Battery Turnbull
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Battery Turnbull was a coastal artillery fortification that formed part of the historic harbor defense system protecting New York City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battery Turnbull canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7817947 — 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: Battery Turnbull Context triple: [Harbor defenses of New York, hasPart, Battery Turnbull]
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A.
Battery Spencer
Battery Spencer is a historic coastal artillery fortification in the Marin Headlands overlooking the Golden Gate, now a popular viewpoint and tourist site.
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B.
Battery Carroll
Battery Carroll is a historic coastal artillery battery that forms part of Washington, D.C.’s Fort Circle Parks defensive system dating from the Civil War era.
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C.
Battery Crockett
Battery Crockett was a coastal artillery battery that formed part of the defensive fortifications at Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
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D.
Battery Wheeler
Battery Wheeler is a coastal artillery battery that formed part of the defensive fortifications at Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
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E.
Alexandra Battery
Alexandra Battery is a historic coastal artillery fortification in St. George’s, Bermuda, built to defend the island’s eastern approaches.
- 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: Battery Turnbull Target entity description: Battery Turnbull was a coastal artillery fortification that formed part of the historic harbor defense system protecting New York City.
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A.
Battery Spencer
Battery Spencer is a historic coastal artillery fortification in the Marin Headlands overlooking the Golden Gate, now a popular viewpoint and tourist site.
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B.
Battery Carroll
Battery Carroll is a historic coastal artillery battery that forms part of Washington, D.C.’s Fort Circle Parks defensive system dating from the Civil War era.
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C.
Battery Crockett
Battery Crockett was a coastal artillery battery that formed part of the defensive fortifications at Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
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D.
Battery Wheeler
Battery Wheeler is a coastal artillery battery that formed part of the defensive fortifications at Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
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E.
Alexandra Battery
Alexandra Battery is a historic coastal artillery fortification in St. George’s, Bermuda, built to defend the island’s eastern approaches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal artillery battery
ⓘ
military fortification ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| hasFunction |
coastal artillery
ⓘ
harbor defense ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York Harbor defenses
ⓘ
linked to:
Harbor defenses of New York
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | New York ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Turnbull (namesake) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Harbor Defenses of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Harbor defenses of New York
United States coastal defense system ⓘ
linked to:
United States seacoast defense systems
|
| protects | New York City ⓘ |
| usedFor | defense against naval attack ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battery Turnbull Description of subject: Battery Turnbull was a coastal artillery fortification that formed part of the historic harbor defense system protecting New York City.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.