Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
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The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 2006 through the amalgamation of several historic North West England regiments and known as the “Lions of England.”
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Duke of Lancaster Regiment | 1 |
| Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment canonical | 1 |
| The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment | 1 |
| The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment (King’s, Lancashire and Border) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12936429 — 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: Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment Context triple: [King's Regiment, hasSuccessor, Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment]
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King's Regiment
The King's Regiment was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army, known for its long service history and participation in major conflicts from the 17th to the 21st century.
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Royal Hampshire Regiment
The Royal Hampshire Regiment was a historic line infantry regiment of the British Army with origins dating back to the 18th century, known for its distinguished service in numerous major conflicts before its amalgamation in the early 1990s.
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C.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles is a military rifle regiment historically associated with the British Army and named in honor of the Duke of Edinburgh.
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Queen's Regiment
The Queen's Regiment was a major infantry regiment of the British Army formed in the 1960s, primarily recruiting from southeast England and later amalgamated into the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.
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E.
Duke of Cambridge's Own
Duke of Cambridge's Own was the honorary title of the British Army cavalry regiment officially known as the 17th Lancers, famed for its role in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean 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: Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment Target entity description: The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 2006 through the amalgamation of several historic North West England regiments and known as the “Lions of England.”
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A.
King's Regiment
The King's Regiment was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army, known for its long service history and participation in major conflicts from the 17th to the 21st century.
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B.
Royal Hampshire Regiment
The Royal Hampshire Regiment was a historic line infantry regiment of the British Army with origins dating back to the 18th century, known for its distinguished service in numerous major conflicts before its amalgamation in the early 1990s.
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C.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles is a military rifle regiment historically associated with the British Army and named in honor of the Duke of Edinburgh.
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D.
Queen's Regiment
The Queen's Regiment was a major infantry regiment of the British Army formed in the 1960s, primarily recruiting from southeast England and later amalgamated into the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.
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E.
Duke of Cambridge's Own
Duke of Cambridge's Own was the honorary title of the British Army cavalry regiment officially known as the 17th Lancers, famed for its role in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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: Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment Description of subject: The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 2006 through the amalgamation of several historic North West England regiments and known as the “Lions of England.”
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
linked to: Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
The Loyal Eddies
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hasRegimentalAlliance
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The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment (King’s, Lancashire and Border)
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linked to: Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment