III Corps (British Army)
E190538
III Corps (British Army) was a major field formation of the British Army that served as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the early stages of World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| III Corps (British Army) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1657258 — 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: III Corps (British Army) Context triple: [British Expeditionary Force (World War II), component, III Corps (British Army)]
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A.
II Corps (British Army)
II Corps (British Army) was a major field formation of the British Army that played a key role in early World War II operations, including the deployment of forces to France and the Dunkirk evacuation.
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B.
I Corps (British Army)
I Corps (British Army) was a major British field corps-level formation that played key roles in both World Wars, including operations in France in 1940 and the Normandy campaign in 1944.
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C.
3rd British Infantry Division
The 3rd British Infantry Division was a key British Army formation in World War II, renowned for spearheading the D-Day landings in Normandy and sustaining continuous combat operations in Northwest Europe.
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D.
British XIII Corps
The British XIII Corps was a major field formation of the British Army that saw extensive combat service in both World War I and World War II, particularly in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatres.
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E.
British XXX Corps
British XXX Corps was a major British Army formation in World War II, best known for its armoured spearhead role in the Allied advance during the Normandy campaign and the failed Operation Market Garden.
- 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: III Corps (British Army) Target entity description: III Corps (British Army) was a major field formation of the British Army that served as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the early stages of World War II.
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A.
II Corps (British Army)
II Corps (British Army) was a major field formation of the British Army that played a key role in early World War II operations, including the deployment of forces to France and the Dunkirk evacuation.
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B.
I Corps (British Army)
I Corps (British Army) was a major British field corps-level formation that played key roles in both World Wars, including operations in France in 1940 and the Normandy campaign in 1944.
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C.
3rd British Infantry Division
The 3rd British Infantry Division was a key British Army formation in World War II, renowned for spearheading the D-Day landings in Normandy and sustaining continuous combat operations in Northwest Europe.
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D.
British XIII Corps
The British XIII Corps was a major field formation of the British Army that saw extensive combat service in both World War I and World War II, particularly in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatres.
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E.
British XXX Corps
British XXX Corps was a major British Army formation in World War II, best known for its armoured spearhead role in the Allied advance during the Normandy campaign and the failed Operation Market Garden.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
army corps
ⓘ
field formation ⓘ |
| allegiance | British Crown ⓘ |
| branch | British Army ⓘ |
| category |
British Army formations of World War II
ⓘ
Corps of the British Army ⓘ |
| componentOf |
British Expeditionary Force
ⓘ
surface form:
British Expeditionary Force in France
|
| conflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
World War II ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| engagement |
Battle of France
ⓘ
surface form:
German invasion of France and the Low Countries
|
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| garrison | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | III Corps ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | III Corps ⓘ |
| hasNumeral | 3 ⓘ |
| location |
Belgium
ⓘ
France ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | land forces ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Battle of Dunkirk
ⓘ
surface form:
Dunkirk evacuation
Battle of France ⓘ
surface form:
Fall of France
|
| notableOperation | Battle of France ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Army
ⓘ
British Expeditionary Force ⓘ |
| role | field corps command ⓘ |
| service | British Expeditionary Force in 1939–1940 ⓘ |
| theatre |
Western Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Front (World War II)
|
| type | infantry corps ⓘ |
| usedIn | early stages of World War II ⓘ |
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: III Corps (British Army) Description of subject: III Corps (British Army) was a major field formation of the British Army that served as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the early stages of World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
British Expeditionary Force (World War II)