Permanent Force of the Canadian Army
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The Permanent Force of the Canadian Army was Canada’s small pre–First World War professional land force that formed the core of the country’s early standing army.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Permanent Active Militia of Canada | 1 |
| Permanent Force of the Canadian Army canonical | 1 |
| Regular Force of the Canadian Army | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1986468 — 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: Permanent Force of the Canadian Army Context triple: [Canadian Expeditionary Force, successor, Permanent Force of the Canadian Army]
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A.
Regiments of Canada
Regiments of Canada are military units within the Canadian Army that carry distinct histories, traditions, and regional identities while providing organized combat and support capabilities.
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B.
Canadian Forces Reorganization Act
The Canadian Forces Reorganization Act is the 1968 federal legislation that unified Canada’s separate army, navy, and air force into a single integrated military organization known as the Canadian Forces.
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C.
Canadian Railway Troops
The Canadian Railway Troops were specialized units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I responsible for constructing, operating, and maintaining military railways on the Western Front.
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D.
Household Division of the British Army
The Household Division of the British Army is an elite formation of regiments responsible for ceremonial duties and the protection of the British monarch, including high-profile state occasions in London.
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E.
National Defence Act
The National Defence Act is the primary Canadian federal statute that governs the organization, administration, and operation of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Department of National Defence.
- 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: Permanent Force of the Canadian Army Target entity description: The Permanent Force of the Canadian Army was Canada’s small pre–First World War professional land force that formed the core of the country’s early standing army.
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A.
Regiments of Canada
Regiments of Canada are military units within the Canadian Army that carry distinct histories, traditions, and regional identities while providing organized combat and support capabilities.
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B.
Canadian Forces Reorganization Act
The Canadian Forces Reorganization Act is the 1968 federal legislation that unified Canada’s separate army, navy, and air force into a single integrated military organization known as the Canadian Forces.
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C.
Canadian Railway Troops
The Canadian Railway Troops were specialized units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I responsible for constructing, operating, and maintaining military railways on the Western Front.
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D.
Household Division of the British Army
The Household Division of the British Army is an elite formation of regiments responsible for ceremonial duties and the protection of the British monarch, including high-profile state occasions in London.
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E.
National Defence Act
The National Defence Act is the primary Canadian federal statute that governs the organization, administration, and operation of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Department of National Defence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
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: Permanent Force of the Canadian Army Description of subject: The Permanent Force of the Canadian Army was Canada’s small pre–First World War professional land force that formed the core of the country’s early standing army.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
CEF
linked to: Permanent Force of the Canadian Army
linked to: Permanent Force of the Canadian Army