40th Brigade
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The 40th Brigade was a British Army infantry formation that served as part of the 13th (Western) Division during the First World War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 40th Brigade canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16916959 — 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: 40th Brigade Context triple: [13th (Western) Division, componentUnit, 40th Brigade]
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A.
39th Brigade
The 39th Brigade was a British Army infantry formation that served as part of the 13th (Western) Division during the First World War.
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B.
24th Brigade
The 24th Brigade was an Australian Army infantry brigade that served with distinction in key campaigns of the Second World War, including in North Africa and the Pacific.
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C.
38th Brigade
The 38th Brigade was a British Army infantry formation that served as part of the 13th (Western) Division during the First World War.
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D.
20th Brigade
The 20th Brigade was an Australian Army infantry formation that served with distinction in key campaigns of the Second World War, including in North Africa and the Pacific.
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E.
27th Brigade
The 27th Brigade was an infantry formation of the Australian Army that served as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force during World War II, notably in the Malayan Campaign.
- 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: 40th Brigade Target entity description: The 40th Brigade was a British Army infantry formation that served as part of the 13th (Western) Division during the First World War.
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A.
39th Brigade
The 39th Brigade was a British Army infantry formation that served as part of the 13th (Western) Division during the First World War.
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B.
24th Brigade
The 24th Brigade was an Australian Army infantry brigade that served with distinction in key campaigns of the Second World War, including in North Africa and the Pacific.
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C.
38th Brigade
The 38th Brigade was a British Army infantry formation that served as part of the 13th (Western) Division during the First World War.
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D.
20th Brigade
The 20th Brigade was an Australian Army infantry formation that served with distinction in key campaigns of the Second World War, including in North Africa and the Pacific.
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E.
27th Brigade
The 27th Brigade was an infantry formation of the Australian Army that served as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force during World War II, notably in the Malayan Campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.