2e REI
E1020278
2e REI is a regiment of the French Foreign Legion renowned for its infantry combat role and deployments in overseas operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2e REI canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13100389 — 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: 2e REI Context triple: [2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment, abbreviation, 2e REI]
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E-2A
E-2A was the Soviet spacecraft bus platform used for early Luna missions such as Luna 3, which photographed the Moon’s far side.
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Reen
Reen is a shortened or familiar form of the given name Maureen.
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E22
E22 is a major European route that forms part of the international E-road network, linking multiple countries across Europe.
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2e DB
2e DB is the famed French 2nd Armoured Division commanded by General Leclerc, renowned for its role in the liberation of Paris during World War II.
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E2A
E2A is a designated route number within Japan’s national expressway numbering system, assigned to the Chūgoku Expressway corridor in western Honshu.
- 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: 2e REI Target entity description: 2e REI is a regiment of the French Foreign Legion renowned for its infantry combat role and deployments in overseas operations.
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A.
E-2A
E-2A was the Soviet spacecraft bus platform used for early Luna missions such as Luna 3, which photographed the Moon’s far side.
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B.
Reen
Reen is a shortened or familiar form of the given name Maureen.
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C.
E22
E22 is a major European route that forms part of the international E-road network, linking multiple countries across Europe.
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D.
2e DB
2e DB is the famed French 2nd Armoured Division commanded by General Leclerc, renowned for its role in the liberation of Paris during World War II.
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E.
E2A
E2A is a designated route number within Japan’s national expressway numbering system, assigned to the Chūgoku Expressway corridor in western Honshu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
infantry regiment
ⓘ
regiment of the French Foreign Legion ⓘ |
| allegiance |
France
NERFINISHED
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French Foreign Legion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Algerian War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
Gulf War ⓘ Indochina War NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Barkhane NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Serval NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form:
War in Afghanistan
operations in the Central African Republic ⓘ operations in the former Yugoslavia ⓘ peacekeeping operations in Lebanon ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| decoratedWith |
Croix de guerre 1914–1918
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Croix de guerre 1939–1945 NERFINISHED ⓘ Croix de guerre des Théâtres d’opérations extérieures NERFINISHED ⓘ Médaille militaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| equipment |
VBCI infantry fighting vehicle
ⓘ
armored vehicles ⓘ small arms ⓘ support weapons ⓘ |
| garrison | Nîmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrisonCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
command and logistics company
ⓘ
heavy weapons elements ⓘ infantry companies ⓘ support company ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | French ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Foreign Legion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRole |
infantry
ⓘ
mechanized infantry ⓘ |
| motto | Être prêt ⓘ |
| nativeLabel | 2e Régiment étranger d’infanterie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expeditionary deployments
ⓘ
infantry combat operations ⓘ overseas operations ⓘ service in Africa ⓘ service in overseas French operations ⓘ service in the Middle East ⓘ |
| operationalReadiness | high-readiness expeditionary unit ⓘ |
| partOf | French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recruitment |
French citizens
ⓘ
foreign volunteers ⓘ |
| shortName | 2e REI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition |
French Foreign Legion marching songs
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Legionnaire esprit de corps ⓘ |
| type | professional military unit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 2e REI Description of subject: 2e REI is a regiment of the French Foreign Legion renowned for its infantry combat role and deployments in overseas operations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.