Camp Beale
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Camp Beale was a World War II-era U.S. Army training and prisoner-of-war camp in California that later evolved into Beale Air Force Base.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Camp Beale canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7768041 — 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: Camp Beale Context triple: [Beale Air Force Base, previousName, Camp Beale]
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A.
Camp Kearny
Camp Kearny was a former U.S. military installation in San Diego that evolved through various Army and Marine Corps uses before becoming part of what is now Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
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B.
Camp Blanding
Camp Blanding is a major Florida Army National Guard training base near Starke, Florida, historically used as a World War II infantry replacement and training center.
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C.
Camp H. M. Smith
Camp H. M. Smith is a major U.S. military installation in Hawaii that serves as the headquarters for United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and other key Indo-Pacific command elements.
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D.
Camp Dubois
Camp Dubois was the winter encampment and staging area near the Mississippi River where the Lewis and Clark Expedition prepared for and began its historic exploration of the American West.
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E.
Camp Muir
Camp Muir is a high-altitude climbers’ base camp on the slopes of Mount Rainier, commonly used as the primary staging point for summit attempts.
- 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: Camp Beale Target entity description: Camp Beale was a World War II-era U.S. Army training and prisoner-of-war camp in California that later evolved into Beale Air Force Base.
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A.
Camp Kearny
Camp Kearny was a former U.S. military installation in San Diego that evolved through various Army and Marine Corps uses before becoming part of what is now Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
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B.
Camp Blanding
Camp Blanding is a major Florida Army National Guard training base near Starke, Florida, historically used as a World War II infantry replacement and training center.
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C.
Camp H. M. Smith
Camp H. M. Smith is a major U.S. military installation in Hawaii that serves as the headquarters for United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and other key Indo-Pacific command elements.
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D.
Camp Dubois
Camp Dubois was the winter encampment and staging area near the Mississippi River where the Lewis and Clark Expedition prepared for and began its historic exploration of the American West.
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E.
Camp Muir
Camp Muir is a high-altitude climbers’ base camp on the slopes of Mount Rainier, commonly used as the primary staging point for summit attempts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army training camp
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World War II prisoner-of-war camp ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| convertedTo |
Beale Air Force Base
ⓘ
United States Air Force base ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | 1940s ⓘ |
| establishedFor |
housing prisoners of war
ⓘ
training large troop formations ⓘ |
| fate |
converted into Beale Air Force Base
ⓘ
linked to:
Beale Air Force Base
|
| followedBy | Beale Air Force Base ⓘ |
| garrison |
United States Army units
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Army units
|
| hasPrisonerOfWarNationality |
German prisoners of war
ⓘ
Italian prisoners of war ⓘ |
| hasUse |
prisoner-of-war camp
ⓘ
training facility ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
World War II POW camp
ⓘ
World War II training center ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Yuba County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Yuba County
|
| locatedInRegion |
northern California
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern California
|
| locatedNear |
Marysville, California
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Marysville
|
| locatedOn | Beale Air Force Base site ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryFunction |
detention
ⓘ
training ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Edward Fitzgerald Beale
ⓘ
linked to:
Edward Beale
|
| operatedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. Army training base network
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ |
| successor | Beale Air Force Base ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II era ⓘ |
| usedFor |
armored forces training
ⓘ
artillery training ⓘ infantry training ⓘ prisoner-of-war detention ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Camp Beale Description of subject: Camp Beale was a World War II-era U.S. Army training and prisoner-of-war camp in California that later evolved into Beale Air Force Base.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.