Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq

Target entity: Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq
Context triple: [The Night Watch, originalTitle, Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq]

• A. Minutemen
  The Minutemen were colonial militia members in Revolutionary-era New England, renowned for their ability to mobilize at a moment’s notice and for playing a key role in the opening clashes of the American Revolutionary War.
• B. Janissaries
  The Janissaries were an elite infantry corps of the Ottoman Empire, originally composed of enslaved Christian youths, that became one of the most powerful military and political institutions in the empire.
• C. States Army of the Dutch Republic
  The States Army of the Dutch Republic was the central land force of the Dutch Republic, composed of provincial contingents and commanded collectively by the States General and the stadtholder during the early modern period.
• D. Illinois militia
  The Illinois militia was a state military force in the early 19th century that organized and deployed volunteer soldiers for frontier defense and conflicts such as the Black Hawk War.
• E. Fort Amsterdam
  Fort Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification on the southern tip of Manhattan that served as the administrative and military center of New Netherland.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq
Target entity description: Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq is the original title of Rembrandt van Rijn’s famous 1642 group portrait commonly known as "The Night Watch," depicting an Amsterdam civic guard company preparing to march.

• A. Minutemen
  The Minutemen were colonial militia members in Revolutionary-era New England, renowned for their ability to mobilize at a moment’s notice and for playing a key role in the opening clashes of the American Revolutionary War.
• B. Janissaries
  The Janissaries were an elite infantry corps of the Ottoman Empire, originally composed of enslaved Christian youths, that became one of the most powerful military and political institutions in the empire.
• C. States Army of the Dutch Republic
  The States Army of the Dutch Republic was the central land force of the Dutch Republic, composed of provincial contingents and commanded collectively by the States General and the stadtholder during the early modern period.
• D. Illinois militia
  The Illinois militia was a state military force in the early 19th century that organized and deployed volunteer soldiers for frontier defense and conflicts such as the Black Hawk War.
• E. Fort Amsterdam
  Fort Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification on the southern tip of Manhattan that served as the administrative and military center of New Netherland.
• F. None of above. chosen