46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF
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The 46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, recruited primarily from Saskatchewan and later perpetuated by the Regina Rifle Regiment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2161171 — 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: 46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF Context triple: [Regina Rifle Regiment, perpetuates, 46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF]
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A.
90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles
The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles was a Canadian militia infantry unit formed in Winnipeg that later became known as the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, a storied regiment with service in multiple major conflicts.
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B.
144th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
The 144th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force was an infantry unit raised in Canada during the First World War that contributed soldiers to the Canadian war effort overseas and is now perpetuated by the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.
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C.
190th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
The 190th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force was an infantry unit raised in Canada during the First World War that contributed recruits to the Canadian war effort overseas.
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D.
58th Battalion (Central Ontario), CEF
The 58th Battalion (Central Ontario), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that served on the Western Front during the First World War, recruited primarily from central Ontario.
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E.
8th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
The 8th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force was an infantry unit of the Canadian Army that served on the Western Front during the First World War and is historically associated with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.
- 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: 46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF Target entity description: The 46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, recruited primarily from Saskatchewan and later perpetuated by the Regina Rifle Regiment.
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A.
90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles
The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles was a Canadian militia infantry unit formed in Winnipeg that later became known as the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, a storied regiment with service in multiple major conflicts.
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B.
144th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
The 144th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force was an infantry unit raised in Canada during the First World War that contributed soldiers to the Canadian war effort overseas and is now perpetuated by the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.
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C.
190th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
The 190th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force was an infantry unit raised in Canada during the First World War that contributed recruits to the Canadian war effort overseas.
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D.
58th Battalion (Central Ontario), CEF
The 58th Battalion (Central Ontario), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that served on the Western Front during the First World War, recruited primarily from central Ontario.
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E.
8th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
The 8th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force was an infantry unit of the Canadian Army that served on the Western Front during the First World War and is historically associated with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian Expeditionary Force unit
ⓘ
infantry battalion ⓘ |
| allegiance |
British Empire
ⓘ
British monarch ⓘ
surface form:
King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions
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| associatedWith |
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Regina, Saskatchewan
South Saskatchewan region ⓘ |
| branch |
Canadian Expeditionary Force
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Expeditionary Force infantry
|
| category |
Battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force
ⓘ
Infantry battalions of Canada in World War I ⓘ Military units and formations of Saskatchewan ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
|
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| era | 1914–1918 ⓘ |
| garrisonCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | English ⓘ |
| militaryFormationOf |
Canadian home front during World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
Canada in the First World War
|
| militaryRole | infantry ⓘ |
| notableFor | high casualty rate in combat on the Western Front ⓘ |
| partOf | Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ |
| perpetuatedBy | Regina Rifle Regiment ⓘ |
| perpetuationRecognizedBy | Canadian Army ⓘ |
| raisedFor | service in Europe during the First World War ⓘ |
| recruitmentArea |
Saskatchewan
ⓘ
South Saskatchewan River ⓘ
surface form:
South Saskatchewan
|
| theatreOfOperations | Western Front ⓘ |
| type | line infantry ⓘ |
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: 46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF Description of subject: The 46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, recruited primarily from Saskatchewan and later perpetuated by the Regina Rifle Regiment.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.