Fort Lewis
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Fort Lewis is a major U.S. Army installation in Washington State that serves as a key component of Joint Base Lewis–McChord and an important center for training and deploying military forces.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Lewis canonical | 9 |
| Fort Lewis, Washington | 5 |
| Fort Lewis garrison | 1 |
| Fort Lewis, Washington, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T430998 — 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 Lewis Context triple: [Joint Base Lewis–McChord, hasPart, Fort Lewis]
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A.
Fort Huachuca
Fort Huachuca is a major U.S. Army installation in southeastern Arizona known for its roles in military intelligence, communications, and electronic testing.
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B.
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Fort Sill, Oklahoma is a major U.S. Army installation best known as the home of the Army’s Field Artillery training and operations.
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C.
Camp Richardson
Camp Richardson is a historic lakeside resort and recreation area on the south shore of Lake Tahoe in California, offering lodging, camping, beaches, and outdoor activities.
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D.
Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg is a major U.S. Army installation in North Carolina known as one of the world’s largest military bases and a central hub for airborne and special operations forces.
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E.
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.
- 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 Lewis Target entity description: Fort Lewis is a major U.S. Army installation in Washington State that serves as a key component of Joint Base Lewis–McChord and an important center for training and deploying military forces.
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A.
Fort Huachuca
Fort Huachuca is a major U.S. Army installation in southeastern Arizona known for its roles in military intelligence, communications, and electronic testing.
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B.
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Fort Sill, Oklahoma is a major U.S. Army installation best known as the home of the Army’s Field Artillery training and operations.
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C.
Camp Richardson
Camp Richardson is a historic lakeside resort and recreation area on the south shore of Lake Tahoe in California, offering lodging, camping, beaches, and outdoor activities.
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D.
Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg is a major U.S. Army installation in North Carolina known as one of the world’s largest military bases and a central hub for airborne and special operations forces.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army installation
ⓘ
military base ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
McChord Field
ⓘ
linked to:
Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington
|
| climate | marine west coast climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | World War I ⓘ |
| established | 1917 ⓘ |
| function |
deployment center for military forces
ⓘ
training center for military forces ⓘ |
| garrison |
62nd Airlift Wing (via Joint Base Lewis–McChord)
ⓘ
linked to:
62nd Airlift Wing
I Corps (United States) ⓘ
linked to:
I Corps
|
| hasCommunity |
on‑post housing areas
ⓘ
support services for soldiers and families ⓘ |
| hasFacility | Yakima Training Center (as associated training area) ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
airfields (via Joint Base Lewis–McChord)
ⓘ
barracks ⓘ logistics facilities ⓘ training ranges ⓘ |
| hasPopulationType |
military families
ⓘ
military personnel ⓘ |
| hasRole | power‑projection platform for the U.S. Army ⓘ |
| hasTransportationAccess | Interstate 5 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pierce County, Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
Pierce County
Washington State ⓘ
linked to:
Washington
|
| locatedNear |
DuPont, Washington
ⓘ
Lakewood, Washington ⓘ Tacoma, Washington ⓘ |
| mergedInto |
Joint Base Lewis–McChord
ⓘ
linked to:
Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington
|
| mergerEffectiveDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Meriwether Lewis ⓘ |
| nearBodyOfWater | Puget Sound ⓘ |
| operator | United States Department of the Army ⓘ |
| oversees |
mobilization of reserve component units
ⓘ
training of active‑duty Army units ⓘ |
| partOf |
I Corps military community
ⓘ
Joint Base Lewis–McChord ⓘ
linked to:
Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington
|
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| roleInDefense | strategic hub for Indo‑Pacific deployments ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
United States Army Forces Command
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Army Forces Command
|
| timeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Iraq War
ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
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 Lewis Description of subject: Fort Lewis is a major U.S. Army installation in Washington State that serves as a key component of Joint Base Lewis–McChord and an important center for training and deploying military forces.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington
subject linked to:
Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington
linked to: Fort Lewis
subject linked to:
1st and 2nd Ranger Battalions
linked to: Fort Lewis
linked to: Fort Lewis
linked to: Fort Lewis
linked to: Fort Lewis
linked to: Fort Lewis
linked to: Fort Lewis
subject linked to:
I Corps (through Joint Base Lewis–McChord)