Irish Brigade (Union)
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The Irish Brigade (Union) was a famed Civil War infantry formation composed largely of Irish immigrants, renowned for its fierce fighting spirit and heavy casualties in major battles.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irish Brigade (Union) canonical | 4 |
| Irish Brigade | 1 |
| Irish Brigade (Union Army) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3079863 — 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: Irish Brigade (Union) Context triple: [Battle of Fredericksburg, hasParticipant, Irish Brigade (Union)]
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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.
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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C.
26th New York Cavalry
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Irish Brigade (Union) Target entity description: The Irish Brigade (Union) was a famed Civil War infantry formation composed largely of Irish immigrants, renowned for its fierce fighting spirit and heavy casualties in major battles.
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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.
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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C.
26th New York Cavalry
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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: Irish Brigade (Union) Description of subject: The Irish Brigade (Union) was a famed Civil War infantry formation composed largely of Irish immigrants, renowned for its fierce fighting spirit and heavy casualties in major battles.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Irish Brigade (Union)
linked to: Irish Brigade (Union)