Alma
E114637
Alma is a historic British Army battle honour commemorating the Battle of the Alma in the Crimean War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alma canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T965829 — 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: Alma Context triple: [Coldstream Guards, battleHonour, Alma]
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A.
Alma
Alma is a historic wooden scow schooner preserved as a museum ship in San Francisco, representing the city’s 19th- and early 20th-century maritime commerce.
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B.
Zella
Zella is an activewear and athleisure clothing brand known for its performance-focused yet stylish designs, sold at Nordstrom.
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C.
Alva
Alva is a small town in central Scotland situated at the foot of the Ochil Hills in Clackmannanshire.
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D.
Alva
Alva is the middle name of the famed American inventor Thomas Edison, often used as part of his full name, Thomas Alva Edison.
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E.
Dolores
Dolores is a historic town in Guanajuato, Mexico, best known as the place where Miguel Hidalgo launched the Mexican War of Independence with the Grito de Dolores in 1810.
- 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: Alma Target entity description: Alma is a historic British Army battle honour commemorating the Battle of the Alma in the Crimean War.
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A.
Alma
Alma is a historic wooden scow schooner preserved as a museum ship in San Francisco, representing the city’s 19th- and early 20th-century maritime commerce.
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B.
Zella
Zella is an activewear and athleisure clothing brand known for its performance-focused yet stylish designs, sold at Nordstrom.
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C.
Alva
Alva is a small town in central Scotland situated at the foot of the Ochil Hills in Clackmannanshire.
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D.
Alva
Alva is the middle name of the famed American inventor Thomas Edison, often used as part of his full name, Thomas Alva Edison.
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E.
Dolores
Dolores is a historic town in Guanajuato, Mexico, best known as the place where Miguel Hidalgo launched the Mexican War of Independence with the Grito de Dolores in 1810.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army battle honour
ⓘ
battle honour ⓘ |
| alliedForces |
British Empire
ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Second French Empire ⓘ
linked to:
Second Empire of France
|
| armedForce | British Army ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Crimean War battle honours ⓘ |
| awardedFor | participation in the Battle of the Alma ⓘ |
| category | Crimean War battle honours of the British Army ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Battle of the Alma
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Alma
|
| commemorationForm | textual battle honour ⓘ |
| conflict | Crimean War ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBattle | 20 September 1854 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasHeraldicUse | inscription on regimental colours and standards ⓘ |
| hasPartOfCampaign |
Crimean War campaign honours
ⓘ
linked to:
Medal of the Crimean War
|
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| locationOfBattle | near the Alma River, Crimea ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
cavalry regiments of the British Army
ⓘ
infantry regiments of the British Army ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Battle of the Alma
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Alma
|
| opponent | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| resultOfBattle | Allied victory ⓘ |
| theatreOfWar |
Crimean Peninsula
ⓘ
linked to:
Crimea
|
| typeOfEngagement | land battle ⓘ |
| usedIn |
regimental battle honours lists
ⓘ
regimental colours ⓘ |
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: Alma Description of subject: Alma is a historic British Army battle honour commemorating the Battle of the Alma in the Crimean War.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.