85th Regiment (2nd iteration)
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The 85th Regiment (2nd iteration) was a Canadian militia infantry unit that served as a predecessor to the Royal Montreal Regiment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 85th Regiment | 1 |
| 85th Regiment (2nd iteration) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7487622 — 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: 85th Regiment (2nd iteration) Context triple: [Royal Montreal Regiment, hasPredecessor, 85th Regiment (2nd iteration)]
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A.
95th Rifles
The 95th Rifles was an elite British light infantry regiment of the Napoleonic Wars, famed for its green uniforms, use of rifles instead of muskets, and service under commanders such as Sir John Moore and the Duke of Wellington.
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B.
115th Infantry Regiment
The 115th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army infantry regiment best known for its service in World War I and World War II as part of the 29th Infantry Division.
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C.
7th Regiment New York National Guard
The 7th Regiment New York National Guard was a historic New York City–based militia and later National Guard infantry unit renowned for its elite social status and prominent role in American military history from the 19th through the early 20th century.
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D.
75th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
The 75th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment was a Union Army unit in the American Civil War composed largely of German-American volunteers that fought in major Eastern Theater battles, including Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
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E.
57th Infantry Regiment
The 57th Infantry Regiment was a renowned Ottoman military unit that fought with distinction during World War I, particularly in the Gallipoli Campaign.
- 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: 85th Regiment (2nd iteration) Target entity description: The 85th Regiment (2nd iteration) was a Canadian militia infantry unit that served as a predecessor to the Royal Montreal Regiment.
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A.
95th Rifles
The 95th Rifles was an elite British light infantry regiment of the Napoleonic Wars, famed for its green uniforms, use of rifles instead of muskets, and service under commanders such as Sir John Moore and the Duke of Wellington.
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B.
115th Infantry Regiment
The 115th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army infantry regiment best known for its service in World War I and World War II as part of the 29th Infantry Division.
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C.
7th Regiment New York National Guard
The 7th Regiment New York National Guard was a historic New York City–based militia and later National Guard infantry unit renowned for its elite social status and prominent role in American military history from the 19th through the early 20th century.
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D.
75th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
The 75th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment was a Union Army unit in the American Civil War composed largely of German-American volunteers that fought in major Eastern Theater battles, including Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
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E.
57th Infantry Regiment
The 57th Infantry Regiment was a renowned Ottoman military unit that fought with distinction during World War I, particularly in the Gallipoli Campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (12)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian militia unit
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militia infantry regiment ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| garrison | Montreal, Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor | The Royal Montreal Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | English ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Canadian Militia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRole | infantry ⓘ |
| partOf | Non-Permanent Active Militia of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | The Royal Montreal Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: 85th Regiment (2nd iteration) Description of subject: The 85th Regiment (2nd iteration) was a Canadian militia infantry unit that served as a predecessor to the Royal Montreal Regiment.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
85th Regiment