103rd Battalion (Victoria, B.C.), CEF
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The 103rd Battalion (Victoria, B.C.), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force raised in British Columbia during the First World War, whose lineage is now carried on by The Canadian Scottish Regiment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 103rd Battalion (Victoria, B.C.), CEF canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7751884 — 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: 103rd Battalion (Victoria, B.C.), CEF Context triple: [Canadian Scottish Regiment, perpetuates, 103rd Battalion (Victoria, B.C.), CEF]
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A.
195th Battalion (City of Regina), CEF
The 195th Battalion (City of Regina), CEF was a Canadian Expeditionary Force infantry unit raised in Regina, Saskatchewan during the First World War.
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B.
3rd Regiment Victoria Rifles of Canada
The 3rd Regiment Victoria Rifles of Canada was a historic Canadian militia infantry unit based in Montreal that later became part of the lineage of the Royal Montreal Regiment.
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C.
190th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
The 190th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force was an infantry unit raised in Canada during the First World War that contributed recruits to the Canadian war effort overseas.
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D.
144th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
The 144th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force was an infantry unit raised in Canada during the First World War that contributed soldiers to the Canadian war effort overseas and is now perpetuated by the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.
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E.
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion (CEF)
The 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion (CEF) was a Canadian Expeditionary Force unit of mounted infantry that served on the Western Front during the First World War before being converted to an infantry battalion.
- 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: 103rd Battalion (Victoria, B.C.), CEF Target entity description: The 103rd Battalion (Victoria, B.C.), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force raised in British Columbia during the First World War, whose lineage is now carried on by The Canadian Scottish Regiment.
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A.
195th Battalion (City of Regina), CEF
The 195th Battalion (City of Regina), CEF was a Canadian Expeditionary Force infantry unit raised in Regina, Saskatchewan during the First World War.
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B.
3rd Regiment Victoria Rifles of Canada
The 3rd Regiment Victoria Rifles of Canada was a historic Canadian militia infantry unit based in Montreal that later became part of the lineage of the Royal Montreal Regiment.
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C.
190th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
The 190th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force was an infantry unit raised in Canada during the First World War that contributed recruits to the Canadian war effort overseas.
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D.
144th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
The 144th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force was an infantry unit raised in Canada during the First World War that contributed soldiers to the Canadian war effort overseas and is now perpetuated by the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.
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E.
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion (CEF)
The 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion (CEF) was a Canadian Expeditionary Force unit of mounted infantry that served on the Western Front during the First World War before being converted to an infantry battalion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | infantry battalion ⓘ |
| allegiance | British Crown ⓘ |
| associatedCity | Victoria, British Columbia ⓘ |
| associatedProvince | British Columbia ⓘ |
| branch | Canadian Army ⓘ |
| category | Battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ |
| conflict |
First World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War I
|
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| era | 1914–1918 ⓘ |
| garrison | Victoria, British Columbia ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
First World War era
ⓘ
linked to:
World War I
|
| lineageCarriedBy | The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) ⓘ |
| militaryFormationOf | Canada ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| notableFor | service in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War ⓘ |
| partOf | Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ |
| perpetuatedBy | The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) ⓘ |
| raisedIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Victoria, British Columbia ⓘ |
| role | infantry ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Land forces of Canada ⓘ |
| successorUnit | The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) ⓘ |
| theatreOfOperations |
First World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War I
|
| type | infantry ⓘ |
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: 103rd Battalion (Victoria, B.C.), CEF Description of subject: The 103rd Battalion (Victoria, B.C.), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force raised in British Columbia during the First World War, whose lineage is now carried on by The Canadian Scottish Regiment.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.