Texian Army
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The Texian Army was the volunteer military force that fought for Texas's independence from Mexico during the Texas Revolution in the 1830s.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Texian Army canonical | 19 |
| Texian forces | 7 |
| Republic of Texas forces | 2 |
| Army of the Republic of Texas | 1 |
| Republic of Texas Army | 1 |
| Republic of Texas military forces | 1 |
| Texian Army land forces | 1 |
| Texian army under Fannin | 1 |
| Texian soldiers | 1 |
| revolutionary forces of Texas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T356228 — 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: Texian Army Context triple: [Mirabeau B. Lamar, militaryBranch, Texian Army]
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A.
Northwestern Army
The Northwestern Army was an anti-Bolshevik White movement military force that operated in northwestern Russia during the Russian Civil War.
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B.
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.
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C.
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army was the land warfare force of the secessionist Southern states during the American Civil War, known for figures like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
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D.
United States Volunteers
The United States Volunteers were temporary military units raised by the U.S. federal government, primarily during major wars like the Civil War and Spanish–American War, composed of citizen soldiers serving alongside the regular army.
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E.
Rebel Army
The Rebel Army was Fidel Castro’s revolutionary guerrilla force that fought to overthrow the Batista regime during the Cuban Revolution.
- 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: Texian Army Target entity description: The Texian Army was the volunteer military force that fought for Texas's independence from Mexico during the Texas Revolution in the 1830s.
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A.
Northwestern Army
The Northwestern Army was an anti-Bolshevik White movement military force that operated in northwestern Russia during the Russian Civil War.
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B.
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.
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C.
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army was the land warfare force of the secessionist Southern states during the American Civil War, known for figures like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
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D.
United States Volunteers
The United States Volunteers were temporary military units raised by the U.S. federal government, primarily during major wars like the Civil War and Spanish–American War, composed of citizen soldiers serving alongside the regular army.
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E.
Rebel Army
The Rebel Army was Fidel Castro’s revolutionary guerrilla force that fought to overthrow the Batista regime during the Cuban Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military force
ⓘ
revolutionary army ⓘ |
| allegiance |
provisional government of Texas
ⓘ
surface form:
Provisional Government of Texas
Republic of Texas ⓘ |
| conflict | Texas Revolution ⓘ |
| consequence | independence of Texas ⓘ |
| country | Republic of Texas ⓘ |
| doctrine | militia tradition ⓘ |
| endTime | 1846 ⓘ |
| engagement |
Battle of Coleto
ⓘ
Battle of Gonzales ⓘ Battle of San Jacinto ⓘ The Alamo ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of the Alamo
Goliad Campaign ⓘ Runaway Scrape ⓘ Siege of Bexar ⓘ |
| equipment |
cannons
ⓘ
muskets ⓘ rifles ⓘ sidearms ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Texian volunteer companies
ⓘ
artillery units ⓘ cavalry units ⓘ infantry units ⓘ rangers ⓘ regular army of Texas ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1830s ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | Texas ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Edward Burleson
ⓘ
James Fannin ⓘ Mirabeau B. Lamar ⓘ Sam Houston ⓘ Stephen F. Austin ⓘ Thomas J. Rusk ⓘ |
| notableEvent | capture of Santa Anna at San Jacinto ⓘ |
| opponent |
Centralist Republic of Mexico
ⓘ
Armed Forces of Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
Mexican Army
|
| partOf |
Texian Army
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Texian forces
|
| recruitment |
Anglo-American settlers in Texas
ⓘ
Tejano volunteers ⓘ foreign volunteers ⓘ volunteer enlistment ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| result | victory in the Texas Revolution ⓘ |
| startTime | 1835 ⓘ |
| status | disbanded ⓘ |
| successor | United States Army forces in Texas ⓘ |
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: Texian Army Description of subject: The Texian Army was the volunteer military force that fought for Texas's independence from Mexico during the Texas Revolution in the 1830s.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Texian soldiers
this entity surface form:
Texian forces
this entity surface form:
Republic of Texas forces
this entity surface form:
Texian forces
this entity surface form:
Texian Army land forces
this entity surface form:
revolutionary forces of Texas
this entity surface form:
Army of the Republic of Texas
this entity surface form:
Texian forces
this entity surface form:
Texian forces
this entity surface form:
Texian forces
this entity surface form:
Republic of Texas Army
subject surface form:
Texas Revolution
this entity surface form:
Texian forces
this entity surface form:
Republic of Texas military forces
this entity surface form:
Texian army under Fannin
this entity surface form:
Texian forces
this entity surface form:
Republic of Texas forces