locatedNear |
Lake Pontchartrain
ⓘ
New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to:
New Orleans
|
| locatedOnWaterway | Rigolets ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Zebulon Pike ⓘ |
| nearestCity |
New Orleans, Louisiana
ⓘ
linked to:
New Orleans
|
| NRHPListingDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 66000375 ⓘ |
| operator | Louisiana Office of State Parks ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
State of Louisiana
ⓘ
linked to:
Louisiana
|
| partOf |
Third System of U.S. seacoast defenses
ⓘ
linked to:
Third System of US seacoast defense
United States post–War of 1812 seacoast defense system ⓘ
linked to:
Third System of US seacoast defense
|
| recapturedBy | Union forces ⓘ |
| shape | semi-circular fort ⓘ |
| startDate | 1819 ⓘ |
| usedAs |
military garrison
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prison for Seminole captives ⓘ training post for black Union troops during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| usedDuringConflict |
American Civil War
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Mexican–American War ⓘ Second Seminole War ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Pike Description of subject: Fort Pike is a 19th-century masonry coastal fortification near New Orleans, Louisiana, built to protect strategic waterways as part of the United States’ post–War of 1812 seacoast defense system.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Fort Pike