Malian Armed Forces
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The Malian Armed Forces are the national military of Mali, responsible for defending the country’s sovereignty and conducting internal security and counterinsurgency operations.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malian Armed Forces canonical | 16 |
| Malian Army | 5 |
| Armed Forces of Mali | 3 |
| Malian armed forces | 2 |
| Forces Armées Maliennes | 1 |
| Forces armées maliennes | 1 |
| Malian Gendarmerie | 1 |
| Malian government forces | 1 |
| Malian security forces | 1 |
| Malian–French forces | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T660615 — 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: Malian Armed Forces Context triple: [Operation Serval, supportedBy, Malian Armed Forces]
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A.
National Republican Guard
The National Republican Guard is Portugal’s national gendarmerie force, performing both military and civilian law enforcement duties across the country.
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B.
Libyan National Army
The Libyan National Army is a faction led by General Khalifa Haftar that controls large parts of eastern Libya and has been a key military and political force in the country’s post-2011 conflict.
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C.
Sa'ka Forces
Sa'ka Forces are Egypt’s elite special operations troops known for high-risk commando, counterterrorism, and unconventional warfare missions.
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D.
National Gendarmerie
The National Gendarmerie is France’s national military police force responsible for law enforcement, public safety, and security across much of the country, particularly in rural and suburban areas.
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E.
Malians
The Malians were an ancient Greek tribe from the region around the Malian Gulf in central Greece, known for their participation in regional religious and political alliances.
- 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: Malian Armed Forces Target entity description: The Malian Armed Forces are the national military of Mali, responsible for defending the country’s sovereignty and conducting internal security and counterinsurgency operations.
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A.
National Republican Guard
The National Republican Guard is Portugal’s national gendarmerie force, performing both military and civilian law enforcement duties across the country.
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B.
Libyan National Army
The Libyan National Army is a faction led by General Khalifa Haftar that controls large parts of eastern Libya and has been a key military and political force in the country’s post-2011 conflict.
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C.
Sa'ka Forces
Sa'ka Forces are Egypt’s elite special operations troops known for high-risk commando, counterterrorism, and unconventional warfare missions.
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D.
National Gendarmerie
The National Gendarmerie is France’s national military police force responsible for law enforcement, public safety, and security across much of the country, particularly in rural and suburban areas.
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E.
Malians
The Malians were an ancient Greek tribe from the region around the Malian Gulf in central Greece, known for their participation in regional religious and political alliances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed forces
ⓘ
military organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | FAMa ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Mali
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Mali
|
| commanderInChief | President of Mali ⓘ |
| conflict |
Insurgency in the Maghreb
ⓘ
surface form:
Insurgency in the Sahel
Mali War ⓘ Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Mali conflict
Operation Barkhane ⓘ Operation Serval ⓘ Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ |
| country | Mali ⓘ |
| equipmentSupplier |
China
ⓘ
France ⓘ Russia ⓘ |
| foundingEvent | independence of Mali ⓘ |
| garrison | Bamako ⓘ |
| hasCommandStructure | Ministry of Defence of Mali ⓘ |
| hasPersonnelType |
conscripts
ⓘ
professional soldiers ⓘ |
| headquarters | Bamako ⓘ |
| inception | 1960 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| nativeLabel |
Malian Armed Forces
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Forces armées maliennes
|
| operatesIn | Mali ⓘ |
| part |
Malian Air Force
ⓘ
Malian Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Malian Army
Malian Gendarmerie ⓘ Malian National Guard ⓘ Republican Guard of Mali ⓘ |
| precededBy | French colonial forces in French Sudan ⓘ |
| primaryTask |
defense of national sovereignty
ⓘ
maintenance of internal order ⓘ protection of territorial integrity ⓘ |
| role |
border security
ⓘ
counterinsurgency operations ⓘ internal security ⓘ national defense ⓘ support to civil authorities ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
Malian Air Force
ⓘ
Malian Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Malian Army
Malian Gendarmerie ⓘ Malian National Guard ⓘ Malian National Guard ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Guard of Mali
|
| subordinateTo | Government of Mali ⓘ |
| uses |
armored vehicles
ⓘ
artillery ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ small arms ⓘ |
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: Malian Armed Forces Description of subject: The Malian Armed Forces are the national military of Mali, responsible for defending the country’s sovereignty and conducting internal security and counterinsurgency operations.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Malian Gendarmerie
this entity surface form:
Malian Army
this entity surface form:
Forces armées maliennes
this entity surface form:
Malian Army
this entity surface form:
Malian–French forces
this entity surface form:
Armed Forces of Mali
this entity surface form:
Malian armed forces
this entity surface form:
Malian security forces
this entity surface form:
Malian Army
this entity surface form:
Malian armed forces
this entity surface form:
Malian Army
this entity surface form:
Armed Forces of Mali
this entity surface form:
Armed Forces of Mali