A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown
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"A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown" is a Civil War–themed poem by Walt Whitman that vividly depicts the grim realities of war and the suffering of wounded soldiers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5539113 — 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: A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown Context triple: [Drum-Taps, hasPart, A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown]
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A.
Colonel Hathi’s March
"Colonel Hathi’s March" is a comedic military-style marching song performed by the elephant patrol in Disney’s 1967 animated film The Jungle Book.
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B.
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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C.
Stouthearted Men
"Stouthearted Men" is a rousing patriotic show tune from the 1928 operetta *The New Moon*, celebrated for its stirring choral style and themes of courage and camaraderie.
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D.
At War with the Army
At War with the Army is a 1950 musical comedy film starring the popular duo Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in one of their early screen collaborations.
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E.
The Sergeant
The Sergeant is a 1968 drama film starring Rod Steiger as a rigid Army noncommissioned officer grappling with repressed homosexuality and inner turmoil.
- 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: A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown Target entity description: "A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown" is a Civil War–themed poem by Walt Whitman that vividly depicts the grim realities of war and the suffering of wounded soldiers.
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A.
Colonel Hathi’s March
"Colonel Hathi’s March" is a comedic military-style marching song performed by the elephant patrol in Disney’s 1967 animated film The Jungle Book.
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B.
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.
-
C.
Stouthearted Men
"Stouthearted Men" is a rousing patriotic show tune from the 1928 operetta *The New Moon*, celebrated for its stirring choral style and themes of courage and camaraderie.
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D.
At War with the Army
At War with the Army is a 1950 musical comedy film starring the popular duo Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in one of their early screen collaborations.
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E.
The Sergeant
The Sergeant is a 1968 drama film starring Rod Steiger as a rigid Army noncommissioned officer grappling with repressed homosexuality and inner turmoil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| depicts |
field hospital
ⓘ
marching soldiers ⓘ wounded and dying men ⓘ |
| focus | individual human suffering in war ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre | war poetry ⓘ |
| hasTitle | A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown ⓘ |
| historicalContext | American Civil War ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American Romanticism
ⓘ
Transcendentalism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| meter | irregular ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| partOf |
Drum-Taps
ⓘ
Leaves of Grass ⓘ |
| portrays |
empathy for the wounded
ⓘ
grim realities of war ⓘ |
| publicationContext | Civil War poems by Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | unrhymed ⓘ |
| setting | American Civil War ⓘ |
| style |
cataloguing
ⓘ
long lines ⓘ vivid imagery ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
battlefield hospital
ⓘ
wounded soldiers ⓘ |
| theme |
compassion
ⓘ
death ⓘ suffering ⓘ the brutality of war ⓘ war ⓘ |
| tone |
realistic
ⓘ
somber ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown Description of subject: "A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown" is a Civil War–themed poem by Walt Whitman that vividly depicts the grim realities of war and the suffering of wounded soldiers.
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