Fort Coenraadsburg
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Fort Coenraadsburg is a historic coastal fort in Elmina, Ghana, built by European colonial powers and now preserved as a heritage site overlooking the Gulf of Guinea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Coenraadsburg canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8851300 — 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 Coenraadsburg Context triple: [Elmina, touristAttraction, Fort Coenraadsburg]
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A.
Fort Sint Pieter
Fort Sint Pieter is a historic 18th-century fortress on the southern edge of Maastricht, Netherlands, built to defend the city and now a popular tourist site with panoramic views and underground tunnels.
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B.
Fort Frederik Hendrik
Fort Frederik Hendrik was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification on Mauritius that served as the island’s main administrative and military stronghold.
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C.
Fort Vechten
Fort Vechten is a 19th-century Dutch fortress near Utrecht that served as a key defensive stronghold within the historic New Dutch Water Line.
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D.
Fort Willem Hendrick
Fort Willem Hendrick was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification in what is now Lower Manhattan, serving as a key military and administrative center of New Netherland.
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E.
Fort Goede Hoop
Fort Goede Hoop was a key Dutch colonial trading fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used for commerce and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
- 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 Coenraadsburg Target entity description: Fort Coenraadsburg is a historic coastal fort in Elmina, Ghana, built by European colonial powers and now preserved as a heritage site overlooking the Gulf of Guinea.
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A.
Fort Sint Pieter
Fort Sint Pieter is a historic 18th-century fortress on the southern edge of Maastricht, Netherlands, built to defend the city and now a popular tourist site with panoramic views and underground tunnels.
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B.
Fort Frederik Hendrik
Fort Frederik Hendrik was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification on Mauritius that served as the island’s main administrative and military stronghold.
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C.
Fort Vechten
Fort Vechten is a 19th-century Dutch fortress near Utrecht that served as a key defensive stronghold within the historic New Dutch Water Line.
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D.
Fort Willem Hendrick
Fort Willem Hendrick was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification in what is now Lower Manhattan, serving as a key military and administrative center of New Netherland.
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E.
Fort Goede Hoop
Fort Goede Hoop was a key Dutch colonial trading fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used for commerce and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fort
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historic site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
European colonial history in West Africa
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trans-Atlantic trade routes ⓘ |
| builtBy | Dutch colonial authorities ⓘ |
| constructedFor |
coastal defense
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military defense ⓘ protection of Elmina Castle ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Dutch West India Company ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
historical education site
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasNameInDutch | Fort Coenraadsburg ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | national monument of Ghana ⓘ |
| heritageStatus |
historic monument
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preserved heritage site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Region, Ghana
ⓘ
Elmina ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Ghana ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Gold Coast ⓘ |
| material |
masonry
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stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Johan Coenraad (Dutch official, eponymous figure) ⓘ |
| near | Elmina Castle ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| overlooks | Gulf of Guinea ⓘ |
| partOf |
Elmina historic ensemble
ⓘ
linked to:
Elmina Castle
|
| region | Central Region ⓘ |
| tourismType | cultural tourism site ⓘ |
| usedFor |
artillery platform
ⓘ
military garrison ⓘ observation post ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Coenraadsburg Description of subject: Fort Coenraadsburg is a historic coastal fort in Elmina, Ghana, built by European colonial powers and now preserved as a heritage site overlooking the Gulf of Guinea.
Referenced by (2)
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