The Old Guard

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U.S. Army unit infantry regiment

The Old Guard is the U.S. Army’s oldest active-duty infantry regiment, best known for its ceremonial duties in the Washington, D.C. area and its role as the official escort to the president.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Old Guard canonical	5
the Old Guard team	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2226989 — 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: The Old Guard
Context triple: [3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), nickname, The Old Guard]

A. The Old Guard
The Old Guard is a 2020 action-fantasy film about a covert team of immortal mercenaries, based on the comic book series by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández and starring Charlize Theron.
B. Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare was the informal nickname for Britain’s covert World War II organization that coordinated sabotage, espionage, and other unconventional operations against the Axis powers.
C. New Guard
The New Guard is the incoming contingent of soldiers that ceremonially marches to Buckingham Palace to relieve the Old Guard during the Changing of the Guard.
D. Logan
Logan is a 2017 superhero film in the X-Men franchise that follows an aging Wolverine on a violent, character-driven road journey in a bleak near-future.
E. Logan
Logan is a small city in southern West Virginia that serves as a local hub for the surrounding coal-mining region.
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: The Old Guard
Target entity description: The Old Guard is the U.S. Army’s oldest active-duty infantry regiment, best known for its ceremonial duties in the Washington, D.C. area and its role as the official escort to the president.

A. The Old Guard
The Old Guard is a 2020 action-fantasy film about a covert team of immortal mercenaries, based on the comic book series by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández and starring Charlize Theron.
B. Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare was the informal nickname for Britain’s covert World War II organization that coordinated sabotage, espionage, and other unconventional operations against the Axis powers.
C. New Guard
The New Guard is the incoming contingent of soldiers that ceremonially marches to Buckingham Palace to relieve the Old Guard during the Changing of the Guard.
D. Logan
Logan is a 2017 superhero film in the X-Men franchise that follows an aging Wolverine on a violent, character-driven road journey in a bleak near-future.
E. Logan
Logan is a small city in southern West Virginia that serves as a local hub for the surrounding coal-mining region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Army unit ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ
allegiance	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
basedNear	Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
ceremonialFunction	representing the U.S. Army at official ceremonies in the National Capital Region ⓘ
colors	blue ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ
commandStructure	U.S. Army Military District of Washington ⓘ linked to: United States Army Military District of Washington
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateEstablished	1784 ⓘ
duty	conducting military reviews and ceremonies at the White House ⓘ conducting wreath-laying ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ providing casket teams and firing parties for funerals ⓘ providing honor guards for visiting dignitaries ⓘ
engagement	American Civil War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Mexican–American War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ War of 1812 ⓘ World War II ⓘ
garrison	Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. ⓘ linked to: Fort McNair Fort Myer, Virginia ⓘ Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall ⓘ
hasHonor	perpetual guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ
hasSubUnit	Caisson Platoon ⓘ Commander-in-Chief’s Guard (Company A, 4th Battalion) ⓘ Tomb Guard Platoon (3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard) ⓘ linked to: 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) U.S. Army Drill Team ⓘ linked to: United States Army Drill Team
isOldestActiveDutyInfantryRegimentIn	United States Army ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
motto	Noli Me Tangere ⓘ
nickname	The Old Guard ⓘ
notableFor	ceremonial duties in the Washington, D.C. area ⓘ conducting military funerals at Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ participation in presidential inaugurations ⓘ participation in state funerals ⓘ
officialName	3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment ⓘ linked to: 3rd Infantry Regiment (United States)
partOf	Military District of Washington ⓘ linked to: United States Army Military District of Washington
primaryCeremonialArea	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
role	ceremonial unit ⓘ infantry ⓘ official escort to the President of the United States ⓘ
service	active duty ⓘ
type	light infantry ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) → nickname → The Old Guard ⓘ

Touch Me Not → mottoOf → The Old Guard ⓘ

Caisson Platoon → partOf → The Old Guard ⓘ

United States Army Drill Team → associatedWith → The Old Guard ⓘ

3rd Infantry Regiment (United States) → nickname → The Old Guard ⓘ

Joe → memberOf → the Old Guard team ⓘ

linked to: The Old Guard

Joe → loyalTo → the Old Guard team ⓘ