IX Corps
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IX Corps was a British Army corps-level formation that served in major campaigns during the First and Second World Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IX Corps canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6367358 — 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: IX Corps Context triple: [British First Army, subordinateUnit, IX Corps]
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A.
VI Corps
VI Corps was a major field corps of the United States Army that commanded multiple divisions in key campaigns, particularly during World War II.
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B.
X Corps
X Corps was a U.S. Army corps-level formation best known for its major role in the Korean War, including the Inchon landing and subsequent operations.
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C.
XI Corps
XI Corps is a major field formation of the Indian Army responsible for operational and defensive roles under the Southern Command.
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D.
I Corps
I Corps is a major field corps-level formation of the Republic of Korea Army responsible for operational command and control of multiple divisions.
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E.
I Corps
I Corps is a major U.S. Army corps-level headquarters responsible for commanding and coordinating large-scale land operations, with a primary focus on the Indo-Pacific region.
- 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: IX Corps Target entity description: IX Corps was a British Army corps-level formation that served in major campaigns during the First and Second World Wars.
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A.
VI Corps
VI Corps was a major field corps of the United States Army that commanded multiple divisions in key campaigns, particularly during World War II.
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B.
X Corps
X Corps was a U.S. Army corps-level formation best known for its major role in the Korean War, including the Inchon landing and subsequent operations.
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C.
XI Corps
XI Corps is a major field formation of the Indian Army responsible for operational and defensive roles under the Southern Command.
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D.
I Corps
I Corps is a major field corps-level formation of the Republic of Korea Army responsible for operational command and control of multiple divisions.
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E.
I Corps
I Corps is a major U.S. Army corps-level headquarters responsible for commanding and coordinating large-scale land operations, with a primary focus on the Indo-Pacific region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | British Army corps ⓘ |
| alliance |
Allies of World War I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Allies of World War II ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
21st Army Group
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| engagement |
Advance into Germany 1945
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Loos NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Messines 1917 NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Scheldt NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Somme NERFINISHED ⓘ Crossing of the Rhine 1945 NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Campaign of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Market Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhineland Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Battle of Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| formedIn | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrisonLabel | Headquarters ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | 9th Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryFunction | operational command of multiple divisions ⓘ |
| militaryRole | field corps ⓘ |
| militaryUnitSize | corps ⓘ |
| nickname | IX Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lieutenant-General John Crocker NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant-General Sir Ivor Maxse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
participation in major operations in North-West Europe in 1944–1945
ⓘ
service on the Western Front in World War I ⓘ |
| partOf | British Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | IX ⓘ |
| status | disbanded ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
First Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatreOfOperations |
Italian Front
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North-West Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | field formation ⓘ |
| usedIn |
World War I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedRomanNumeralDesignation | true ⓘ |
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: IX Corps Description of subject: IX Corps was a British Army corps-level formation that served in major campaigns during the First and Second World Wars.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.