Fort Jackson
E435362
Fort Jackson is a historic military fortification in Alabama that played a key role in the Creek War and the early 19th-century expansion of the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Jackson canonical | 6 |
| Fort Jackson (U.S. fort built later on the site) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4354904 — 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 Jackson Context triple: [Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson Park, associatedWith, Fort Jackson]
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A.
Fort Jackson
Fort Jackson is the U.S. Army’s largest basic combat training installation, located near Columbia, South Carolina.
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B.
Fort McPherson
Fort McPherson was a major U.S. Army installation in Atlanta, Georgia, that long served as a key command and administrative center before its closure and redevelopment.
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C.
Fort Gaines
Fort Gaines is a historic 19th-century coastal fortification on Dauphin Island that played a key role in the Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War.
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D.
Fort Toulouse
Fort Toulouse was an 18th-century French colonial fort and trading post in present-day Alabama that played a key role in regional diplomacy and conflict among European powers and Native American nations.
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E.
Fort Ward
Fort Ward is a historic waterfront neighborhood and former military installation on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.
- 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 Jackson Target entity description: Fort Jackson is a historic military fortification in Alabama that played a key role in the Creek War and the early 19th-century expansion of the United States.
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A.
Fort Jackson
Fort Jackson is the U.S. Army’s largest basic combat training installation, located near Columbia, South Carolina.
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B.
Fort McPherson
Fort McPherson was a major U.S. Army installation in Atlanta, Georgia, that long served as a key command and administrative center before its closure and redevelopment.
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C.
Fort Gaines
Fort Gaines is a historic 19th-century coastal fortification on Dauphin Island that played a key role in the Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War.
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D.
Fort Toulouse
Fort Toulouse was an 18th-century French colonial fort and trading post in present-day Alabama that played a key role in regional diplomacy and conflict among European powers and Native American nations.
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E.
Fort Ward
Fort Ward is a historic waterfront neighborhood and former military installation on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army fort
ⓘ
historic military fortification ⓘ |
| associatedWithDocument |
Treaty of Fort Jackson (1814)
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linked to:
Treaty of Fort Jackson
|
| associatedWithPeople |
Andrew Jackson
ⓘ
Creek Nation ⓘ
linked to:
Creek (Muscogee) Nation
|
| builtFor | United States military operations against the Creek Nation ⓘ |
| category |
Creek War sites
ⓘ
Forts in Alabama ⓘ Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama ⓘ |
| conflict |
Creek War
ⓘ
linked to:
Creek War (1813–1814)
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currentUse | historic landmark site ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | Treaty of Fort Jackson signed August 9, 1814 ⓘ |
| era | early 19th century ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic site ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
base for Andrew Jackson’s campaign against the Red Stick Creeks
ⓘ
key role in early 19th-century expansion of the United States into Creek lands ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
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Elmore County, Alabama ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Wetumpka, Alabama ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Coosa River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Andrew Jackson ⓘ |
| partOf |
American frontier forts
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U.S. expansion into the Southeast ⓘ |
| resultOfEventsAtFort | large cession of Creek lands to the United States ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ |
| strategicPurpose |
control of river transportation routes in the Southeast
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projection of U.S. power into Creek territory ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Creek War (1813–1814)
ⓘ
War of 1812 era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Jackson Description of subject: Fort Jackson is a historic military fortification in Alabama that played a key role in the Creek War and the early 19th-century expansion of the United States.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fort Jackson