29th Regiment of Foot
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The 29th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment active during the 18th and early 19th centuries, noted for its service in North America and involvement in the events leading up to the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 29th Regiment of Foot canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6663713 — 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: 29th Regiment of Foot Context triple: [Hugh Montgomery (British Army officer, died 1780), regiment, 29th Regiment of Foot]
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52nd Regiment of Foot
The 52nd Regiment of Foot was a distinguished light infantry regiment of the British Army, renowned for its role in the Napoleonic Wars and its association with Sir John Moore’s reforms.
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42nd Regiment of Foot
The 42nd Regiment of Foot, later known as the Black Watch, was a famed Scottish Highland infantry regiment of the British Army distinguished for its service in numerous 18th- and 19th-century conflicts.
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C.
24th Regiment of Foot
The 24th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment, later known as the South Wales Borderers, famed for its heroic defense during the Anglo-Zulu War.
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D.
49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot
The 49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment with origins in the 18th century that later became part of the Royal Berkshire Regiment.
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E.
51st Regiment of Foot
The 51st Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century campaigns, including the Napoleonic Wars, before later becoming part of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
- 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: 29th Regiment of Foot Target entity description: The 29th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment active during the 18th and early 19th centuries, noted for its service in North America and involvement in the events leading up to the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
52nd Regiment of Foot
The 52nd Regiment of Foot was a distinguished light infantry regiment of the British Army, renowned for its role in the Napoleonic Wars and its association with Sir John Moore’s reforms.
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B.
42nd Regiment of Foot
The 42nd Regiment of Foot, later known as the Black Watch, was a famed Scottish Highland infantry regiment of the British Army distinguished for its service in numerous 18th- and 19th-century conflicts.
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C.
24th Regiment of Foot
The 24th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment, later known as the South Wales Borderers, famed for its heroic defense during the Anglo-Zulu War.
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D.
49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot
The 49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment with origins in the 18th century that later became part of the Royal Berkshire Regiment.
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E.
51st Regiment of Foot
The 51st Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century campaigns, including the Napoleonic Wars, before later becoming part of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army regiment
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infantry regiment ⓘ |
| activeDuringCentury |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
| allegiance | British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | British Army ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| disbandedOrAmalgamated | amalgamated into the Worcestershire Regiment ⓘ |
| era |
Napoleonic era
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ |
| garrisonLocation | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOfActivity |
British Isles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranchRole | infantry ⓘ |
| militaryUnitType | line infantry ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableConflict |
American Revolutionary War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French and Indian War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEventInvolvement | Boston Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTheaterOfWar | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notedFor |
involvement in events leading up to the American Revolutionary War
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service in North America ⓘ |
| roleInBostonMassacre | fired on civilians during confrontation on 5 March 1770 ⓘ |
| serviceBranchRole | line infantry in British Army ⓘ |
| successorUnit | Worcestershire Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | military unit ⓘ |
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: 29th Regiment of Foot Description of subject: The 29th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment active during the 18th and early 19th centuries, noted for its service in North America and involvement in the events leading up to the American Revolutionary War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hugh Montgomery (British Army officer, died 1780)