All American patch of the 82nd Airborne Division
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The All American patch of the 82nd Airborne Division is the iconic shoulder insignia featuring a blue-bordered red square with the white letters “AA,” symbolizing the division’s “All American” nickname and heritage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 82nd Airborne Division shoulder sleeve insignia | 1 |
| All American patch of the 82nd Airborne Division canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7174719 — 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: All American patch of the 82nd Airborne Division Context triple: [3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, insignia, All American patch of the 82nd Airborne Division]
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A.
U.S. Army distinctive unit insignia
U.S. Army distinctive unit insignia are small metal heraldic emblems worn by soldiers to represent and identify their specific regiment, battalion, or similar unit.
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B.
Air Assault Badge
The Air Assault Badge is a U.S. Army qualification badge awarded to soldiers who complete rigorous training in helicopter-borne assault operations, including aircraft insertion, sling-load operations, and rappelling.
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C.
Indianhead shoulder sleeve insignia
The Indianhead shoulder sleeve insignia is the iconic Native American–profile patch worn by soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 2nd Infantry Division.
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D.
U.S. Army branch insignia system
The U.S. Army branch insignia system is the standardized set of distinctive metal emblems worn on uniforms to identify a soldier’s specific branch or functional area within the Army.
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E.
United States Army flag
The United States Army flag is the official banner of the U.S. Army, featuring its emblem on a white field above a scroll inscribed with "United States Army" and the year of its establishment, 1775.
- 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: All American patch of the 82nd Airborne Division Target entity description: The All American patch of the 82nd Airborne Division is the iconic shoulder insignia featuring a blue-bordered red square with the white letters “AA,” symbolizing the division’s “All American” nickname and heritage.
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A.
U.S. Army distinctive unit insignia
U.S. Army distinctive unit insignia are small metal heraldic emblems worn by soldiers to represent and identify their specific regiment, battalion, or similar unit.
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B.
Air Assault Badge
The Air Assault Badge is a U.S. Army qualification badge awarded to soldiers who complete rigorous training in helicopter-borne assault operations, including aircraft insertion, sling-load operations, and rappelling.
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C.
Indianhead shoulder sleeve insignia
The Indianhead shoulder sleeve insignia is the iconic Native American–profile patch worn by soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 2nd Infantry Division.
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D.
U.S. Army branch insignia system
The U.S. Army branch insignia system is the standardized set of distinctive metal emblems worn on uniforms to identify a soldier’s specific branch or functional area within the Army.
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E.
United States Army flag
The United States Army flag is the official banner of the U.S. Army, featuring its emblem on a white field above a scroll inscribed with "United States Army" and the year of its establishment, 1775.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Army insignia
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formation sign ⓘ military shoulder sleeve insignia ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps
NERFINISHED
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World War II service of the 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ airborne forces ⓘ infantry division ⓘ |
| category | shoulder sleeve insignia of U.S. Army divisions ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresLetters | AA ⓘ |
| function |
heritage emblem
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morale symbol ⓘ unit identification ⓘ |
| hasBorderColor | blue ⓘ |
| hasDesignElement |
blue border
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red square field ⓘ white AA monogram ⓘ |
| hasFieldColor | red ⓘ |
| hasLetterColor | white ⓘ |
| hasNickname | All American patch ⓘ |
| hasShape | square ⓘ |
| isIconicFor | 82nd Airborne Division identity ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
U.S. Army heraldry
NERFINISHED
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U.S. military insignia system ⓘ |
| letterMeaning | All American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | cloth ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | U.S. Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
82nd Infantry Division origins
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All American Division nickname ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
All American nickname
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American national character ⓘ heritage of the 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ unit pride ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
| usedBy |
82nd Airborne Division
NERFINISHED
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United States Army ⓘ |
| usedIn |
combat uniforms
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dress uniforms ⓘ field uniforms ⓘ |
| visualContrast | red field with white letters and blue border ⓘ |
| wornBy |
paratroopers
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soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ |
| wornOn | left shoulder sleeve ⓘ |
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: All American patch of the 82nd Airborne Division Description of subject: The All American patch of the 82nd Airborne Division is the iconic shoulder insignia featuring a blue-bordered red square with the white letters “AA,” symbolizing the division’s “All American” nickname and heritage.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
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insignia
→
All American patch of the 82nd Airborne Division
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U.S. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
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associatedWith
→
All American patch of the 82nd Airborne Division
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subject surface form:
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
this entity surface form:
82nd Airborne Division shoulder sleeve insignia