2nd East Anglian Regiment
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The 2nd East Anglian Regiment was a British Army infantry regiment that existed briefly in the early 1960s before being merged into the Royal Anglian Regiment during a major reorganization of county regiments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2nd East Anglian Regiment canonical | 1 |
| 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester’s Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13152397 — 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 East Anglian Regiment Context triple: [Royal Anglian Regiment, formedByAmalgamationOf, 2nd East Anglian Regiment]
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A.
Suffolk Regiment
The Suffolk Regiment was a historic line infantry regiment of the British Army with a long service record in major conflicts from the 18th to the 20th century.
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B.
South Essex Regiment
The South Essex Regiment is a fictional British Army infantry regiment featured in Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe novels, serving as the main unit in which the protagonist Richard Sharpe fights during the Napoleonic Wars.
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C.
Essex Regiment
The Essex Regiment was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in the late 19th century and distinguished by its service in major conflicts including both World Wars.
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D.
9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot
The 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment with a long service history in the 18th and 19th centuries, later becoming part of the Norfolk Regiment.
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E.
2nd East Yorkshire Regiment
The 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment was a battalion of the British Army’s East Yorkshire Regiment, known for its service in major conflicts such as the First and Second World Wars.
- 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 East Anglian Regiment Target entity description: The 2nd East Anglian Regiment was a British Army infantry regiment that existed briefly in the early 1960s before being merged into the Royal Anglian Regiment during a major reorganization of county regiments.
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A.
Suffolk Regiment
The Suffolk Regiment was a historic line infantry regiment of the British Army with a long service record in major conflicts from the 18th to the 20th century.
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B.
South Essex Regiment
The South Essex Regiment is a fictional British Army infantry regiment featured in Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe novels, serving as the main unit in which the protagonist Richard Sharpe fights during the Napoleonic Wars.
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C.
Essex Regiment
The Essex Regiment was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in the late 19th century and distinguished by its service in major conflicts including both World Wars.
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D.
9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot
The 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment with a long service history in the 18th and 19th centuries, later becoming part of the Norfolk Regiment.
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E.
2nd East Yorkshire Regiment
The 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment was a battalion of the British Army’s East Yorkshire Regiment, known for its service in major conflicts such as the First and Second World Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British Army regiment
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infantry regiment ⓘ |
| activeDuringCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| activeInDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedWith | East Anglia ⓘ |
| branch | British Army ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| disbandedIn | 1964 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1964 ⓘ |
| fate | amalgamated ⓘ |
| formedByMergerOf | existing county regiments of the British Army ⓘ |
| formedDuring | reorganization of county regiments in the British Army ⓘ |
| garrisonRegion | East Anglia ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Royal Anglian Regiment ⓘ |
| militaryBranchType | land forces ⓘ |
| militaryRole | infantry ⓘ |
| namedAfterRegion | East Anglia ⓘ |
| partOf | British Army ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution | major reorganization of county regiments ⓘ |
| regimentalType | line infantry ⓘ |
| service | British Army ⓘ |
| shortLived | true ⓘ |
| startTime | early 1960s ⓘ |
| successor | Royal Anglian Regiment ⓘ |
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 East Anglian Regiment Description of subject: The 2nd East Anglian Regiment was a British Army infantry regiment that existed briefly in the early 1960s before being merged into the Royal Anglian Regiment during a major reorganization of county regiments.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Northamptonshire Regiment
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amalgamatedInto
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2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester’s Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)
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linked to: 2nd East Anglian Regiment