Army of Republika Srpska
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The Army of Republika Srpska was the Bosnian Serb military force that conducted major operations during the Bosnian War, known for its role in ethnic cleansing and the Srebrenica genocide.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1422043 — 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: Army of Republika Srpska Context triple: [Yugoslav Wars, mainBelligerent, Army of Republika Srpska]
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Yugoslav Army
The Yugoslav Army was the federal military force of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, central to the country's defense and involved in major conflicts during the 1990s Balkan wars.
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B.
Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the official military force of the internationally recognized Bosnian government during the Bosnian War, composed largely of Bosniak troops defending the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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C.
Kosovo Force
The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international peacekeeping mission established in 1999 to provide security and stability in Kosovo following the Kosovo War.
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D.
Croatian Armed Forces
The Croatian Armed Forces are the unified military organization of the Republic of Croatia, responsible for national defense and participation in international peacekeeping and security operations.
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E.
Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia were the unified military forces of the Yugoslav monarchy that defended the state and its interests between World War I and World War II.
- 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: Army of Republika Srpska Target entity description: The Army of Republika Srpska was the Bosnian Serb military force that conducted major operations during the Bosnian War, known for its role in ethnic cleansing and the Srebrenica genocide.
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A.
Yugoslav Army
The Yugoslav Army was the federal military force of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, central to the country's defense and involved in major conflicts during the 1990s Balkan wars.
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B.
Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the official military force of the internationally recognized Bosnian government during the Bosnian War, composed largely of Bosniak troops defending the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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C.
Kosovo Force
The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international peacekeeping mission established in 1999 to provide security and stability in Kosovo following the Kosovo War.
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D.
Croatian Armed Forces
The Croatian Armed Forces are the unified military organization of the Republic of Croatia, responsible for national defense and participation in international peacekeeping and security operations.
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E.
Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia were the unified military forces of the Yugoslav monarchy that defended the state and its interests between World War I and World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed force
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military organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | VRS ⓘ |
| accusedOf |
ethnic cleansing of Bosniak and Croat civilians
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forcible displacement ⓘ mass killings ⓘ sexual violence as a weapon of war ⓘ systematic persecution of non-Serb population ⓘ unlawful detention and camps ⓘ |
| activeFrom | 1992 ⓘ |
| activeUntil | 2006 ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Radovan Karadžić
ⓘ
surface form:
Bosnian Serb leadership
Republika Srpska ⓘ |
| conflict | Bosnian War ⓘ |
| country | Republika Srpska ⓘ |
| disbandedAs | separate entity in 2006 ⓘ |
| disbandmentReason | defense reform and unification of armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ |
| foundGuiltyInRelationTo |
crimes against humanity
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genocide at Srebrenica ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| foundingContext | breakup of Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| headquarters |
Banja Luka
ⓘ
Pale ⓘ |
| ideology | Bosnian Serb nationalism ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Army of Republika Srpska
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Vojska Republike Srpske
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| notableCommander |
Dragomir Milošević
ⓘ
Momir Talić ⓘ Ratko Mladić ⓘ Stanislav Galić ⓘ |
| operation |
Banja Luka region operations
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Foča ethnic cleansing ⓘ Operation Corridor 92 ⓘ Prijedor ethnic cleansing ⓘ Siege of Sarajevo ⓘ Srebrenica offensive of July 1995 ⓘ Višegrad ethnic cleansing ⓘ |
| partOf |
Army of Republika Srpska
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Armed Forces of Republika Srpska
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| predecessor |
Territorial Defense of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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surface form:
Territorial Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb-controlled units)
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| primaryOpponents |
Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Croatian Defence Council ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia as party to the conflict ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
Srebrenica genocide
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massacre of more than 7,000 Bosniak men and boys at Srebrenica in July 1995 ⓘ prolonged shelling and sniping of Sarajevo civilians ⓘ |
| role |
ethnic cleansing operations
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ground warfare ⓘ siege warfare ⓘ |
| subjectTo | indictments of senior officers by the ICTY ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
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surface form:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
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| supremeCommander | Radovan Karadžić ⓘ |
| usedReligionInMobilization | Serbian Orthodox Christianity ⓘ |
| usedSymbol |
Serbian tricolour flag
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surface form:
Serbian tricolor flag with coat of arms of Republika Srpska
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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: Army of Republika Srpska Description of subject: The Army of Republika Srpska was the Bosnian Serb military force that conducted major operations during the Bosnian War, known for its role in ethnic cleansing and the Srebrenica genocide.
Referenced by (25)
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this entity surface form:
Bosnian Serb forces
this entity surface form:
Bosnian Serb forces
this entity surface form:
Drina Corps of the Army of Republika Srpska
this entity surface form:
Bosnian Serb forces
this entity surface form:
Armed Forces of Republika Srpska
this entity surface form:
Vojska Republike Srpske
this entity surface form:
Bosnian Serb forces
this entity surface form:
Bosnian Serb forces
this entity surface form:
Republika Srpska forces
this entity surface form:
Army of Republika Srpska general staff
this entity surface form:
Bosnian Serb forces
this entity surface form:
Bosnian Serb Army