25th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF
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The 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, recruited primarily from Nova Scotia and noted for its combat service on the Western Front.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10343388 — 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: 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF Context triple: [Battle of Courcelette, involvedUnit, 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF]
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48th Battalion (British Columbia), CEF
The 48th Battalion (British Columbia), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force raised in British Columbia for service in the First World War.
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46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF
The 46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, recruited primarily from Saskatchewan and later perpetuated by the Regina Rifle Regiment.
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22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, CEF
The 22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, CEF was a francophone infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I that became the foundation for the modern Royal 22e Régiment.
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42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF
The 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF was a Canadian Expeditionary Force infantry battalion of Scottish Highland tradition that served on the Western Front during the First World War and is now perpetuated by The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada.
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195th Battalion (City of Regina), CEF
The 195th Battalion (City of Regina), CEF was a Canadian Expeditionary Force infantry unit raised in Regina, Saskatchewan during the First World War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF Target entity description: The 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, recruited primarily from Nova Scotia and noted for its combat service on the Western Front.
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A.
48th Battalion (British Columbia), CEF
The 48th Battalion (British Columbia), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force raised in British Columbia for service in the First World War.
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B.
46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF
The 46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, recruited primarily from Saskatchewan and later perpetuated by the Regina Rifle Regiment.
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C.
22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, CEF
The 22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, CEF was a francophone infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I that became the foundation for the modern Royal 22e Régiment.
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D.
42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF
The 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF was a Canadian Expeditionary Force infantry battalion of Scottish Highland tradition that served on the Western Front during the First World War and is now perpetuated by The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada.
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E.
195th Battalion (City of Regina), CEF
The 195th Battalion (City of Regina), CEF was a Canadian Expeditionary Force infantry unit raised in Regina, Saskatchewan during the First World War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian Expeditionary Force battalion
ⓘ
infantry battalion ⓘ |
| allegiance | British Empire ⓘ |
| associatedConflict | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Nova Scotia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Canadian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
|
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| engagement | Western Front campaigns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1914–1918 ⓘ |
| force | Canadian Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Atlantic Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfRecruitment | Nova Scotia, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryFormationType | battalion ⓘ |
| notableFor | combat service on the Western Front ⓘ |
| partOf | Canadian Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| raisedBy | Canadian government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recruitmentArea | Nova Scotia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recruitmentBasis | voluntary enlistment ⓘ |
| role | infantry ⓘ |
| service | overseas service in Europe ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | land forces ⓘ |
| theatre | Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | First World War era ⓘ |
| typeOfUnit | line infantry unit ⓘ |
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: 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF Description of subject: The 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, recruited primarily from Nova Scotia and noted for its combat service on the Western Front.
Referenced by (1)
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