Yugoslav Army
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The Yugoslav Army was the federal military force of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, central to the country's defense and involved in major conflicts during the 1990s Balkan wars.
All labels observed (14)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T660551 — 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: Yugoslav Army Context triple: [Kosovo War, mainBelligerent, Yugoslav Army]
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A.
Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia were the unified military forces of the Yugoslav monarchy that defended the state and its interests between World War I and World War II.
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B.
Royal Yugoslav Army
The Royal Yugoslav Army was the land warfare branch of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia’s armed forces, active until its rapid defeat and disbandment during the Axis invasion in World War II.
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C.
Yugoslav Partisans
The Yugoslav Partisans were a communist-led resistance movement in World War II that fought against Axis occupation and local collaborators across Yugoslavia, eventually emerging as the core of the postwar Yugoslav state.
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D.
Croatian Armed Forces
The Croatian Armed Forces are the unified military organization of the Republic of Croatia, responsible for national defense and participation in international peacekeeping and security operations.
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E.
Bulgarian People's Army
The Bulgarian People's Army was the communist-era military force of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, which notably participated alongside other Warsaw Pact troops in the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia to suppress the Prague Spring.
- 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: Yugoslav Army Target entity description: The Yugoslav Army was the federal military force of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, central to the country's defense and involved in major conflicts during the 1990s Balkan wars.
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A.
Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia were the unified military forces of the Yugoslav monarchy that defended the state and its interests between World War I and World War II.
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B.
Royal Yugoslav Army
The Royal Yugoslav Army was the land warfare branch of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia’s armed forces, active until its rapid defeat and disbandment during the Axis invasion in World War II.
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C.
Yugoslav Partisans
The Yugoslav Partisans were a communist-led resistance movement in World War II that fought against Axis occupation and local collaborators across Yugoslavia, eventually emerging as the core of the postwar Yugoslav state.
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D.
Croatian Armed Forces
The Croatian Armed Forces are the unified military organization of the Republic of Croatia, responsible for national defense and participation in international peacekeeping and security operations.
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E.
Bulgarian People's Army
The Bulgarian People's Army was the communist-era military force of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, which notably participated alongside other Warsaw Pact troops in the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia to suppress the Prague Spring.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed forces
ⓘ
military organization ⓘ national army ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Yugoslavia
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
|
| commanderInChief | President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| conflict |
Bosnian War
ⓘ
Croatian War of Independence ⓘ Insurgency in the Preševo Valley ⓘ Kosovo War ⓘ NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| country |
Yugoslavia
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
State Union of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ
surface form:
Serbia and Montenegro
|
| doctrine |
territorial defense
ⓘ
total national defense ⓘ |
| endTime | 2003 ⓘ |
| equipment |
2K12 Kub surface-to-air missile system
ⓘ
surface form:
Kub air defense system
M-84 main battle tank ⓘ Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 ⓘ
surface form:
MiG-21 fighter aircraft
MiG-29 ⓘ
surface form:
MiG-29 fighter aircraft
S-125 Neva/Pechora surface-to-air missile system ⓘ
surface form:
S-125 Neva air defense system
T-55 tank ⓘ |
| garrison | Belgrade ⓘ |
| hasPart |
1st Army
ⓘ
2nd Army ⓘ 3rd Army ⓘ Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ
surface form:
Air Force and Air Defence of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Navy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Belgrade ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Yugoslav Wars ⓘ |
| language | Serbian ⓘ |
| legalForm | federal armed forces ⓘ |
| militaryRankStructure | Yugoslav military ranks ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Yugoslav Army
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Vojska Jugoslavije
|
| notableCommander |
Dragoljub Ojdanić
ⓘ
Momčilo Perišić ⓘ Nebojša Pavković ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Kosovo
ⓘ
Montenegro ⓘ Serbia ⓘ |
| partOf |
Yugoslav Army
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
|
| predecessor |
People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia
ⓘ
surface form:
Yugoslav People’s Army
|
| reorganizedAs |
Yugoslav Army
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Army of Serbia and Montenegro
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| serviceBranch |
air defense forces
ⓘ
air force ⓘ ground forces ⓘ river flotilla ⓘ |
| shortName | VJ ⓘ |
| startTime | 1992 ⓘ |
| subsequentName |
Yugoslav Army
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro
|
| usedBy |
Yugoslavia
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
|
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: Yugoslav Army Description of subject: The Yugoslav Army was the federal military force of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, central to the country's defense and involved in major conflicts during the 1990s Balkan wars.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia armed forces
this entity surface form:
Yugoslav security forces
this entity surface form:
Vojska Jugoslavije
this entity surface form:
Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro
this entity surface form:
Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
this entity surface form:
Army of Serbia and Montenegro
this entity surface form:
Yugoslav People’s Army
this entity surface form:
Army of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
this entity surface form:
federal armed forces of Yugoslavia
subject surface form:
Yugoslav People’s Army
this entity surface form:
Army of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
subject surface form:
Svetozar Marjanović
subject surface form:
Svetozar Marjanović
this entity surface form:
Army of Yugoslavia
this entity surface form:
Vojska Jugoslavije
this entity surface form:
Vojska Jugoslavije (VJ)
this entity surface form:
Yugoslav security forces
this entity surface form:
Army of Yugoslavia
this entity surface form:
Army of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
this entity surface form:
Yugoslav military establishment
subject surface form:
3rd Army (Yugoslav Army)
this entity surface form:
General Staff of the Yugoslav Army