Fort De Soto
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Fort De Soto is a historic coastal fortification in Florida that once served as a U.S. military defense installation and now forms the centerpiece of a popular county park.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort De Soto canonical | 2 |
| Fort De Soto (historic fort) | 1 |
| Fort De Soto historic fort | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6024443 — 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 De Soto Context triple: [Fort De Soto Park, namedAfter, Fort De Soto]
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Fort Barrancas
Fort Barrancas is a historic coastal defense fortification located within Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, notable for its role in U.S. military history and 19th-century masonry architecture.
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Fort Dade
Fort Dade was a U.S. military installation in Florida established during the Seminole Wars and named in honor of U.S. Army Major Francis L. Dade, who was killed in the Dade Massacre.
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Fort DeRussy
Fort DeRussy is a former U.S. Army coastal defense installation in Honolulu, Hawaii, now largely serving as a military recreation area and green space near Waikiki.
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Fort St. Philip
Fort St. Philip was a strategically vital British-held fortress on the island of Menorca that played a central role in Mediterranean naval conflicts, including the Battle of Minorca in 1756.
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E.
Fort St. Philip
Fort St. Philip is a historic coastal fortification in Louisiana that played a key defensive role in multiple American conflicts, including the War of 1812 and the Civil War.
- 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 De Soto Target entity description: Fort De Soto is a historic coastal fortification in Florida that once served as a U.S. military defense installation and now forms the centerpiece of a popular county park.
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A.
Fort Barrancas
Fort Barrancas is a historic coastal defense fortification located within Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, notable for its role in U.S. military history and 19th-century masonry architecture.
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B.
Fort Dade
Fort Dade was a U.S. military installation in Florida established during the Seminole Wars and named in honor of U.S. Army Major Francis L. Dade, who was killed in the Dade Massacre.
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C.
Fort DeRussy
Fort DeRussy is a former U.S. Army coastal defense installation in Honolulu, Hawaii, now largely serving as a military recreation area and green space near Waikiki.
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D.
Fort St. Philip
Fort St. Philip was a strategically vital British-held fortress on the island of Menorca that played a central role in Mediterranean naval conflicts, including the Battle of Minorca in 1756.
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E.
Fort St. Philip
Fort St. Philip is a historic coastal fortification in Louisiana that played a key defensive role in multiple American conflicts, including the War of 1812 and the Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
county park
ⓘ
former U.S. military installation ⓘ historic coastal fortification ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| builtDuring | Spanish–American War era ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1906 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1898 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county |
Pinellas County
ⓘ
linked to:
Pinellas County, Florida
|
| currentUse |
historic site
ⓘ
museum area ⓘ |
| decommissionedAsFort | 1920s ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
bicycling
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birdwatching ⓘ kayaking ⓘ |
| hasAttraction |
Fort De Soto historic fort
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beaches ⓘ campground ⓘ fishing piers ⓘ nature trails ⓘ |
| hasFunction | coastal defense ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
coquina shell concrete
ⓘ
reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
bombproof rooms
ⓘ
concrete gun batteries ⓘ magazines ⓘ mortar batteries ⓘ observation towers ⓘ seawall ⓘ |
| hasView |
Egmont Key
ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Florida
ⓘ
Pinellas County, Florida ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedNear |
Gulf of Mexico
ⓘ
Tampa Bay ⓘ
linked to:
Tampa Bay area
|
| locatedOn | Mullet Key ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
United States Army Coast Artillery Corps
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Coast Artillery Corps
|
| namedAfter | Hernando de Soto ⓘ |
| NRHPType | historic district ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Pinellas County
ⓘ
linked to:
Pinellas County, Florida
|
| partOf | Fort De Soto Park ⓘ |
| primaryRole | harbor defense of Tampa Bay ⓘ |
| state | Florida ⓘ |
| transferredTo |
Pinellas County
ⓘ
linked to:
Pinellas County, Florida
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort De Soto Description of subject: Fort De Soto is a historic coastal fortification in Florida that once served as a U.S. military defense installation and now forms the centerpiece of a popular county park.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.