144th Armored Signal Company
E869889
The 144th Armored Signal Company was a U.S. Army unit responsible for providing communications and signal support to the 4th Armored Division, particularly during World War II operations in the European Theater.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 144th Armored Signal Company canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10538346 — 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: 144th Armored Signal Company Context triple: [4th Armored Division, component, 144th Armored Signal Company]
-
A.
146th Armored Signal Company
The 146th Armored Signal Company was a World War II-era U.S. Army unit responsible for providing communications and signal support to the 6th Armored Division.
-
B.
248th Signal Company
The 248th Signal Company is a communications unit of the Georgia Army National Guard responsible for providing tactical and strategic signal support to military operations.
-
C.
14 Intelligence Company
14 Intelligence Company was a covert British Army unit that conducted undercover surveillance and intelligence-gathering operations in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.
-
D.
21 Signal Regiment
21 Signal Regiment is a British Army unit that provides specialist military communications and information systems support as part of the Royal Corps of Signals.
-
E.
16 Signal Regiment
16 Signal Regiment is a British Army unit that provides tactical communications and information systems support, particularly to air and joint operations, as part of the Royal Corps of Signals.
- 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: 144th Armored Signal Company Target entity description: The 144th Armored Signal Company was a U.S. Army unit responsible for providing communications and signal support to the 4th Armored Division, particularly during World War II operations in the European Theater.
-
A.
146th Armored Signal Company
The 146th Armored Signal Company was a World War II-era U.S. Army unit responsible for providing communications and signal support to the 6th Armored Division.
-
B.
248th Signal Company
The 248th Signal Company is a communications unit of the Georgia Army National Guard responsible for providing tactical and strategic signal support to military operations.
-
C.
14 Intelligence Company
14 Intelligence Company was a covert British Army unit that conducted undercover surveillance and intelligence-gathering operations in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.
-
D.
21 Signal Regiment
21 Signal Regiment is a British Army unit that provides specialist military communications and information systems support as part of the Royal Corps of Signals.
-
E.
16 Signal Regiment
16 Signal Regiment is a British Army unit that provides tactical communications and information systems support, particularly to air and joint operations, as part of the Royal Corps of Signals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Army signal company
ⓘ
military unit ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| associatedCampaign | Allied campaign in Western Europe ⓘ |
| branch | United States Army ⓘ |
| category |
Signal units of the United States Army
ⓘ
United States Army units and formations of World War II ⓘ
linked to:
United States Army in World War II
|
| commandStructure | 4th Armored Division signal organization ⓘ |
| communicationsMedium |
radio
ⓘ
telegraph/teletype ⓘ telephone ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| duty |
installation and maintenance of communication lines
ⓘ
message handling and traffic control ⓘ operation of division signal centers ⓘ |
| engagementType |
defensive operations support
ⓘ
offensive operations support ⓘ |
| equipmentType |
field telephones
ⓘ
radio sets ⓘ switchboards ⓘ wire-laying trucks ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| function |
establish and maintain radio communications
ⓘ
establish and maintain wired communications ⓘ provide communications support to armored formations ⓘ support command and control of 4th Armored Division ⓘ |
| garrisonCountryDuringWWII | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
World War II European campaigns
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II European theater
|
| militaryBranchType | armored forces support ⓘ |
| notableFor | communications support during rapid armored advances in Europe ⓘ |
| operationalStatusDuringWWII | active ⓘ |
| parentFormationType | armored division ⓘ |
| partOf | 4th Armored Division ⓘ |
| primaryMission | ensure continuous communications for 4th Armored Division ⓘ |
| role |
military communications
ⓘ
signal support ⓘ |
| service | United States Army in World War II ⓘ |
| supportedFormationRole | armored warfare ⓘ |
| supportedUnit |
4th Armored Division headquarters
ⓘ
linked to:
4th Armored Division
combat commands of 4th Armored Division ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | European Theater of Operations ⓘ |
| type | armored signal company ⓘ |
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: 144th Armored Signal Company Description of subject: The 144th Armored Signal Company was a U.S. Army unit responsible for providing communications and signal support to the 4th Armored Division, particularly during World War II operations in the European Theater.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.