National Army of the Irish Free State

Target entity: National Army of the Irish Free State
Context triple: [Irish Civil War, belligerent, National Army of the Irish Free State]

• A. Irish Free State
  The Irish Free State was a self-governing dominion of the British Commonwealth established in 1922 that marked Ireland’s transition from British rule toward full independence as the modern Republic of Ireland.
• B. Volunteer Army
  The Volunteer Army was a major anti-Bolshevik White force in southern Russia during the Russian Civil War, composed largely of officers and volunteers and led by generals such as Anton Denikin.
• C. Ulster Volunteer Force
  The Ulster Volunteer Force is a loyalist paramilitary organization in Northern Ireland known for its violent campaign against Irish republicanism during the Troubles.
• D. Staatse leger
  Staatse leger was the standing army of the Dutch Republic, central to its military campaigns and defense during the Eighty Years' War and the Dutch Golden Age.
• E. Irish Civil War
  The Irish Civil War was a 1922–1923 conflict between pro- and anti-Treaty forces in Ireland that followed independence from Britain and shaped the country’s subsequent political landscape.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: National Army of the Irish Free State
Target entity description: The National Army of the Irish Free State was the pro-Treaty military force that served as the official army of the newly established Irish Free State in the early 1920s.

• A. Irish Free State
  The Irish Free State was a self-governing dominion of the British Commonwealth established in 1922 that marked Ireland’s transition from British rule toward full independence as the modern Republic of Ireland.
• B. Volunteer Army
  The Volunteer Army was a major anti-Bolshevik White force in southern Russia during the Russian Civil War, composed largely of officers and volunteers and led by generals such as Anton Denikin.
• C. Ulster Volunteer Force
  The Ulster Volunteer Force is a loyalist paramilitary organization in Northern Ireland known for its violent campaign against Irish republicanism during the Troubles.
• D. Staatse leger
  Staatse leger was the standing army of the Dutch Republic, central to its military campaigns and defense during the Eighty Years' War and the Dutch Golden Age.
• E. Irish Civil War
  The Irish Civil War was a 1922–1923 conflict between pro- and anti-Treaty forces in Ireland that followed independence from Britain and shaped the country’s subsequent political landscape.
• F. None of above. chosen