White Point Battery
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White Point Battery is a historic coastal artillery fortification and landmark located at the southern tip of the Charleston peninsula in South Carolina.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East Battery | 3 |
| South Battery | 2 |
| Charleston Harbor Defenses | 1 |
| Charleston waterfront defenses | 1 |
| White Point Battery canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3338289 — 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: White Point Battery Context triple: [The Battery (Charleston), alsoKnownAs, White Point Battery]
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A.
Cove Fort
Cove Fort is a historic 19th-century way station and fort in central Utah that served travelers and mail routes along the Mormon Corridor.
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B.
Fort Hancock
Fort Hancock is a historic former U.S. Army coastal defense installation located on Sandy Hook in New Jersey, now preserved as part of Gateway National Recreation Area.
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C.
Fort Finney
Fort Finney was a late 18th-century U.S. military post on the Ohio River that served as a key site for negotiations and treaties with Native American tribes in the Northwest Territory.
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D.
West Point of the South
West Point of the South is a prestigious state-supported military college in Lexington, Virginia, renowned for its rigorous academic and military training programs.
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E.
Fort Macon
Fort Macon is a 19th-century coastal defense fortification in North Carolina, built as part of the United States’ Third System of seacoast defenses and now preserved as a state park and historic site.
- 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: White Point Battery Target entity description: White Point Battery is a historic coastal artillery fortification and landmark located at the southern tip of the Charleston peninsula in South Carolina.
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A.
Cove Fort
Cove Fort is a historic 19th-century way station and fort in central Utah that served travelers and mail routes along the Mormon Corridor.
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B.
Fort Hancock
Fort Hancock is a historic former U.S. Army coastal defense installation located on Sandy Hook in New Jersey, now preserved as part of Gateway National Recreation Area.
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C.
Fort Finney
Fort Finney was a late 18th-century U.S. military post on the Ohio River that served as a key site for negotiations and treaties with Native American tribes in the Northwest Territory.
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D.
West Point of the South
West Point of the South is a prestigious state-supported military college in Lexington, Virginia, renowned for its rigorous academic and military training programs.
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E.
Fort Macon
Fort Macon is a 19th-century coastal defense fortification in North Carolina, built as part of the United States’ Third System of seacoast defenses and now preserved as a state park and historic site.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal artillery battery
ⓘ
historic military fortification ⓘ landmark ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | White Point Garden ⓘ |
| category |
Coastal fortifications in the United States
ⓘ
Military history of Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasFunction |
artillery emplacement
ⓘ
coastal defense ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Charleston Harbor
ⓘ
Fort Sumter area ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic site ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Charleston waterfront defenses
ⓘ
linked to:
White Point Battery
|
| locatedAt | southern tip of the Charleston peninsula ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Charleston
ⓘ
Charleston County ⓘ
linked to:
Charleston County, South Carolina
South Carolina ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Charleston Harbor ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Charleston peninsula
ⓘ
linked to:
Charleston Peninsula
|
| material |
earthworks
ⓘ
masonry ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| usedFor | defense of Charleston ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: White Point Battery Description of subject: White Point Battery is a historic coastal artillery fortification and landmark located at the southern tip of the Charleston peninsula in South Carolina.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Battery
subject linked to:
The Battery
linked to: White Point Battery
subject linked to:
The Battery
linked to: White Point Battery
linked to: White Point Battery
linked to: White Point Battery
linked to: White Point Battery
linked to: White Point Battery
linked to: White Point Battery