21st Regiment of Foot
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The 21st Regiment of Foot, later known as the Royal Scots Fusiliers, was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army with a long record of service in major conflicts from the 17th to the 20th century.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 21st (Royal North British Fusilier) Regiment of Foot | 1 |
| 21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot | 1 |
| 21st Regiment of Foot canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5174790 — 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: 21st Regiment of Foot Context triple: [Royal Scots Fusiliers, originalName, 21st Regiment of Foot]
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51st Regiment of Foot
The 51st Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century campaigns, including the Napoleonic Wars, before later becoming part of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
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B.
52nd Regiment of Foot
The 52nd Regiment of Foot was a distinguished light infantry regiment of the British Army, renowned for its role in the Napoleonic Wars and its association with Sir John Moore’s reforms.
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C.
42nd Regiment of Foot
The 42nd Regiment of Foot, later known as the Black Watch, was a famed Scottish Highland infantry regiment of the British Army distinguished for its service in numerous 18th- and 19th-century conflicts.
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D.
12th (Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
The 12th (Suffolk) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army with a long history of service in 18th- and 19th-century campaigns before later becoming part of the Suffolk Regiment.
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E.
58th Regiment of Foot
The 58th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century campaigns, including colonial wars and conflicts such as the Anglo-Zulu and First Boer Wars.
- 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: 21st Regiment of Foot Target entity description: The 21st Regiment of Foot, later known as the Royal Scots Fusiliers, was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army with a long record of service in major conflicts from the 17th to the 20th century.
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A.
51st Regiment of Foot
The 51st Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century campaigns, including the Napoleonic Wars, before later becoming part of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
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B.
52nd Regiment of Foot
The 52nd Regiment of Foot was a distinguished light infantry regiment of the British Army, renowned for its role in the Napoleonic Wars and its association with Sir John Moore’s reforms.
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C.
42nd Regiment of Foot
The 42nd Regiment of Foot, later known as the Black Watch, was a famed Scottish Highland infantry regiment of the British Army distinguished for its service in numerous 18th- and 19th-century conflicts.
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D.
12th (Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
The 12th (Suffolk) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army with a long history of service in 18th- and 19th-century campaigns before later becoming part of the Suffolk Regiment.
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E.
58th Regiment of Foot
The 58th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century campaigns, including colonial wars and conflicts such as the Anglo-Zulu and First Boer Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army regiment
ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Crown of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Crown of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Scottish regiments
ⓘ
fusilier regiments ⓘ |
| branch | British Army ⓘ |
| conflict |
American War of Independence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Crimean War ⓘ World War I ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Second Boer War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
Seven Years' War ⓘ War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| garrison | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor |
Royal Highland Fusiliers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Regiment of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterKnownAs |
21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Highland Fusiliers NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Scots Fusiliers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Royal Highland Fusiliers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergedWith | Highland Light Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryUnitType | line infantry ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Scottish identity within the British Army
ⓘ
fusilier headdress ⓘ |
| notableFor | long record of service in major conflicts ⓘ |
| partOf | British Army infantry establishment ⓘ |
| regimentalNumber | 21 ⓘ |
| regimentalTitle | Royal Scots Fusiliers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regimentalTraditionsContinuedBy |
Royal Highland Fusiliers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Regiment of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
light infantry
ⓘ
line infantry ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | infantry ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
17th century
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ |
| tradition | fusilier ⓘ |
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: 21st Regiment of Foot Description of subject: The 21st Regiment of Foot, later known as the Royal Scots Fusiliers, was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army with a long record of service in major conflicts from the 17th to the 20th century.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
21st (Royal North British Fusilier) Regiment of Foot
this entity surface form:
21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot