Fort Aguada
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Fort Aguada is a 17th-century Portuguese fort in Goa, India, known for its historic lighthouse, coastal defenses, and panoramic views of the Arabian Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Aguada canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10854918 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Aguada Context triple: [Candolim Beach, hasNearbyAttraction, Fort Aguada]
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A.
Fort Amador
Fort Amador was a former U.S. military installation strategically located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, serving as a key defense and administrative site during the Canal Zone era.
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B.
Fort Pilar
Fort Pilar is a historic 17th-century Spanish military fortress and Catholic shrine in Zamboanga City, Philippines, known as a symbol of the city’s colonial past and religious devotion.
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C.
Fort San Pedro
Fort San Pedro is a Spanish-era military fort in Cebu City, Philippines, known as one of the country’s oldest and smallest bastions of colonial defense.
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D.
Fort Salonga
Fort Salonga is a suburban hamlet on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, known for its residential character and coastal location along Long Island Sound.
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E.
Fort San Jerónimo
Fort San Jerónimo is a historic Spanish colonial coastal fortress in Portobelo, Panama, built to defend the harbor and its vital trade routes in the Caribbean.
- 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 Aguada Target entity description: Fort Aguada is a 17th-century Portuguese fort in Goa, India, known for its historic lighthouse, coastal defenses, and panoramic views of the Arabian Sea.
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A.
Fort Amador
Fort Amador was a former U.S. military installation strategically located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, serving as a key defense and administrative site during the Canal Zone era.
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B.
Fort Pilar
Fort Pilar is a historic 17th-century Spanish military fortress and Catholic shrine in Zamboanga City, Philippines, known as a symbol of the city’s colonial past and religious devotion.
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C.
Fort San Pedro
Fort San Pedro is a Spanish-era military fort in Cebu City, Philippines, known as one of the country’s oldest and smallest bastions of colonial defense.
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D.
Fort Salonga
Fort Salonga is a suburban hamlet on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, known for its residential character and coastal location along Long Island Sound.
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E.
Fort San Jerónimo
Fort San Jerónimo is a historic Spanish colonial coastal fortress in Portobelo, Panama, built to defend the harbor and its vital trade routes in the Caribbean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese colonial fort
ⓘ
fort ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Portuguese military architecture ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Portuguese Empire
ⓘ
Portuguese colonial rulers in Goa ⓘ |
| builtDuringReignOf |
Philip II of Portugal (Philip III of Spain)
ⓘ
linked to:
Philip II of Portugal
|
| constructionEnd | 1612 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1612 ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| elevation | hilltop location ⓘ |
| feature |
panoramic sea views
ⓘ
views of Arabian Sea ⓘ views of Mandovi estuary ⓘ |
| function |
freshwater supply point for ships
ⓘ
lighthouse station ⓘ military outpost ⓘ prison (later period) ⓘ |
| governedBy | Government of Goa ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Fort Aguada Lighthouse
ⓘ
linked to:
Aguada Lighthouse
bastions ⓘ gunpowder room ⓘ lower fort ⓘ moat ⓘ ramparts ⓘ secret escape passage ⓘ underground water storage tanks ⓘ upper fort ⓘ |
| heritage | Portuguese colonial architecture in India ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected monument ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Candolim
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linked to:
Candolim Beach
Goa ⓘ North Goa district ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mandovi River mouth
ⓘ
linked to:
Mandovi River estuary
|
| material | laterite stone ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | derived from Portuguese word "água" meaning water ⓘ |
| nearbyAttraction |
Candolim Beach
ⓘ
Sinquerim Beach ⓘ |
| overlooks | Arabian Sea ⓘ |
| purpose |
coastal defense
ⓘ
defense against Dutch ⓘ defense against Marathas ⓘ protection of Old Goa and Portuguese shipping ⓘ |
| region |
Konkan coast
ⓘ
linked to:
Konkan
|
| strategicImportance |
guarded entrance to Mandovi River
ⓘ
protected access to Old Goa ⓘ |
| tourism |
major tourist attraction in Goa
ⓘ
popular sunset viewpoint ⓘ |
| usedAs | central jail of Goa (part of complex) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Aguada Description of subject: Fort Aguada is a 17th-century Portuguese fort in Goa, India, known for its historic lighthouse, coastal defenses, and panoramic views of the Arabian Sea.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.