Supplementary Reserve
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The Supplementary Reserve is a component of the Canadian Armed Forces made up of trained individuals who are not in active service but can be called up to augment the Regular and Primary Reserve forces when needed.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Supplementary Reserve canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T696373 — 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: Supplementary Reserve Context triple: [Regular Force, contrastWith, Supplementary Reserve]
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A.
Contingent Reserve Arrangement
The Contingent Reserve Arrangement is a financial safety net established by BRICS countries to provide mutual support and liquidity during balance-of-payments and currency crises.
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B.
Latin American Reserve Fund
The Latin American Reserve Fund is a regional financial organization that provides balance-of-payments support and promotes monetary and financial stability among its Latin American member countries.
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C.
Old-Age Reserve Account
The Old-Age Reserve Account was a federal trust fund established to accumulate and manage payroll tax revenues used to finance retirement benefits under the early U.S. Social Security system.
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D.
Khorumi
Khorumi is a dynamic Georgian war dance characterized by powerful, martial movements and formations that depict battle scenes and military pride.
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E.
Special Fund
The Special Fund was a United Nations program established to finance technical assistance and pre-investment activities in developing countries, later incorporated into the United Nations Development Programme.
- 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: Supplementary Reserve Target entity description: The Supplementary Reserve is a component of the Canadian Armed Forces made up of trained individuals who are not in active service but can be called up to augment the Regular and Primary Reserve forces when needed.
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A.
Contingent Reserve Arrangement
The Contingent Reserve Arrangement is a financial safety net established by BRICS countries to provide mutual support and liquidity during balance-of-payments and currency crises.
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B.
Latin American Reserve Fund
The Latin American Reserve Fund is a regional financial organization that provides balance-of-payments support and promotes monetary and financial stability among its Latin American member countries.
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C.
Old-Age Reserve Account
The Old-Age Reserve Account was a federal trust fund established to accumulate and manage payroll tax revenues used to finance retirement benefits under the early U.S. Social Security system.
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D.
Khorumi
Khorumi is a dynamic Georgian war dance characterized by powerful, martial movements and formations that depict battle scenes and military pride.
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E.
Special Fund
The Special Fund was a United Nations program established to finance technical assistance and pre-investment activities in developing countries, later incorporated into the United Nations Development Programme.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian Armed Forces sub-component
ⓘ
military reserve force ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Supp Res ⓘ |
| activationCondition |
national emergencies
ⓘ
operational requirements of Canadian Armed Forces ⓘ |
| administrativeControl | Director Military Careers Administration ⓘ |
| category | Reserve Force sub-component ⓘ |
| commandStructure | under authority of Chief of the Defence Staff ⓘ |
| composition | trained individuals not in active service ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| eligibility |
certain specialists with military skills
ⓘ
former Primary Reserve members ⓘ former Regular Force members ⓘ |
| function |
fill individual vacancies in units
ⓘ
provide pool of trained manpower ⓘ provide specialist skills not readily available in Regular or Primary Reserve ⓘ support mobilization ⓘ |
| governedBy |
National Defence Act
ⓘ
surface form:
Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces
|
| governingBody |
Department of National Defence
ⓘ
surface form:
Department of National Defence (Canada)
|
| historicalPrecursor | Canadian militia reserve lists ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
ⓘ
surface form:
federal Government of Canada
|
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
National Defence Act
ⓘ
surface form:
National Defence Act (Canada)
|
| membershipType | voluntary ⓘ |
| objective | retain access to trained former members without full-time cost ⓘ |
| obligation |
must maintain up-to-date contact information with Canadian Armed Forces
ⓘ
must respond to call-out notices subject to law ⓘ |
| partOf |
Canadian forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Armed Forces
Canadian Armed Forces Reserve Force ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Forces Reserve Force
|
| payStatus | unpaid when not on duty ⓘ |
| personnelSource |
released members of Primary Reserve
ⓘ
released members of Regular Force ⓘ |
| personnelStatus | may be released or transferred on request subject to regulations ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Canadian Rangers
ⓘ
Selected Reserve ⓘ
surface form:
Primary Reserve
Regular Force ⓘ |
| role |
augment Primary Reserve
ⓘ
augment Regular Force ⓘ provide trained personnel in emergencies ⓘ |
| scope | all military occupations ⓘ |
| serviceStatus |
liable for call-out when required
ⓘ
not on active duty ⓘ |
| status | active component of Reserve Force structure ⓘ |
| trainingRequirement | no regular annual training obligation ⓘ |
| typeOf | individual personnel pool rather than formed units ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Supplementary Reserve Description of subject: The Supplementary Reserve is a component of the Canadian Armed Forces made up of trained individuals who are not in active service but can be called up to augment the Regular and Primary Reserve forces when needed.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.