Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
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Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry is one of Canada's most distinguished regular army infantry regiments, renowned for its service in major conflicts from the First World War to the present.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T340366 — 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: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Context triple: [Canadian Expeditionary Force, notableUnit, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry]
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Royal Rifles of Canada
The Royal Rifles of Canada was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army that notably served in the Second World War, including the ill-fated defense of Hong Kong in 1941.
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Canadian Corps
The Canadian Corps was the primary Canadian fighting formation on the Western Front during World War I, renowned for its effectiveness in major battles such as Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele.
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1st Canadian Division
The 1st Canadian Division is a historic and still-active Canadian Army formation that first gained prominence for its major combat role on the Western Front during the First World War.
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2nd Canadian Division
The 2nd Canadian Division was a major infantry formation of the Canadian Army that served prominently on the Western Front during the First World War.
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Royal Pioneer Corps
The Royal Pioneer Corps was a British Army unit responsible primarily for light engineering, labor, and logistical support tasks, especially during World War II.
- 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: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Target entity description: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry is one of Canada's most distinguished regular army infantry regiments, renowned for its service in major conflicts from the First World War to the present.
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A.
Royal Rifles of Canada
The Royal Rifles of Canada was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army that notably served in the Second World War, including the ill-fated defense of Hong Kong in 1941.
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B.
Canadian Corps
The Canadian Corps was the primary Canadian fighting formation on the Western Front during World War I, renowned for its effectiveness in major battles such as Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele.
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C.
1st Canadian Division
The 1st Canadian Division is a historic and still-active Canadian Army formation that first gained prominence for its major combat role on the Western Front during the First World War.
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2nd Canadian Division
The 2nd Canadian Division was a major infantry formation of the Canadian Army that served prominently on the Western Front during the First World War.
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E.
Royal Pioneer Corps
The Royal Pioneer Corps was a British Army unit responsible primarily for light engineering, labor, and logistical support tasks, especially during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian Army unit
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Regular Force regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ |
| abbreviation | PPCLI ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Charles III, King of Canada
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surface form:
King of Canada
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| alliance |
The Rifles
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Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
surface form:
The Royal Australian Regiment
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| battalion |
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
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| battleHonour |
Afghanistan
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Italy 1943–45 ⓘ Kapyong ⓘ Allied operations in Western Europe ⓘ
surface form:
North-West Europe 1944–45
Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
surface form:
Passchendaele
Sicily 1943 ⓘ Somme 1916 ⓘ Battle of Vimy Ridge ⓘ
surface form:
Vimy 1917
Ypres ⓘ
surface form:
Ypres 1915
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| branch |
Canadian Army (pre‑1968)
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surface form:
Canadian Army
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| conflict |
Bosnian War
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surface form:
Bosnia and Herzegovina conflict
World War I ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
Korean War ⓘ Kosovo War ⓘ
surface form:
Kosovo conflict
NATO peacekeeping operations ⓘ World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form:
War in Afghanistan
Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
surface form:
War on Terror
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| country | Canada ⓘ |
| decorations | multiple Victoria Cross recipients ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Andrew Hamilton Gault ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1914-08-10 ⓘ |
| garrison |
CFB Edmonton
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CFB Petawawa ⓘ CFB Shilo ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| motto | Once a Patricia, Always a Patricia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Princess Patricia of Connaught ⓘ |
| nickname | The Patricias ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Battle of Frezenberg
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Battle of Kapyong ⓘ |
| notableFor | distinguished service in major conflicts from the First World War to the present ⓘ |
| partOf | Royal Canadian Infantry Corps ⓘ |
| patron | Princess Patricia of Connaught ⓘ |
| role | light infantry ⓘ |
| service | Regular Force ⓘ |
| size | three battalions ⓘ |
| type | line infantry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Description of subject: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry is one of Canada's most distinguished regular army infantry regiments, renowned for its service in major conflicts from the First World War to the present.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
subject surface form:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
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battalion
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Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
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this entity surface form:
1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
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battalion
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Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
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this entity surface form:
2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
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battalion
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Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
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this entity surface form:
3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
this entity surface form:
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
this entity surface form:
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
this entity surface form:
2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
this entity surface form:
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
this entity surface form:
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
this entity surface form:
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Regimental Association
this entity surface form:
1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
this entity surface form:
2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
this entity surface form:
3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
this entity surface form:
2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
this entity surface form:
1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
this entity surface form:
2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
this entity surface form:
3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
this entity surface form:
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)
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Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
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this entity surface form:
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry