18th Army
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The 18th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, participating in major operations in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 18th Army canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7700413 — 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: 18th Army Context triple: [4th Ukrainian Front, hadComponent, 18th Army]
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A.
18th Army
The 18th Army was a field army of Nazi Germany’s Wehrmacht that fought primarily on the Eastern Front during World War II, notably in the siege and blockade of Leningrad.
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B.
13th Army
The 13th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, notably in the early defensive battles against the German invasion.
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C.
16th Army
The 16th Army was a major field army of the Soviet Red Army that played significant roles in key Eastern Front operations during World War II.
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D.
16th Army
The 16th Army was a field army of the German Wehrmacht that fought primarily on the Eastern Front during World War II, notably in the northern sector including the siege of Leningrad.
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E.
Japanese 18th Army
The Japanese 18th Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation that fought primarily in New Guinea, where it suffered heavy losses in prolonged jungle campaigns against Allied forces.
- 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: 18th Army Target entity description: The 18th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, participating in major operations in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
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A.
18th Army
The 18th Army was a field army of Nazi Germany’s Wehrmacht that fought primarily on the Eastern Front during World War II, notably in the siege and blockade of Leningrad.
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B.
13th Army
The 13th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, notably in the early defensive battles against the German invasion.
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C.
16th Army
The 16th Army was a major field army of the Soviet Red Army that played significant roles in key Eastern Front operations during World War II.
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D.
16th Army
The 16th Army was a field army of the German Wehrmacht that fought primarily on the Eastern Front during World War II, notably in the northern sector including the siege of Leningrad.
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E.
Japanese 18th Army
The Japanese 18th Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation that fought primarily in New Guinea, where it suffered heavy losses in prolonged jungle campaigns against Allied forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | field army ⓘ |
| activeDuring |
1941
ⓘ
1942 ⓘ 1943 ⓘ 1944 ⓘ 1945 ⓘ |
| allegiance | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Soviet Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Eastern Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Front (World War II)
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| engagedAgainst |
Axis powers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1941 ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | land forces ⓘ |
| notableFor | participation in major Eastern Front operations ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Balkan Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
operations in Eastern Europe
ⓘ
operations in the Balkans ⓘ |
| partOf |
Red Army
ⓘ
Soviet Ground Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | front-line combat formation ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Soviet High Command (Stavka) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater |
Balkans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Front ⓘ |
| type | combined arms army ⓘ |
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: 18th Army Description of subject: The 18th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, participating in major operations in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.