31st Infantry Division
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The 31st Infantry Division was a German Army infantry formation of World War II that took part in early campaigns such as the invasion of Poland.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 31st Infantry Division canonical | 3 |
| 31st Division | 1 |
| 31st Infantry Division (United States) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1299014 — 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: 31st Infantry Division Context triple: [Battle of Mokra, germanUnit, 31st Infantry Division]
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A.
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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B.
U.S. 30th Infantry Division
The U.S. 30th Infantry Division was a highly regarded American Army unit in World War II, noted for its key defensive and offensive roles in the European Theater, including during the Normandy campaign and subsequent operations in France and Germany.
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C.
82nd Infantry Division
The 82nd Infantry Division is a famed U.S. Army formation best known for its World War II service as the 82nd Airborne Division, a pioneering and highly decorated airborne unit.
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D.
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.
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E.
3rd Infantry Division
The 3rd Infantry Division is a historic British Army formation renowned for its front-line service in major conflicts including both World Wars and beyond.
- 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: 31st Infantry Division Target entity description: The 31st Infantry Division was a German Army infantry formation of World War II that took part in early campaigns such as the invasion of Poland.
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A.
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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B.
U.S. 30th Infantry Division
The U.S. 30th Infantry Division was a highly regarded American Army unit in World War II, noted for its key defensive and offensive roles in the European Theater, including during the Normandy campaign and subsequent operations in France and Germany.
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C.
82nd Infantry Division
The 82nd Infantry Division is a famed U.S. Army formation best known for its World War II service as the 82nd Airborne Division, a pioneering and highly decorated airborne unit.
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D.
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.
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E.
3rd Infantry Division
The 3rd Infantry Division is a historic British Army formation renowned for its front-line service in major conflicts including both World Wars and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | German Army infantry division ⓘ |
| allegiance | Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| branch | Heer ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| disbandedIn | 1944 ⓘ |
| engagedAgainst |
French Army
ⓘ
Polish Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to:
Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland
Soviet Red Army ⓘ
linked to:
Red Army
|
| formedIn | 1936 ⓘ |
| garrison | Braunschweig ⓘ |
| militaryRole | infantry ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Hans-Karl von Scheele
ⓘ
Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld ⓘ Rudolf Kaempfe ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
France
ⓘ
Poland ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
German invasion of France in 1940
ⓘ
German invasion of Poland in 1939 ⓘ
linked to:
Invasion of Poland
|
| partOf | German Army ⓘ |
| reformedAs | 31st Volksgrenadier Division ⓘ |
| size | division ⓘ |
| theater | European theatre of World War II ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Battle of France
ⓘ
Eastern Front ⓘ Invasion of Poland ⓘ Operation Barbarossa ⓘ |
| type | Wehrmacht infantry division ⓘ |
| usedEquipment | German standard infantry weapons of World War II ⓘ |
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: 31st Infantry Division Description of subject: The 31st Infantry Division was a German Army infantry formation of World War II that took part in early campaigns such as the invasion of Poland.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: 31st Infantry Division
linked to: 31st Infantry Division