I Corps
E178462
I Corps was a major British Army field formation that played key roles in both World Wars, particularly in early operations in France and Belgium.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Corps canonical | 4 |
| I Corps (World War II) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1443563 — 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: I Corps Context triple: [Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, notableCommand, I Corps]
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A.
I Corps
I Corps is a major U.S. Army corps-level headquarters responsible for commanding and coordinating large-scale land operations, with a primary focus on the Indo-Pacific region.
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B.
VI Corps
VI Corps was a major field corps of the United States Army that commanded multiple divisions in key campaigns, particularly during World War II.
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C.
VII Corps
VII Corps was a major U.S. Army formation in World War II, best known for leading the American landings on the Cotentin Peninsula during the Normandy invasion and subsequent campaigns in Western Europe.
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D.
II Corps (United States)
II Corps (United States) was a major U.S. Army field corps that played a significant role in World War II campaigns, particularly in North Africa and Italy.
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E.
30th Corps
The 30th Corps was a British Army corps-level formation that played a key role in North African campaigns during the Second World 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: I Corps Target entity description: I Corps was a major British Army field formation that played key roles in both World Wars, particularly in early operations in France and Belgium.
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A.
I Corps
I Corps is a major U.S. Army corps-level headquarters responsible for commanding and coordinating large-scale land operations, with a primary focus on the Indo-Pacific region.
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B.
VI Corps
VI Corps was a major field corps of the United States Army that commanded multiple divisions in key campaigns, particularly during World War II.
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C.
VII Corps
VII Corps was a major U.S. Army formation in World War II, best known for leading the American landings on the Cotentin Peninsula during the Normandy invasion and subsequent campaigns in Western Europe.
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D.
II Corps (United States)
II Corps (United States) was a major U.S. Army field corps that played a significant role in World War II campaigns, particularly in North Africa and Italy.
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E.
30th Corps
The 30th Corps was a British Army corps-level formation that played a key role in North African campaigns during the Second World War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | British Army corps ⓘ |
| alliance |
Allies of World War I
ⓘ
linked to:
Allied Powers of World War I
Allies of World War II ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | British I Corps ⓘ |
| branchType | field formation ⓘ |
| conflict |
First World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War I
Second World War ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| corpsNumber | I ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
early operations in France and Belgium during World War I
ⓘ
early operations in France and Belgium during World War II ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1914 ⓘ |
| garrison | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Douglas Haig
ⓘ
John Crocker ⓘ Michael Barker ⓘ |
| notableOperation |
Battle of France (1940)
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of France
Battle of Mons ⓘ Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ Battle of the Aisne (1914) ⓘ
linked to:
First Battle of the Aisne
Battle of the Somme ⓘ Dunkirk evacuation ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Dunkirk
First Battle of Ypres ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
defensive operations covering the Dunkirk perimeter
ⓘ
mobile operations during the 1914 retreat from Mons ⓘ |
| partOf | British Army ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | command and control of multiple divisions ⓘ |
| raisedFor | British Expeditionary Force ⓘ |
| role | field corps headquarters ⓘ |
| service |
World War I
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | British Expeditionary Force ⓘ |
| theatre |
Belgium
ⓘ
France ⓘ Western Front (World War I) ⓘ
linked to:
Western Front
Western Front (World War II) ⓘ
linked to:
Western Front
|
| type | field corps ⓘ |
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: I Corps Description of subject: I Corps was a major British Army field formation that played key roles in both World Wars, particularly in early operations in France and Belgium.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Monro
subject linked to:
Field Marshal Harold Alexander
linked to: I Corps