The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)
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The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) was a historic British Army cavalry regiment, famed for its distinctive grey horses and celebrated charges such as at the Battle of Waterloo.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) | 1 |
| Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons | 1 |
| Royal Scots Greys (historical predecessor) | 1 |
| Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) | 1 |
| The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6658706 — 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: The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) Context triple: [3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards), amalgamatedWith, The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)]
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The Queen’s Own Hussars
The Queen’s Own Hussars was a British Army cavalry regiment formed in 1958 that served in armoured and reconnaissance roles during the Cold War and various postwar deployments.
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King’s Royal Hussars
The King’s Royal Hussars is a British Army cavalry regiment renowned for its armoured warfare role and distinguished service in modern conflicts.
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C.
Queen’s Royal Hussars
The Queen’s Royal Hussars is a British Army cavalry regiment that serves as an armoured unit, operating main battle tanks and reconnaissance vehicles.
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D.
1st Dragoons (Royal Dragoons)
The 1st Dragoons (Royal Dragoons) was a historic British Army cavalry regiment that later became part of the Blues and Royals.
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E.
19th (Princess of Wales’s Own) Hussars
The 19th (Princess of Wales’s Own) Hussars was a British Army cavalry regiment of the 19th and early 20th centuries, noted for its service in colonial campaigns and the First World War.
- 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: The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) Target entity description: The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) was a historic British Army cavalry regiment, famed for its distinctive grey horses and celebrated charges such as at the Battle of Waterloo.
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A.
The Queen’s Own Hussars
The Queen’s Own Hussars was a British Army cavalry regiment formed in 1958 that served in armoured and reconnaissance roles during the Cold War and various postwar deployments.
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B.
King’s Royal Hussars
The King’s Royal Hussars is a British Army cavalry regiment renowned for its armoured warfare role and distinguished service in modern conflicts.
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C.
Queen’s Royal Hussars
The Queen’s Royal Hussars is a British Army cavalry regiment that serves as an armoured unit, operating main battle tanks and reconnaissance vehicles.
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D.
1st Dragoons (Royal Dragoons)
The 1st Dragoons (Royal Dragoons) was a historic British Army cavalry regiment that later became part of the Blues and Royals.
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E.
19th (Princess of Wales’s Own) Hussars
The 19th (Princess of Wales’s Own) Hussars was a British Army cavalry regiment of the 19th and early 20th centuries, noted for its service in colonial campaigns and the First World War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
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: The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) Description of subject: The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) was a historic British Army cavalry regiment, famed for its distinctive grey horses and celebrated charges such as at the Battle of Waterloo.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards)
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amalgamatedWith
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The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)
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Eagle and Star of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
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regimentalAssociation
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Royal Scots Greys (historical predecessor)
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linked to: The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)
linked to: The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)
linked to: The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)
linked to: The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)