3/8
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3/8 is a U.S. Marine Corps infantry battalion known for its deployments in major conflicts and expeditionary operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 3/8 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11582572 — 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: 3/8 Context triple: [3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, nickname, 3/8]
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A.
2/8
2/8 is a battalion-sized infantry unit of the United States Marine Corps known for its combat deployments and role within the 8th Marine Regiment.
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B.
3/7
3/7 is a United States Marine Corps infantry battalion, formally known as the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, renowned for its combat deployments and role within the 1st Marine Division.
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C.
3/5
3/5 is a battalion of the United States Marine Corps known for its infantry combat role and distinguished service in multiple major conflicts.
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D.
1/8
1/8 is the abbreviated designation and common nickname for the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps.
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E.
3/1
3/1 is a battalion-sized infantry unit of the United States Marine Corps that is part of the 1st Marine Division.
- 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: 3/8 Target entity description: 3/8 is a U.S. Marine Corps infantry battalion known for its deployments in major conflicts and expeditionary operations.
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A.
2/8
2/8 is a battalion-sized infantry unit of the United States Marine Corps known for its combat deployments and role within the 8th Marine Regiment.
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B.
3/7
3/7 is a United States Marine Corps infantry battalion, formally known as the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, renowned for its combat deployments and role within the 1st Marine Division.
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C.
3/5
3/5 is a battalion of the United States Marine Corps known for its infantry combat role and distinguished service in multiple major conflicts.
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D.
1/8
1/8 is the abbreviated designation and common nickname for the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps.
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E.
3/1
3/1 is a battalion-sized infantry unit of the United States Marine Corps that is part of the 1st Marine Division.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Marine Corps unit
ⓘ
infantry battalion ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| basedIn | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn |
Battle of Okinawa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Saipan NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Tarawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Tinian NERFINISHED ⓘ Global War on Terrorism NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf War NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq War NERFINISHED ⓘ Lebanon peacekeeping operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Desert Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Desert Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Enduring Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Iraqi Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ War in Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| garrison | Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | 3/8 ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Fortes Fortuna Juvat ⓘ |
| hasNickname | America’s Battalion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubunitType |
headquarters and service company
ⓘ
rifle company ⓘ weapons company ⓘ |
| isBattalionOf | 8th Marine Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDeployable | true ⓘ |
| isElementOf | Marine Air-Ground Task Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| militaryRole | infantry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combat deployments in major conflicts
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expeditionary readiness ⓘ |
| partOf |
2nd Marine Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
8th Marine Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ II Marine Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| service | United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| size | battalion ⓘ |
| specialization |
amphibious assault
ⓘ
counterinsurgency operations ⓘ expeditionary operations ⓘ mechanized infantry operations ⓘ |
| translationOfMotto | Fortune Favors the Brave ⓘ |
| type | ground combat element ⓘ |
| typicalHigherEchelon | Marine Expeditionary Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: 3/8 Description of subject: 3/8 is a U.S. Marine Corps infantry battalion known for its deployments in major conflicts and expeditionary operations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.