164th Infantry
E946175
The 164th Infantry is a historic U.S. Army infantry regiment best known for its distinguished combat service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, particularly on Guadalcanal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 164th Infantry canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11778973 — 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: 164th Infantry Context triple: [164th Infantry Regiment (US Army), nickname, 164th Infantry]
-
A.
116th Infantry Regiment
The 116th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army National Guard infantry unit best known for its prominent role in the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach during World War II.
-
B.
41st Infantry Regiment
The 41st Infantry Regiment was a post–Civil War U.S. Army African American unit composed of Black enlisted men and white officers, historically known as one of the Buffalo Soldier regiments.
-
C.
175th Infantry Regiment
The 175th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army infantry unit from Maryland that has served in major conflicts including the American Civil War, World War I, and World War II.
-
D.
369th Infantry Regiment
The 369th Infantry Regiment, famously known as the "Harlem Hellfighters," was an African American unit in World War I renowned for its bravery and distinguished combat record while serving under French command.
-
E.
317th Infantry Regiment
The 317th Infantry Regiment is a U.S. Army infantry unit best known for its service in World War I and World War II as part of the 80th Infantry 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: 164th Infantry Target entity description: The 164th Infantry is a historic U.S. Army infantry regiment best known for its distinguished combat service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, particularly on Guadalcanal.
-
A.
116th Infantry Regiment
The 116th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army National Guard infantry unit best known for its prominent role in the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach during World War II.
-
B.
41st Infantry Regiment
The 41st Infantry Regiment was a post–Civil War U.S. Army African American unit composed of Black enlisted men and white officers, historically known as one of the Buffalo Soldier regiments.
-
C.
175th Infantry Regiment
The 175th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army infantry unit from Maryland that has served in major conflicts including the American Civil War, World War I, and World War II.
-
D.
369th Infantry Regiment
The 369th Infantry Regiment, famously known as the "Harlem Hellfighters," was an African American unit in World War I renowned for its bravery and distinguished combat record while serving under French command.
-
E.
317th Infantry Regiment
The 317th Infantry Regiment is a U.S. Army infantry unit best known for its service in World War I and World War II as part of the 80th Infantry Division.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army unit
ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| alliedWith | 1st Marine Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Presidential Unit Citation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardedFor | actions on Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| branch | United States Army ⓘ |
| campaign |
Guadalcanal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Solomons NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| componentOf | Americal Division (23rd Infantry Division) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| cooperatedWith | United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateArrivedGuadalcanal | 1942-10-13 ⓘ |
| distinction | first U.S. Army regiment to reinforce U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| garrison | North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | 164th Marines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle for Henderson Field
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guadalcanal Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | distinguished combat service in the Pacific during World War II ⓘ |
| partOf |
34th Infantry Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Americal Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMachineGun | Browning Automatic Rifle GENERATED ⓘ |
| primaryWeapon | M1 Garand rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| raisedFrom | North Dakota Army National Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | infantry ⓘ |
| serviceBranchDuringWWII | U.S. Army infantry ⓘ |
| status | historic unit ⓘ |
| theater | Pacific Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | line infantry ⓘ |
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: 164th Infantry Description of subject: The 164th Infantry is a historic U.S. Army infantry regiment best known for its distinguished combat service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, particularly on Guadalcanal.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.