26th New York Cavalry
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The 26th New York Cavalry was a Union mounted regiment that served in the American Civil War, performing duties such as patrols, scouting, and security operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 26th New York Cavalry canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1869720 — 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: 26th New York Cavalry Context triple: [Garrett farm near Port Royal, Virginia, United States, eventParticipant, 26th New York Cavalry]
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A.
44th New York Infantry
The 44th New York Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its prominent role in the defense of key positions during major battles, including Gettysburg.
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B.
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry
The 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its crucial role in the defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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C.
26th Yankee Brigade
The 26th Yankee Brigade is a National Guard infantry brigade of the United States Army with historic roots in Massachusetts’ famed 26th "Yankee" Division.
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D.
26th Yankee Division
The 26th Yankee Division was a famed National Guard infantry division from New England that served with distinction in both World War I and World War II.
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E.
16th Michigan Infantry
The 16th Michigan Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its crucial role in the defense of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.
- 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: 26th New York Cavalry Target entity description: The 26th New York Cavalry was a Union mounted regiment that served in the American Civil War, performing duties such as patrols, scouting, and security operations.
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A.
44th New York Infantry
The 44th New York Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its prominent role in the defense of key positions during major battles, including Gettysburg.
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B.
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry
The 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its crucial role in the defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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C.
26th Yankee Brigade
The 26th Yankee Brigade is a National Guard infantry brigade of the United States Army with historic roots in Massachusetts’ famed 26th "Yankee" Division.
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D.
26th Yankee Division
The 26th Yankee Division was a famed National Guard infantry division from New England that served with distinction in both World War I and World War II.
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E.
16th Michigan Infantry
The 16th Michigan Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its crucial role in the defense of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War military unit
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Union Army cavalry regiment ⓘ |
| activity |
patrols
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scouting ⓘ security operations ⓘ |
| allegiance | Union ⓘ |
| branch |
Cavalry
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Union Army ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| duty | border defense ⓘ |
| equipment |
horses
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sabers ⓘ small arms ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 19th century ⓘ |
| militaryBranchType | volunteer cavalry ⓘ |
| militaryFunction |
area security
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reconnaissance ⓘ screening ⓘ |
| notableFor | service on the northern border during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| partOf | Union forces in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| role | mounted regiment ⓘ |
| service | Union Army defenses ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Northern frontier of the United States ⓘ |
| type | volunteer regiment ⓘ |
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: 26th New York Cavalry Description of subject: The 26th New York Cavalry was a Union mounted regiment that served in the American Civil War, performing duties such as patrols, scouting, and security operations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.