The Minute Man statue

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bronze sculpture outdoor sculpture war memorial

The Minute Man statue is a famous bronze sculpture in Concord, Massachusetts, commemorating the colonial militia who fought in the opening battle of the American Revolutionary War.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Minute Man statue	2
Minute Man Statue at Old North Bridge	1
Minute Man statue by Daniel Chester French	1
The Concord Minute Man of 1775 (as part of restoration and commemorative work)	1
The Minute Man statue canonical	1
The Minute Man statue by Daniel Chester French	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T96890 — 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 Minute Man statue
Context triple: [North Bridge monument in Concord, hasNearbyAttraction, The Minute Man statue]

A. Bunker Hill Monument
The Bunker Hill Monument is a granite obelisk in Boston commemorating one of the first major battles of the American Revolutionary War.
B. Statue of Freedom
The Statue of Freedom is the bronze allegorical figure of Liberty that crowns the dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
C. John Harvard statue
The John Harvard statue is a famous bronze monument in Harvard Yard that has become an iconic symbol of Harvard University and a popular tourist attraction.
D. Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is an iconic neoclassical monument on Liberty Island symbolizing freedom and democracy and serving as one of the most recognizable landmarks in the United States.
E. Marine Corps War Memorial
The Marine Corps War Memorial is a monumental bronze sculpture near Arlington National Cemetery that depicts the iconic World War II flag-raising on Iwo Jima, honoring all U.S. Marine Corps personnel who have died in defense of the United States.
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 Minute Man statue
Target entity description: The Minute Man statue is a famous bronze sculpture in Concord, Massachusetts, commemorating the colonial militia who fought in the opening battle of the American Revolutionary War.

A. Bunker Hill Monument
The Bunker Hill Monument is a granite obelisk in Boston commemorating one of the first major battles of the American Revolutionary War.
B. Statue of Freedom
The Statue of Freedom is the bronze allegorical figure of Liberty that crowns the dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
C. John Harvard statue
The John Harvard statue is a famous bronze monument in Harvard Yard that has become an iconic symbol of Harvard University and a popular tourist attraction.
D. Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is an iconic neoclassical monument on Liberty Island symbolizing freedom and democracy and serving as one of the most recognizable landmarks in the United States.
E. Marine Corps War Memorial
The Marine Corps War Memorial is a monumental bronze sculpture near Arlington National Cemetery that depicts the iconic World War II flag-raising on Iwo Jima, honoring all U.S. Marine Corps personnel who have died in defense of the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bronze sculpture ⓘ outdoor sculpture ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
artistNationality	American ⓘ
associatedWith	Lexington and Concord ⓘ linked to: Battles of Lexington and Concord Patriots' Day commemorations ⓘ
castingTechnique	lost-wax casting ⓘ
category	American Revolutionary War memorials ⓘ Bronze sculptures in Massachusetts ⓘ Monuments and memorials in Massachusetts ⓘ Outdoor sculptures in Massachusetts ⓘ
commemorates	Minutemen of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ linked to: Minutemen colonial militia ⓘ
commemoratesEvent	Battle of Concord ⓘ linked to: Battles of Lexington and Concord opening battles of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
commissionedFor	centennial of the Battle of Concord ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dedicatedBy	President Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ linked to: Ulysses S. Grant
depicts	a colonial farmer-soldier ⓘ an armed minuteman leaving his plow ⓘ
designer	Daniel Chester French ⓘ
featuredOn	Massachusetts state quarter (1999) ⓘ linked to: United States quarter dollar coins United States 1925 Lexington–Concord commemorative half dollar ⓘ linked to: United States half dollar coins
fundedBy	United States government ⓘ
hasCoordinateRegion	Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ
hasReplicaOn	Massachusetts state quarter reverse ⓘ
height	about 7 feet ⓘ
heritageDesignation	contributing property to Minute Man National Historical Park ⓘ
inscriptionIncludesLine	“And fired the shot heard round the world.” ⓘ “By the rude bridge that arched the flood” ⓘ “Here once the embattled farmers stood” ⓘ
inscriptionSource	“The Concord Hymn” by Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ linked to: Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem "Concord Hymn"
locatedInPark	Minute Man National Historical Park ⓘ
locatedNear	North Bridge, Concord ⓘ linked to: North Bridge
location	Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ
material	bronze ⓘ
ownedBy	National Park Service ⓘ
sculptor	Daniel Chester French ⓘ
style	realist sculpture ⓘ
subjectOf	tourism in Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ
symbolizes	American patriotism ⓘ citizen-soldier tradition ⓘ readiness to defend liberty ⓘ
unveiledOn	April 19, 1875 ⓘ
unveiledOnAnniversaryOf	100th anniversary of the Battle of Concord ⓘ
yearCompleted	1874 ⓘ

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