Non-Permanent Active Militia
E511023
The Non-Permanent Active Militia was a part-time, volunteer component of Canada’s pre-World War II military forces, serving as the country’s primary citizen-soldier reserve.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Non-Permanent Active Militia canonical | 2 |
| Non-Permanent Active Militia of Canada | 1 |
| Non‑Permanent Active Militia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5307677 — 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: Non-Permanent Active Militia Context triple: [Canadian militia, hasPart, Non-Permanent Active Militia]
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A.
Regular Force
Regular Force is the full-time, professional component of the Royal Canadian Air Force responsible for maintaining continuous operational readiness and capability.
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B.
Regular Force
Regular Force is the full-time professional component of the New Zealand Defence Force, comprising career military personnel who serve on continuous active duty.
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C.
Territorial Troops Militia
The Territorial Troops Militia is a Cuban paramilitary reserve force composed largely of civilian volunteers trained to support national defense and internal security alongside the regular armed forces.
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D.
Regular Army
The Regular Army is the full-time professional component of the British Army, consisting of career soldiers who serve on active duty.
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E.
Army National Guard
The Army National Guard is a reserve military force of the United States that serves both state and federal missions, providing trained units to support domestic emergencies and overseas combat operations.
- 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: Non-Permanent Active Militia Target entity description: The Non-Permanent Active Militia was a part-time, volunteer component of Canada’s pre-World War II military forces, serving as the country’s primary citizen-soldier reserve.
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A.
Regular Force
Regular Force is the full-time, professional component of the Royal Canadian Air Force responsible for maintaining continuous operational readiness and capability.
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B.
Regular Force
Regular Force is the full-time professional component of the New Zealand Defence Force, comprising career military personnel who serve on continuous active duty.
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C.
Territorial Troops Militia
The Territorial Troops Militia is a Cuban paramilitary reserve force composed largely of civilian volunteers trained to support national defense and internal security alongside the regular armed forces.
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D.
Regular Army
The Regular Army is the full-time professional component of the British Army, consisting of career soldiers who serve on active duty.
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E.
Army National Guard
The Army National Guard is a reserve military force of the United States that serves both state and federal missions, providing trained units to support domestic emergencies and overseas combat operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
citizen-soldier force
ⓘ
military reserve force ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | NPAM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Canadian Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| commandStructure | under Canadian Militia district commands ⓘ |
| componentOf | Canadian Militia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composition |
artillery units
ⓘ
cavalry units ⓘ engineer units ⓘ infantry units ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| disestablished | after World War II ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Canadian Active Service Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Permanent Active Militia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctrineInfluence | British Army traditions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dutyStatus | liable for active service when called out ⓘ |
| function |
home defence
ⓘ
mobilization base for wartime expansion ⓘ |
| funding | federally funded ⓘ |
| garrison | local armouries across Canada ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Department of Militia and Defence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Department of National Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra | late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ |
| legalObligation | subject to call-out for defence of Canada ⓘ |
| legalStatus | part of the Canadian Militia under the Militia Act ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Canadian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mobilizedIn |
World War I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nature |
part-time force
ⓘ
volunteer force ⓘ |
| organizationalLevel | regiments and battalions ⓘ |
| partOf | pre-World War II Canadian military forces ⓘ |
| peacetimeStrength | smaller than wartime mobilized strength ⓘ |
| personnelStatus | civilians in peacetime ⓘ |
| predecessor | Canadian Militia (19th century volunteer units) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMission | augment the Permanent Active Militia in wartime ⓘ |
| recruitment | voluntary enlistment ⓘ |
| recruitmentBasis | local volunteer units ⓘ |
| role | primary citizen-soldier reserve of Canada ⓘ |
| successor | Canadian Army Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-World War II ⓘ |
| trainingLocation | local drill halls and armouries ⓘ |
| trainingPattern | periodic peacetime training ⓘ |
| typeOf | reserve land force ⓘ |
| uniform | Canadian Army-style uniforms ⓘ |
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: Non-Permanent Active Militia Description of subject: The Non-Permanent Active Militia was a part-time, volunteer component of Canada’s pre-World War II military forces, serving as the country’s primary citizen-soldier reserve.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Non‑Permanent Active Militia
this entity surface form:
Non-Permanent Active Militia of Canada