Fort Dearborn
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Fort Dearborn was a 19th-century U.S. Army fort built in what is now Chicago, Illinois, that played a significant role in early American frontier history and the War of 1812.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Dearborn canonical | 4 |
| Fort Dearborn monument site | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4591702 — 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 Dearborn Context triple: [Henry Dearborn, namedAfter, Fort Dearborn]
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A.
Fort Dearborn Building
The Fort Dearborn Building is a historic Chicago high-rise known for its early 20th-century architecture and association with the city's commercial development.
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B.
Fort Macomb
Fort Macomb is a 19th-century masonry coastal defense fortification near New Orleans, Louisiana, built to protect the approaches to the city and now preserved as a historic site.
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C.
Fort Crawford
Fort Crawford was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, that played a key role in military, diplomatic, and medical history along the Upper Mississippi River.
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D.
Old Town, Chicago
Old Town, Chicago is a historic Near North Side neighborhood known for its preserved Victorian-era architecture, vibrant Wells Street commercial strip, and longstanding arts and entertainment scene.
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E.
Armour Square, Chicago
Armour Square, Chicago is a South Side neighborhood best known as the home of Guaranteed Rate Field and the Chicago White Sox.
- 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 Dearborn Target entity description: Fort Dearborn was a 19th-century U.S. Army fort built in what is now Chicago, Illinois, that played a significant role in early American frontier history and the War of 1812.
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A.
Fort Dearborn Building
The Fort Dearborn Building is a historic Chicago high-rise known for its early 20th-century architecture and association with the city's commercial development.
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B.
Fort Macomb
Fort Macomb is a 19th-century masonry coastal defense fortification near New Orleans, Louisiana, built to protect the approaches to the city and now preserved as a historic site.
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C.
Fort Crawford
Fort Crawford was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, that played a key role in military, diplomatic, and medical history along the Upper Mississippi River.
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D.
Old Town, Chicago
Old Town, Chicago is a historic Near North Side neighborhood known for its preserved Victorian-era architecture, vibrant Wells Street commercial strip, and longstanding arts and entertainment scene.
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E.
Armour Square, Chicago
Armour Square, Chicago is a South Side neighborhood best known as the home of Guaranteed Rate Field and the Chicago White Sox.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army fort
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military fortification ⓘ |
| abandoned | 1837 ⓘ |
| architect | Captain John Whistler ⓘ |
| builder | United States Army ⓘ |
| builtFor |
controlling portage between Great Lakes and Mississippi River basin
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protecting U.S. interests in the Northwest Territory ⓘ protecting settlers and traders at Chicago ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Fort Dearborn monument site
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linked to:
Fort Dearborn
historical markers in Chicago ⓘ |
| conflict |
Northwest Indian War context
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War of 1812 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1803 ⓘ |
| controlledBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| demolished |
1857
ⓘ
1858 ⓘ |
| destroyedDate | 1812 ⓘ |
| destroyedDuring | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| garrison | U.S. Army troops ⓘ |
| hasPart |
barracks
ⓘ
blockhouses ⓘ officers’ quarters ⓘ parade ground ⓘ powder magazine ⓘ stockade walls ⓘ storehouses ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | no longer extant ⓘ |
| inception | 1803 ⓘ |
| locatedAtTime | near present-day Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago
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linked to:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| locatedOn | south bank of the Chicago River ⓘ |
| materialUsed | wood ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Henry Dearborn
ⓘ
U.S. Secretary of War Henry Dearborn ⓘ |
| partOf |
Northwest frontier of the United States
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early history of Chicago ⓘ |
| reconstructed | 1816 ⓘ |
| reconstructionBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Battle of Fort Dearborn
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Fort Dearborn Massacre ⓘ |
| significantRole |
U.S.–Native American relations in the Great Lakes region
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early American frontier history ⓘ |
| usedFor |
defense of Chicago settlement
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supply depot ⓘ trading post protection ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Dearborn Description of subject: Fort Dearborn was a 19th-century U.S. Army fort built in what is now Chicago, Illinois, that played a significant role in early American frontier history and the War of 1812.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fort Dearborn