Fort Amherst
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Fort Amherst is a historic coastal defense site and lighthouse complex guarding the entrance to St. John’s Harbour in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Amherst canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6841139 — 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 Amherst Context triple: [Eastern Newfoundland, contains, Fort Amherst]
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A.
Fort Amherst
Fort Amherst is a historic 18th-century artillery fort and defensive complex in Chatham, Kent, that played a key role in protecting the Royal Dockyard and the River Medway.
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B.
Fort Marlborough
Fort Marlborough is a historic British colonial fortress in Bengkulu, Indonesia, known for its well-preserved architecture and role in the region’s colonial history.
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C.
Fort Putnam
Fort Putnam is a historic Revolutionary War-era fortification overlooking the Hudson River at West Point, New York, now preserved as part of the United States Military Academy’s historic district.
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D.
Fort Loyal
Fort Loyal was a 17th-century English colonial fortification in what is now Portland, Maine, that played a key role in regional conflicts between European settlers and Native American groups.
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E.
Fort Andrews
Fort Andrews is a former U.S. Army coastal defense fortification located on Peddocks Island in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, now part of a historic and recreational area.
- 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 Amherst Target entity description: Fort Amherst is a historic coastal defense site and lighthouse complex guarding the entrance to St. John’s Harbour in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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A.
Fort Amherst
Fort Amherst is a historic 18th-century artillery fort and defensive complex in Chatham, Kent, that played a key role in protecting the Royal Dockyard and the River Medway.
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B.
Fort Marlborough
Fort Marlborough is a historic British colonial fortress in Bengkulu, Indonesia, known for its well-preserved architecture and role in the region’s colonial history.
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C.
Fort Putnam
Fort Putnam is a historic Revolutionary War-era fortification overlooking the Hudson River at West Point, New York, now preserved as part of the United States Military Academy’s historic district.
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D.
Fort Loyal
Fort Loyal was a 17th-century English colonial fortification in what is now Portland, Maine, that played a key role in regional conflicts between European settlers and Native American groups.
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E.
Fort Andrews
Fort Andrews is a former U.S. Army coastal defense fortification located on Peddocks Island in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, now part of a historic and recreational area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal defence site
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ lighthouse complex ⓘ |
| category |
Coastal fortifications in Canada
ⓘ
Forts in Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ Lighthouses in Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| function |
harbour defence
ⓘ
navigation aid ⓘ |
| hasAccess | public road ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
hiking
ⓘ
photography ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity | St. John’s ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Fort Amherst Lighthouse
ⓘ
access road ⓘ batteries ⓘ concrete fortifications ⓘ gun emplacements ⓘ observation posts ⓘ residential buildings ⓘ searchlight emplacements ⓘ underground magazines ⓘ walking trails ⓘ |
| hasStructureType |
concrete batteries
ⓘ
masonry fortifications ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Atlantic coastline
ⓘ
St. John’s Harbour ⓘ
linked to:
Saint John Harbour
The Narrows ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 1951 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Avalon Peninsula
ⓘ
Newfoundland ⓘ
linked to:
island of Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ St. John’s ⓘ St. John’s Harbour entrance ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Newfoundland Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
south side of The Narrows ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst ⓘ |
| oppositeOf | Signal Hill ⓘ |
| province | Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
First World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War I
Second World War ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| usedFor |
anti-submarine defence
ⓘ
coastal artillery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Amherst Description of subject: Fort Amherst is a historic coastal defense site and lighthouse complex guarding the entrance to St. John’s Harbour in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
eastern Newfoundland