German IX Corps
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German IX Corps was a formation of the Imperial German Army that fought on the Western Front during World War I, notably participating in early battles such as the 1914 campaign in France.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| German IX Corps canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10087524 — 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: German IX Corps Context triple: [Battle of Le Cateau, involvedUnit, German IX Corps]
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A.
German LXXXIV Corps
German LXXXIV Corps was a Wehrmacht army corps that fought on the Western Front during World War II, notably involved in the defense against the Allied Normandy landings.
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B.
German XVI Motorized Corps
The German XVI Motorized Corps was a fast-moving Wehrmacht formation composed largely of motorized and armored units that played a key role in the early Blitzkrieg campaigns of World War II.
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C.
German Nineteenth Army
The German Nineteenth Army was a Wehrmacht field army that fought primarily on the Western Front during World War II, notably in the later defensive campaigns in France and Germany.
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D.
German Ninth Army
The German Ninth Army was a field army of the Wehrmacht that fought primarily on the Eastern Front during World War II, notably defending against major Soviet offensives.
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E.
German 9th Army
The German 9th Army was a field army of the Imperial German Army in World War I, notable for its operations on the Eastern Front against Russian 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: German IX Corps Target entity description: German IX Corps was a formation of the Imperial German Army that fought on the Western Front during World War I, notably participating in early battles such as the 1914 campaign in France.
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A.
German LXXXIV Corps
German LXXXIV Corps was a Wehrmacht army corps that fought on the Western Front during World War II, notably involved in the defense against the Allied Normandy landings.
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B.
German XVI Motorized Corps
The German XVI Motorized Corps was a fast-moving Wehrmacht formation composed largely of motorized and armored units that played a key role in the early Blitzkrieg campaigns of World War II.
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C.
German Nineteenth Army
The German Nineteenth Army was a Wehrmacht field army that fought primarily on the Western Front during World War II, notably in the later defensive campaigns in France and Germany.
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D.
German Ninth Army
The German Ninth Army was a field army of the Wehrmacht that fought primarily on the Eastern Front during World War II, notably defending against major Soviet offensives.
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E.
German 9th Army
The German 9th Army was a field army of the Imperial German Army in World War I, notable for its operations on the Eastern Front against Russian forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
army corps
ⓘ
military unit ⓘ |
| activeDuring | World War I ⓘ |
| alliance | Central Powers ⓘ |
| belligerent | Germany ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| country | German Empire ⓘ |
| engagedIn | offensive operations in France in 1914 ⓘ |
| era |
World War I era
ⓘ
linked to:
World War I
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| front | Western Front ⓘ |
| hasRole | combat formation ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| locationCountry | German Empire ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | German Army ⓘ |
| notableFor | operations on the Western Front in 1914 ⓘ |
| operatedIn | Western Front ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
1914 campaign in France
ⓘ
early battles of World War I on the Western Front ⓘ |
| partOf | Imperial German Army ⓘ |
| service | Imperial German Army ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
German Army high command
ⓘ
linked to:
OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
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| theatreOfOperations |
Belgium
ⓘ
France ⓘ |
| typeOfUnit | corps-level formation ⓘ |
| usedBy | German Empire ⓘ |
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: German IX Corps Description of subject: German IX Corps was a formation of the Imperial German Army that fought on the Western Front during World War I, notably participating in early battles such as the 1914 campaign in France.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.