32nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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The 32nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from Massachusetts that served in major campaigns and battles of the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 32nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6913846 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 32nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment Context triple: [Massachusetts regiments, hasPart, 32nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment]
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A.
20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a distinguished Union Army unit in the American Civil War, noted for its heavy combat service and association with several prominent Harvard-educated officers.
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B.
54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was one of the first official African American units in the Union Army during the American Civil War, renowned for its bravery in the assault on Fort Wagner.
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C.
55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army unit in the American Civil War, formed as one of the earliest African American regiments and noted for its service and sacrifice following the example of the famed 54th Massachusetts.
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D.
2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from Massachusetts that served with distinction in major battles of the American Civil War, including Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.
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E.
1st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from Massachusetts that served early and prominently in the American Civil War.
- 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: 32nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment Target entity description: The 32nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from Massachusetts that served in major campaigns and battles of the American Civil War.
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A.
20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a distinguished Union Army unit in the American Civil War, noted for its heavy combat service and association with several prominent Harvard-educated officers.
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B.
54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was one of the first official African American units in the Union Army during the American Civil War, renowned for its bravery in the assault on Fort Wagner.
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C.
55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army unit in the American Civil War, formed as one of the earliest African American regiments and noted for its service and sacrifice following the example of the famed 54th Massachusetts.
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D.
2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from Massachusetts that served with distinction in major battles of the American Civil War, including Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.
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E.
1st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from Massachusetts that served early and prominently in the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War military unit
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Union Army regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ |
| allegiance | Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | 32nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designation | 32nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engagedIn | land warfare ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasRole | volunteer infantry unit ⓘ |
| locationOfRecruitment | Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | infantry ⓘ |
| militaryFormationType | volunteer regiment ⓘ |
| notableFor |
participation in multiple major Civil War campaigns
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service as a Massachusetts volunteer unit ⓘ service in the Union Army during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| organizedIn | Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
major battles of the American Civil War
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major campaigns of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| partOf | Union forces in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| service | United States Volunteers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
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: 32nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment Description of subject: The 32nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from Massachusetts that served in major campaigns and battles of the American Civil War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.