17th Infantry Regiment
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The 17th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army infantry unit with a lineage dating back to the 19th century, noted for its combat service in multiple major American wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 17th Infantry Regiment canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11850689 — 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: 17th Infantry Regiment Context triple: [7th Infantry Division, component, 17th Infantry Regiment]
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175th Infantry Regiment
The 175th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army infantry unit from Maryland that has served in major conflicts including the American Civil War, World War I, and World War II.
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B.
57th Infantry Regiment
The 57th Infantry Regiment was a renowned Ottoman military unit that fought with distinction during World War I, particularly in the Gallipoli Campaign.
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C.
11th Infantry Regiment
The 11th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army infantry unit known for its service in multiple major conflicts as part of larger divisions such as the 5th Infantry Division.
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D.
41st Infantry Regiment
The 41st Infantry Regiment was a post–Civil War U.S. Army African American unit composed of Black enlisted men and white officers, historically known as one of the Buffalo Soldier regiments.
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13th Infantry Regiment
The 13th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army infantry unit known for its service in multiple major conflicts, including the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and beyond.
- 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: 17th Infantry Regiment Target entity description: The 17th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army infantry unit with a lineage dating back to the 19th century, noted for its combat service in multiple major American wars.
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A.
175th Infantry Regiment
The 175th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army infantry unit from Maryland that has served in major conflicts including the American Civil War, World War I, and World War II.
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B.
57th Infantry Regiment
The 57th Infantry Regiment was a renowned Ottoman military unit that fought with distinction during World War I, particularly in the Gallipoli Campaign.
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C.
11th Infantry Regiment
The 11th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army infantry unit known for its service in multiple major conflicts as part of larger divisions such as the 5th Infantry Division.
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D.
41st Infantry Regiment
The 41st Infantry Regiment was a post–Civil War U.S. Army African American unit composed of Black enlisted men and white officers, historically known as one of the Buffalo Soldier regiments.
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E.
13th Infantry Regiment
The 13th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army infantry unit known for its service in multiple major conflicts, including the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army unit
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infantry regiment ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| branch | United States Army ⓘ |
| color | infantry blue ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Mexican–American War ⓘ Philippine–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish–American War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form:
War in Afghanistan
War of 1812 ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| decoration |
Presidential Unit Citation
NERFINISHED
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Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation NERFINISHED ⓘ Valorous Unit Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1812 ⓘ |
| garrisonLabel | Regimental headquarters ⓘ |
| hasInsignia |
Coat of arms of the 17th Infantry Regiment
NERFINISHED
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Distinctive unit insignia of the 17th Infantry Regiment ⓘ |
| hasPart |
1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment
NERFINISHED
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2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ 3rd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | U.S. Army Infantry Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motto | Truth and Courage ⓘ |
| nickname | Buffaloes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Battle of Cerro Gordo
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Chancellorsville NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Chapultepec NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Chippewa NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Churubusco NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fredericksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Inchon NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Lundy’s Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Molino del Rey NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Okinawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Pusan Perimeter NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of San Juan Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Santiago de Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Chosin Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ Meuse–Argonne Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ Tet Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | light infantry ⓘ |
| type | line infantry ⓘ |
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: 17th Infantry Regiment Description of subject: The 17th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army infantry unit with a lineage dating back to the 19th century, noted for its combat service in multiple major American wars.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
7th Infantry Division