Fort Sam Houston
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Fort Sam Houston is a major U.S. Army installation in San Antonio, Texas, known for its historic role in military training, command, and medical operations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Sam Houston canonical | 19 |
| Fort Sam Houston, Texas | 2 |
| Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3857812 — 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 Sam Houston Context triple: [U.S. Army South, headquartersLocation, Fort Sam Houston]
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A.
Fort Cavazos
Fort Cavazos is a major U.S. Army installation in Texas that serves as a key training and operational base for armored and mechanized forces.
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B.
Fort Bliss
Fort Bliss is a major United States Army installation in West Texas and New Mexico, known for air defense artillery training and extensive desert training grounds.
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C.
Fort McClellan
Fort McClellan is a former U.S. Army installation near Anniston, Alabama, historically used for infantry, military police, and chemical corps training.
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D.
Boyington
Boyington is a surname most notably associated with American architect William W. Boyington, known for designing prominent 19th-century buildings in Chicago.
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E.
Fort Richardson
Fort Richardson was a former United States Army post near Anchorage, Alaska, that later became part of Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson.
- 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 Sam Houston Target entity description: Fort Sam Houston is a major U.S. Army installation in San Antonio, Texas, known for its historic role in military training, command, and medical operations.
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A.
Fort Cavazos
Fort Cavazos is a major U.S. Army installation in Texas that serves as a key training and operational base for armored and mechanized forces.
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B.
Fort Bliss
Fort Bliss is a major United States Army installation in West Texas and New Mexico, known for air defense artillery training and extensive desert training grounds.
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C.
Fort McClellan
Fort McClellan is a former U.S. Army installation near Anniston, Alabama, historically used for infantry, military police, and chemical corps training.
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D.
Boyington
Boyington is a surname most notably associated with American architect William W. Boyington, known for designing prominent 19th-century buildings in Chicago.
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E.
Fort Richardson
Fort Richardson was a former United States Army post near Anchorage, Alaska, that later became part of Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army installation
ⓘ
military base ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| garrison |
Brooke Army Medical Center
ⓘ
U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence ⓘ U.S. Army North ⓘ U.S. Army South ⓘ |
| hasBuilding |
Brooke Army Medical Center
ⓘ
historic quadrangle ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Forts in Texas
ⓘ
Military installations in Texas ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Texas ⓘ United States Army posts ⓘ
linked to:
United States Army post
|
| hasFunction |
administrative support
ⓘ
command and control ⓘ medical operations ⓘ military training ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSignificance | one of the oldest active Army posts in the United States ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Fort Sam ⓘ |
| hasRole |
center of U.S. Army medical education
ⓘ
major training hub for Army personnel ⓘ regional command headquarters ⓘ |
| hasTransportationAccess | San Antonio road network ⓘ |
| hasUse |
active duty military installation
ⓘ
headquarters for regional Army commands ⓘ medical training center ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bexar County, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Bexar County
San Antonio, Texas ⓘ Texas ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sam Houston ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| ownedBy | United States Department of the Army ⓘ |
| partOf |
Joint Base San Antonio
ⓘ
San Antonio military complex ⓘ
linked to:
Joint Base San Antonio
|
| significantEvent |
played a major role in U.S. Army medical training
ⓘ
served as a key training center for U.S. forces in multiple wars ⓘ served as headquarters for several major Army commands ⓘ |
| startTime | 19th century ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Global War on Terrorism
ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Sam Houston Description of subject: Fort Sam Houston is a major U.S. Army installation in San Antonio, Texas, known for its historic role in military training, command, and medical operations.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fort Sam Houston
linked to: Fort Sam Houston
subject linked to:
Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas
linked to: Fort Sam Houston