15th Infantry Regiment
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The 15th Infantry Regiment was a German Army unit in which future Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus served during his early military career.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 15th Infantry Regiment canonical | 2 |
| 15. Infanterie-Regiment | 1 |
| 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T748975 — 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: 15th Infantry Regiment Context triple: [Friedrich Paulus, servedIn, 15th Infantry Regiment]
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A.
1st Infantry Regiment
The 1st Infantry Regiment is one of the oldest and most prestigious units of the French Army, with a long history of participation in major French military campaigns.
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B.
United States 2nd Infantry Division
The United States 2nd Infantry Division is a U.S. Army formation renowned for its combat service in major 20th-century conflicts, including World Wars I and II and the Korean War.
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C.
U.S. 45th Infantry Division
The U.S. 45th Infantry Division was a National Guard infantry division of the United States Army that saw extensive combat in World War II, including participation in major European campaigns and the liberation of Nazi concentration camps.
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D.
28th Infantry Division
The 28th Infantry Division is a historic U.S. Army National Guard formation, known as the "Keystone Division," that has served in major conflicts including both World Wars and beyond.
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E.
3rd Infantry Division
The 3rd Infantry Division is a major U.S. Army combat formation renowned for its distinguished service in multiple conflicts, including both World Wars, the Korean War, and the Iraq War.
- 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: 15th Infantry Regiment Target entity description: The 15th Infantry Regiment was a German Army unit in which future Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus served during his early military career.
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A.
1st Infantry Regiment
The 1st Infantry Regiment is one of the oldest and most prestigious units of the French Army, with a long history of participation in major French military campaigns.
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B.
United States 2nd Infantry Division
The United States 2nd Infantry Division is a U.S. Army formation renowned for its combat service in major 20th-century conflicts, including World Wars I and II and the Korean War.
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C.
U.S. 45th Infantry Division
The U.S. 45th Infantry Division was a National Guard infantry division of the United States Army that saw extensive combat in World War II, including participation in major European campaigns and the liberation of Nazi concentration camps.
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D.
28th Infantry Division
The 28th Infantry Division is a historic U.S. Army National Guard formation, known as the "Keystone Division," that has served in major conflicts including both World Wars and beyond.
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E.
3rd Infantry Division
The 3rd Infantry Division is a major U.S. Army combat formation renowned for its distinguished service in multiple conflicts, including both World Wars, the Korean War, and the Iraq War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
infantry regiment
ⓘ
military unit ⓘ |
| associatedWith | German military history ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| country | German Empire ⓘ |
| garrisonCountry | German Empire ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
15. Infanterie-Regiment
ⓘ
linked to:
15th Infantry Regiment
|
| hasDesignation | 15th Infantry Regiment ⓘ |
| hasNotableAlumnus | Friedrich Paulus ⓘ |
| hasRankStructure | officers and enlisted men ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | disbanded unit ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | German ⓘ |
| militaryBranchOf | land forces ⓘ |
| militaryRole | infantry ⓘ |
| notableMember | Friedrich Paulus ⓘ |
| operatedBy | German Army ⓘ |
| partOf | Imperial German Army ⓘ |
| servedIn | German Army ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Army ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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: 15th Infantry Regiment Description of subject: The 15th Infantry Regiment was a German Army unit in which future Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus served during his early military career.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: 15th Infantry Regiment
linked to: 15th Infantry Regiment