Free State forces
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Free State forces were the pro-Treaty military units that supported the establishment of the Irish Free State and fought against anti-Treaty republicans during the Irish Civil War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Free State Army | 3 |
| Free State forces canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2931502 — 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: Free State forces Context triple: [Pro-Treaty forces, alsoKnownAs, Free State forces]
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A.
Confederate States militia
The Confederate States militia comprised state-organized military forces that supported the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, handling local defense, conscription enforcement, and internal security.
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B.
Pennsylvania militia
The Pennsylvania militia was a colonial-era citizen-soldier force that provided local defense and support to the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Illinois militia
The Illinois militia was a state military force in the early 19th century that organized and deployed volunteer soldiers for frontier defense and conflicts such as the Black Hawk War.
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D.
South Carolina militia
The South Carolina militia was a colonial-era military force composed of local settlers that played a key role in regional conflicts and frontier defense in what is now the U.S. state of South Carolina.
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E.
Kentucky militia
The Kentucky militia was a volunteer military force from the U.S. state of Kentucky that played a notable role in early 19th-century American conflicts, including the War of 1812.
- 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: Free State forces Target entity description: Free State forces were the pro-Treaty military units that supported the establishment of the Irish Free State and fought against anti-Treaty republicans during the Irish Civil War.
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A.
Confederate States militia
The Confederate States militia comprised state-organized military forces that supported the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, handling local defense, conscription enforcement, and internal security.
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B.
Pennsylvania militia
The Pennsylvania militia was a colonial-era citizen-soldier force that provided local defense and support to the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Illinois militia
The Illinois militia was a state military force in the early 19th century that organized and deployed volunteer soldiers for frontier defense and conflicts such as the Black Hawk War.
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D.
South Carolina militia
The South Carolina militia was a colonial-era military force composed of local settlers that played a key role in regional conflicts and frontier defense in what is now the U.S. state of South Carolina.
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E.
Kentucky militia
The Kentucky militia was a volunteer military force from the U.S. state of Kentucky that played a notable role in early 19th-century American conflicts, including the War of 1812.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Free State forces Description of subject: Free State forces were the pro-Treaty military units that supported the establishment of the Irish Free State and fought against anti-Treaty republicans during the Irish Civil War.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Free State Army
subject surface form:
National Army (Irish Free State)
this entity surface form:
Free State Army
this entity surface form:
Free State Army