93rd Division (Provisional)
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The 93rd Division (Provisional) was a segregated African American U.S. Army division in World War I that included several notable Black combat regiments and served under French command on the Western Front.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 93rd Division (Provisional) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10679213 — 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: 93rd Division (Provisional) Context triple: [369th Infantry Regiment, partOf, 93rd Division (Provisional)]
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29th Division
The 29th Division was a British Army infantry division of the First World War, noted for its heavy involvement in major campaigns such as Gallipoli and the Western Front.
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77th Division
The 77th Division was a U.S. Army infantry division formed during World War I, known as the "Statue of Liberty Division" and composed largely of draftees from the New York City area.
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9th Division
The 9th Division was a military infantry division that formed part of Japan’s Northeastern Army during the early 20th century.
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9th Division
The 9th Division was a Finnish Army infantry division that gained distinction for its role in the Winter War, particularly in the fighting around Kuhmo against Soviet forces.
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90th Infantry Division
The 90th Infantry Division was a U.S. Army infantry formation that saw heavy combat in the European Theater during World War II, particularly in the Normandy campaign and subsequent operations across France and Germany.
- 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: 93rd Division (Provisional) Target entity description: The 93rd Division (Provisional) was a segregated African American U.S. Army division in World War I that included several notable Black combat regiments and served under French command on the Western Front.
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A.
29th Division
The 29th Division was a British Army infantry division of the First World War, noted for its heavy involvement in major campaigns such as Gallipoli and the Western Front.
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B.
77th Division
The 77th Division was a U.S. Army infantry division formed during World War I, known as the "Statue of Liberty Division" and composed largely of draftees from the New York City area.
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C.
9th Division
The 9th Division was a Finnish Army infantry division that gained distinction for its role in the Winter War, particularly in the fighting around Kuhmo against Soviet forces.
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D.
9th Division
The 9th Division was a military infantry division that formed part of Japan’s Northeastern Army during the early 20th century.
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E.
90th Infantry Division
The 90th Infantry Division was a U.S. Army infantry formation that saw heavy combat in the European Theater during World War II, particularly in the Normandy campaign and subsequent operations across France and Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American military unit
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United States Army division ⓘ segregated military unit ⓘ |
| alliance | Allied Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alliedWith | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| assignedTo | French Army corps ⓘ |
| branch | United States Army ⓘ |
| category |
African-American units and formations of the United States Army
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United States Army divisions of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combatRole | infantry ⓘ |
| commandStructure | American Expeditionary Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| formedDuring | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frontLineService | yes ⓘ |
| hasComponentUnit |
369th Infantry Regiment
NERFINISHED
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370th Infantry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ 371st Infantry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ 372nd Infantry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicComposition | primarily African American enlisted soldiers ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfCommand | English ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOperationalOrders | French ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the first large African American combat formations deployed overseas by the U.S. Army ⓘ |
| nickname | Harlem Hellfighters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nicknameOfUnit | 369th Infantry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
African American combat service on Western Front
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participation of segregated Black regiments in front-line combat ⓘ service under French command ⓘ |
| notableUnit |
369th Infantry Regiment
NERFINISHED
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371st Infantry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ 372nd Infantry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operationalStatus | provisional division ⓘ |
| partOf | United States forces in World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryOpposingForce | Imperial German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| racePolicyContext | Jim Crow era U.S. military segregation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| receivedDecorationsFrom | French government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| segregationPolicy | racially segregated African American division ⓘ |
| servedUnderCommandOf | French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater | Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | infantry division ⓘ |
| usedEquipmentOf | French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| woreUniformOf | United States Army 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: 93rd Division (Provisional) Description of subject: The 93rd Division (Provisional) was a segregated African American U.S. Army division in World War I that included several notable Black combat regiments and served under French command on the Western Front.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.