11th Tank Battalion
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The 11th Tank Battalion was an armored unit that served as a key tank formation within the U.S. Army’s 10th Armored Division during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 11th Tank Battalion canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10711450 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 11th Tank Battalion Context triple: [10th Armored Division, component, 11th Tank Battalion]
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37th Tank Battalion
The 37th Tank Battalion was a U.S. Army armored battalion that served as a key combat unit in World War II, notably distinguished for its role in General Patton’s Third Army operations in Europe.
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68th Tank Battalion
The 68th Tank Battalion was a U.S. Army armored battalion that served as a key combat unit during World War II and the early Cold War era.
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69th Tank Battalion
The 69th Tank Battalion was a U.S. Army armored unit that served as a key tank battalion within the 6th Armored Division during World War II.
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D.
35th Tank Battalion
The 35th Tank Battalion was a U.S. Army armored battalion that served as a key combat unit in World War II, notably as part of General Patton’s Third Army in the European Theater.
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E.
1st Tank Battalion
The 1st Tank Battalion is a United States Marine Corps armored unit historically equipped with main battle tanks and known for its combat service in major conflicts such as World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 11th Tank Battalion Target entity description: The 11th Tank Battalion was an armored unit that served as a key tank formation within the U.S. Army’s 10th Armored Division during World War II.
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A.
37th Tank Battalion
The 37th Tank Battalion was a U.S. Army armored battalion that served as a key combat unit in World War II, notably distinguished for its role in General Patton’s Third Army operations in Europe.
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B.
68th Tank Battalion
The 68th Tank Battalion was a U.S. Army armored battalion that served as a key combat unit during World War II and the early Cold War era.
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C.
69th Tank Battalion
The 69th Tank Battalion was a U.S. Army armored unit that served as a key tank battalion within the 6th Armored Division during World War II.
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D.
35th Tank Battalion
The 35th Tank Battalion was a U.S. Army armored battalion that served as a key combat unit in World War II, notably as part of General Patton’s Third Army in the European Theater.
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E.
1st Tank Battalion
The 1st Tank Battalion is a United States Marine Corps armored unit historically equipped with main battle tanks and known for its combat service in major conflicts such as World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armored unit
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tank battalion ⓘ |
| alliance | Allies of World War II ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Allied Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchType | armored troops ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
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surface form:
World War II era
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| garrisonCountry | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEquipmentType |
armored fighting vehicles
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tanks ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryFormationSize | battalion ⓘ |
| notableFor | service in the European Theater of Operations ⓘ |
| parentUnit | 10th Armored Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | U.S. Army armored operations in Europe ⓘ |
| partOf | 10th Armored Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
armored warfare
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tank formation ⓘ |
| service | United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | U.S. Army Armor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | U.S. Army Armored Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater | European Theater of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | armored battalion ⓘ |
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: 11th Tank Battalion Description of subject: The 11th Tank Battalion was an armored unit that served as a key tank formation within the U.S. Army’s 10th Armored Division during World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.