2nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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The 2nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from New York that served in the American Civil War, participating in several major campaigns and battles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13246059 — 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: 2nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Context triple: [Joseph Bradford Carr, militaryUnit, 2nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment]
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A.
61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from New York that fought in major battles of the American Civil War, particularly with the Army of the Potomac.
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B.
48th New York Infantry Regiment
The 48th New York Infantry Regiment was a Union Army volunteer regiment from New York that fought in numerous key engagements of the American Civil War, particularly in the coastal operations around Charleston.
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C.
54th New York Infantry Regiment
The 54th New York Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from New York that served in the American Civil War, notably as part of the XI Corps of the Army of the Potomac.
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D.
15th New York National Guard Regiment
The 15th New York National Guard Regiment, better known as the Harlem Hellfighters, was a renowned African American infantry unit in World War I celebrated for its bravery and distinguished combat record despite facing racial discrimination.
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7th Regiment New York National Guard
The 7th Regiment New York National Guard was a historic New York City–based militia and later National Guard infantry unit renowned for its elite social status and prominent role in American military history from the 19th through the early 20th century.
- 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: 2nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Target entity description: The 2nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from New York that served in the American Civil War, participating in several major campaigns and battles.
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A.
61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from New York that fought in major battles of the American Civil War, particularly with the Army of the Potomac.
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B.
48th New York Infantry Regiment
The 48th New York Infantry Regiment was a Union Army volunteer regiment from New York that fought in numerous key engagements of the American Civil War, particularly in the coastal operations around Charleston.
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C.
54th New York Infantry Regiment
The 54th New York Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from New York that served in the American Civil War, notably as part of the XI Corps of the Army of the Potomac.
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D.
15th New York National Guard Regiment
The 15th New York National Guard Regiment, better known as the Harlem Hellfighters, was a renowned African American infantry unit in World War I celebrated for its bravery and distinguished combat record despite facing racial discrimination.
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E.
7th Regiment New York National Guard
The 7th Regiment New York National Guard was a historic New York City–based militia and later National Guard infantry unit renowned for its elite social status and prominent role in American military history from the 19th through the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War military unit
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Union Army regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ |
| allegiance | Union ⓘ |
| branch | Union Army ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | English ⓘ |
| locationFormed | New York ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | infantry ⓘ |
| notableType | volunteer regiment ⓘ |
| operatedIn | Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Antietam
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Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ Overland Campaign ⓘ Peninsula Campaign ⓘ Second Battle of Bull Run ⓘ Seven Days Battles ⓘ Siege of Petersburg ⓘ |
| partOf | Union volunteer forces ⓘ |
| raisedBy |
State of New York
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linked to:
New York State
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| role | line infantry ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Union ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: 2nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Description of subject: The 2nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from New York that served in the American Civil War, participating in several major campaigns and battles.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.