This Is the Army, Mr. Jones
E187852
"This Is the Army, Mr. Jones" is a World War II–era patriotic song featured in the 1942 musical revue and film "This Is the Army."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| This Is the Army, Mr. Jones canonical | 5 |
| This Is the Army | 1 |
| This Is the Army (Broadway revue) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1657627 — 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: This Is the Army, Mr. Jones Context triple: [Irving Berlin, wroteSong, This Is the Army, Mr. Jones]
-
A.
The Sunshine Boys
The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 comedy film, based on Neil Simon’s play, about two feuding former vaudeville partners reluctantly reunited for a television special.
-
B.
The Will Rogers Follies
The Will Rogers Follies is a Broadway musical revue that celebrates the life and humor of American entertainer Will Rogers through lavish Ziegfeld-style production numbers.
-
C.
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
"Tonight Starring Jack Paar" was an early and influential incarnation of NBC’s late-night talk show franchise, hosted by Jack Paar in the late 1950s and early 1960s and known for its conversational, often emotionally candid style.
-
D.
The Jack Benny Program
The Jack Benny Program was a popular American radio and television comedy series starring comedian Jack Benny, known for its running gags, character-driven humor, and influential role in early broadcast entertainment.
-
E.
I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy is a pioneering American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball that became one of the most influential and beloved shows in TV history.
- 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: This Is the Army, Mr. Jones Target entity description: "This Is the Army, Mr. Jones" is a World War II–era patriotic song featured in the 1942 musical revue and film "This Is the Army."
-
A.
The Sunshine Boys
The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 comedy film, based on Neil Simon’s play, about two feuding former vaudeville partners reluctantly reunited for a television special.
-
B.
The Will Rogers Follies
The Will Rogers Follies is a Broadway musical revue that celebrates the life and humor of American entertainer Will Rogers through lavish Ziegfeld-style production numbers.
-
C.
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
"Tonight Starring Jack Paar" was an early and influential incarnation of NBC’s late-night talk show franchise, hosted by Jack Paar in the late 1950s and early 1960s and known for its conversational, often emotionally candid style.
-
D.
The Jack Benny Program
The Jack Benny Program was a popular American radio and television comedy series starring comedian Jack Benny, known for its running gags, character-driven humor, and influential role in early broadcast entertainment.
-
E.
I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy is a pioneering American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball that became one of the most influential and beloved shows in TV history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II song
ⓘ
patriotic song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | World War II ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Irving Berlin ⓘ |
| composer | Irving Berlin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | 1940s American popular music ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
This Is the Army (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
This Is the Army
|
| firstPerformanceIn |
This Is the Army (Broadway revue)
ⓘ
linked to:
This Is the Army, Mr. Jones
|
| genre |
military song
ⓘ
patriotic music ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
American troops
ⓘ
home-front audiences ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Irving Berlin ⓘ |
| medium | vocal music ⓘ |
| notableFor | patriotic wartime theme ⓘ |
| partOf |
This Is the Army (1943 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
This Is the Army
This Is the Army (stage musical) ⓘ
linked to:
This Is the Army
|
| performanceContext |
military revue
ⓘ
wartime stage show ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | World War II era ⓘ |
| subject |
United States Army
ⓘ
military service ⓘ wartime mobilization ⓘ |
| title | This Is the Army, Mr. Jones ⓘ |
| usedIn | World War II troop entertainment ⓘ |
| writer | Irving Berlin ⓘ |
| yearOfOrigin | 1942 ⓘ |
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: This Is the Army, Mr. Jones Description of subject: "This Is the Army, Mr. Jones" is a World War II–era patriotic song featured in the 1942 musical revue and film "This Is the Army."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: This Is the Army, Mr. Jones
linked to: This Is the Army, Mr. Jones