Old Guard
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The Old Guard is the contingent of soldiers currently on duty at Buckingham Palace that is ceremonially relieved and replaced during the Changing of the Guard.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Guard canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T828757 — 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: Old Guard Context triple: [Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, hasPart, Old Guard]
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A.
Volturi
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B.
Spartiate
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C.
The Five
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D.
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E.
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- 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: Old Guard Target entity description: The Old Guard is the contingent of soldiers currently on duty at Buckingham Palace that is ceremonially relieved and replaced during the Changing of the Guard.
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A.
Volturi
The Volturi are a powerful and authoritarian coven of ancient vampires who act as the ruling elite and enforcers of law in the Twilight universe.
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B.
Spartiate
Spartiate was a 74-gun French ship of the line captured by the British at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 and subsequently commissioned into the Royal Navy.
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C.
The Five
The Five is a Fox News Channel weekday panel show where five co-hosts discuss current news, politics, and pop culture from a generally conservative perspective.
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D.
Centurion
Centurion is a rapidly growing urban area in South Africa situated between Pretoria and Johannesburg, known for its residential suburbs, business hubs, and large shopping centers.
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E.
Scarlet Knight
Scarlet Knight is the armored medieval knight mascot representing Rutgers University's athletic teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ceremonial guard
ⓘ
military unit ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British Army
ⓘ
British monarchy ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Captain of the Guard ⓘ |
| composedOf | soldiers on duty at Buckingham Palace ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| eventFrequency | regularly according to ceremonial schedule ⓘ |
| follows | military protocol ⓘ |
| guardedSite | Buckingham Palace forecourt ⓘ |
| guardType | palace guard ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Guard at Buckingham Palace
|
| hasCharacteristic |
ceremonial
ⓘ
on-duty contingent ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
ceremonial guard duty
ⓘ
guarding Buckingham Palace ⓘ |
| hasOppositeRole | New Guard ⓘ |
| isRelievedBy | New Guard ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | Buckingham Palace ⓘ |
| notableFor | participation in Changing of the Guard ceremony ⓘ |
| observes | ceremonial tradition ⓘ |
| partOf |
Foot Guards
ⓘ
Household Division ⓘ |
| performs |
marching drill
ⓘ
sentry duty ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | Changing of the Guard ⓘ |
| timeOfRelief | during the Changing of the Guard ceremony ⓘ |
| wearsUniform |
bearskin cap
ⓘ
red tunic ⓘ |
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: Old Guard Description of subject: The Old Guard is the contingent of soldiers currently on duty at Buckingham Palace that is ceremonially relieved and replaced during the Changing of the Guard.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.