Federal Army
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The Federal Army, more commonly known as the Union Army, was the land force that fought for the Northern states of the United States during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Army canonical | 2 |
| United States Army (Civil War era) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2845609 — 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: Federal Army Context triple: [Union Army, alsoKnownAs, Federal Army]
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A.
Army Corps
Army Corps is a major operational-level military formation typically composed of multiple divisions and supporting units, responsible for coordinating large-scale ground combat operations.
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B.
First United States Army
The First United States Army is a major field army formation of the U.S. Army that played a key role in European operations during World War II, including the Battle of the Bulge.
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C.
Western Army
The Western Army is a regional command of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force responsible for land defense and operations in Japan’s southwestern areas.
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D.
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army was the land warfare force of the secessionist Southern states during the American Civil War, known for figures like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
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E.
Northeastern Army
The Northeastern Army is a regional command of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force responsible for land defense and disaster response in Japan’s northeastern area.
- 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: Federal Army Target entity description: The Federal Army, more commonly known as the Union Army, was the land force that fought for the Northern states of the United States during the American Civil War.
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A.
Army Corps
Army Corps is a major operational-level military formation typically composed of multiple divisions and supporting units, responsible for coordinating large-scale ground combat operations.
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B.
First United States Army
The First United States Army is a major field army formation of the U.S. Army that played a key role in European operations during World War II, including the Battle of the Bulge.
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C.
Western Army
The Western Army is a regional command of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force responsible for land defense and operations in Japan’s southwestern areas.
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D.
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army was the land warfare force of the secessionist Southern states during the American Civil War, known for figures like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
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E.
Northeastern Army
The Northeastern Army is a regional command of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force responsible for land defense and disaster response in Japan’s northeastern area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
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: Federal Army Description of subject: The Federal Army, more commonly known as the Union Army, was the land force that fought for the Northern states of the United States during the American Civil War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Federal Army