British 27th Division
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The British 27th Division was a First World War infantry division of the British Army that saw significant action on the Western Front, including during the Second Battle of Ypres.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| British 27th Division canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10540099 — 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: British 27th Division Context triple: [Battle of Frezenberg, involves, British 27th Division]
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British 5th Division
The British 5th Division was a key infantry formation of the British Army that saw distinguished service in major campaigns such as the Napoleonic Wars and both World Wars.
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43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
The 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division was a British Army formation composed largely of troops from southwest England that saw significant combat service in Northwest Europe during the Second World War.
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British 3rd Division
The British 3rd Division was a distinguished infantry formation of the British Army, renowned for its pivotal role in the Napoleonic Wars under commanders such as Sir Thomas Picton.
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3rd British Infantry Division
The 3rd British Infantry Division was a key British Army formation in World War II, renowned for spearheading the D-Day landings in Normandy and sustaining continuous combat operations in Northwest Europe.
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E.
British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
The British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division was a distinguished infantry formation of the British Army that saw extensive combat in the Second World War, including key roles in the North African campaign, Sicily, and the Normandy landings.
- 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: British 27th Division Target entity description: The British 27th Division was a First World War infantry division of the British Army that saw significant action on the Western Front, including during the Second Battle of Ypres.
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A.
British 5th Division
The British 5th Division was a key infantry formation of the British Army that saw distinguished service in major campaigns such as the Napoleonic Wars and both World Wars.
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B.
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
The 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division was a British Army formation composed largely of troops from southwest England that saw significant combat service in Northwest Europe during the Second World War.
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C.
British 3rd Division
The British 3rd Division was a distinguished infantry formation of the British Army, renowned for its pivotal role in the Napoleonic Wars under commanders such as Sir Thomas Picton.
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D.
3rd British Infantry Division
The 3rd British Infantry Division was a key British Army formation in World War II, renowned for spearheading the D-Day landings in Normandy and sustaining continuous combat operations in Northwest Europe.
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E.
British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
The British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division was a distinguished infantry formation of the British Army that saw extensive combat in the Second World War, including key roles in the North African campaign, Sicily, and the Normandy landings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army division
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First World War military unit ⓘ infantry division ⓘ |
| alliance | Allied Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Loos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of St Eloi NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Battle of Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| branch | infantry ⓘ |
| composition |
80th Brigade
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
81st Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ 82nd Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| disbanded | post-First World War ⓘ |
| engagementType | trench warfare ⓘ |
| era | 1914–1918 ⓘ |
| formed | late 1914 ⓘ |
| front | Ypres salient NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrisonOrMobilizationArea | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| higherCommand | British Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedUnit |
1/1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
1/4th Battalion, King’s (Liverpool Regiment) NERFINISHED ⓘ 1/4th Battalion, King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) NERFINISHED ⓘ 1/4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers NERFINISHED ⓘ 2nd Battalion, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders NERFINISHED ⓘ 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers NERFINISHED ⓘ 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ divisional artillery ⓘ divisional engineers ⓘ divisional medical units ⓘ divisional signals company ⓘ divisional train, Army Service Corps ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Major-General G. F. Milne
NERFINISHED
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Major-General T. D’Oyly Snow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEngagement | defence against German gas attacks at Second Battle of Ypres ⓘ |
| notableFor | heavy casualties on the Western Front ⓘ |
| opposedForce | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | British Army ⓘ |
| raisedFrom | Regular Army battalions returned from overseas garrisons ⓘ |
| role | front-line infantry operations ⓘ |
| size | division ⓘ |
| theatreOfOperations | Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: British 27th Division Description of subject: The British 27th Division was a First World War infantry division of the British Army that saw significant action on the Western Front, including during the Second Battle of Ypres.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.