The Few, The Proud, The Marines
E173585
"The Few, The Proud, The Marines" is a famous recruiting slogan of the United States Marine Corps that emphasizes its elite, highly selective, and combat-ready identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Few, The Proud, The Marines canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1530946 — 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 Few, The Proud, The Marines Context triple: [First to Fight, relatedTo, The Few, The Proud, The Marines]
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A.
Pride of the Marines
Pride of the Marines is a 1945 World War II drama film starring John Garfield as a Marine who must adjust to life after being blinded in combat.
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B.
Jarhead
Jarhead is a 2005 war drama film directed by Sam Mendes that follows a U.S. Marine sniper’s psychologically intense, often anticlimactic experience during the Gulf War.
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C.
No Time for Sergeants
No Time for Sergeants is a 1950s comedic story, best known as a novel, Broadway play, and film about a naive country boy in the U.S. Air Force, that became a classic of American military humor.
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D.
American Soldier
American Soldier is the memoir of U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, detailing his military career and leadership during key operations such as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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E.
Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement is a 2000 military courtroom drama film starring Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson that explores the moral and legal fallout of a deadly incident involving U.S. Marines overseas.
- 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 Few, The Proud, The Marines Target entity description: "The Few, The Proud, The Marines" is a famous recruiting slogan of the United States Marine Corps that emphasizes its elite, highly selective, and combat-ready identity.
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A.
Pride of the Marines
Pride of the Marines is a 1945 World War II drama film starring John Garfield as a Marine who must adjust to life after being blinded in combat.
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B.
Jarhead
Jarhead is a 2005 war drama film directed by Sam Mendes that follows a U.S. Marine sniper’s psychologically intense, often anticlimactic experience during the Gulf War.
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C.
No Time for Sergeants
No Time for Sergeants is a 1950s comedic story, best known as a novel, Broadway play, and film about a naive country boy in the U.S. Air Force, that became a classic of American military humor.
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D.
American Soldier
American Soldier is the memoir of U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, detailing his military career and leadership during key operations such as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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E.
Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement is a 2000 military courtroom drama film starring Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson that explores the moral and legal fallout of a deadly incident involving U.S. Marines overseas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Marine Corps slogan
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advertising slogan ⓘ recruiting slogan ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Marine Corps brand identity
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Marine Corps recruiting campaigns ⓘ United States military advertising ⓘ |
| connotation |
discipline
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exclusivity ⓘ prestige ⓘ toughness ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describes |
Marines as a small elite group
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linked to:
Marines
Marines as distinct from other services ⓘ Marines as proud warriors ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
combat readiness of the United States Marine Corps
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elite status of the United States Marine Corps ⓘ selectivity of the United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| field |
marketing
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military public relations ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
online advertising
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outdoor advertising ⓘ print advertisements ⓘ radio advertisements ⓘ television commercials ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high public recognition in the United States
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long-term use in Marine Corps advertising ⓘ |
| purpose | military recruitment ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
United States Marine Corps motto "Semper Fidelis"
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United States Marine Corps recruiting ⓘ |
| targetAudience | potential Marine Corps recruits ⓘ |
| theme |
commitment
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courage ⓘ honor ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
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: The Few, The Proud, The Marines Description of subject: "The Few, The Proud, The Marines" is a famous recruiting slogan of the United States Marine Corps that emphasizes its elite, highly selective, and combat-ready identity.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.