17th Regiment of Foot
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The 17th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment active during the 18th and early 19th centuries, known for its service in conflicts such as the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 17th Regiment of Foot canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9636259 — 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: 17th Regiment of Foot Context triple: [Richard Montgomery, servedInUnit, 17th Regiment of Foot]
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A.
21st Regiment of Foot
The 21st Regiment of Foot, later known as the Royal Scots Fusiliers, was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army with a long record of service in major conflicts from the 17th to the 20th century.
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B.
63rd Regiment of Foot
The 63rd Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century conflicts before later being amalgamated into a larger regimental structure.
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C.
51st Regiment of Foot
The 51st Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century campaigns, including the Napoleonic Wars, before later becoming part of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
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D.
British 87th Regiment of Foot
The British 87th Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, active during the Napoleonic Wars and noted for its distinguished combat record in the Peninsular campaign.
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E.
32nd Regiment of Foot
The 32nd Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment, later known as the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century campaigns across the British Empire.
- 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: 17th Regiment of Foot Target entity description: The 17th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment active during the 18th and early 19th centuries, known for its service in conflicts such as the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
21st Regiment of Foot
The 21st Regiment of Foot, later known as the Royal Scots Fusiliers, was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army with a long record of service in major conflicts from the 17th to the 20th century.
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B.
63rd Regiment of Foot
The 63rd Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century conflicts before later being amalgamated into a larger regimental structure.
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C.
51st Regiment of Foot
The 51st Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century campaigns, including the Napoleonic Wars, before later becoming part of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
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D.
British 87th Regiment of Foot
The British 87th Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, active during the Napoleonic Wars and noted for its distinguished combat record in the Peninsular campaign.
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E.
32nd Regiment of Foot
The 32nd Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment, later known as the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century campaigns across the British Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army regiment
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infantry regiment ⓘ |
| activeDuringCentury |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
| allegiance | British Crown ⓘ |
| associatedWith | British colonial wars ⓘ |
| branch | British Army ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
American War of Independence ⓘ
linked to:
American Revolutionary War
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era |
Napoleonic era
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early modern period ⓘ |
| garrisonType | various postings in the British Empire ⓘ |
| historicalStatus |
disbanded
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former regiment of the British Army ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | infantry ⓘ |
| militaryUnitType | line infantry ⓘ |
| notableFor | service in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| notableTheater |
Europe
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North America ⓘ |
| regimentalNumber | 17 ⓘ |
| role | line infantry ⓘ |
| service | British Empire ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | land forces ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | military unit ⓘ |
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: 17th Regiment of Foot Description of subject: The 17th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment active during the 18th and early 19th centuries, known for its service in conflicts such as the American Revolutionary War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Revolutionary War General Richard Montgomery