I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster

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World War I poster propaganda poster recruitment poster

The "I Want YOU for U.S. Army" poster is a famous World War I-era American recruitment image featuring Uncle Sam pointing directly at the viewer, symbolizing a personal call to military service.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
I Want YOU for U.S. Army	3
I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster canonical	2
I Want You for U.S. Army	1
Leslie’s Weekly July 6 1916 cover	1
U.S. Army recruiting posters	1
Uncle Sam I Want You poster	1
Uncle Sam Wants You recruitment poster	1
Uncle Sam recruitment posters	1
World War I U.S. Army recruitment poster	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17389 — 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: I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster
Context triple: [Uncle Sam, notableWork, I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster]

A. Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam is the iconic, bearded figure in a star-spangled top hat who personifies the United States in political cartoons, posters, and popular culture.
B. I Love You, California
"I Love You, California" is a patriotic song celebrating the landscapes and spirit of California, officially adopted as the state's song.
C. The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner is a patriotic American song, with lyrics written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, that celebrates the resilience of the U.S. flag and is traditionally performed at public and sporting events.
D. D-Day
D-Day was the massive Allied amphibious invasion of Nazi-occupied France on June 6, 1944, that marked a decisive turning point in World War II in Western Europe.
E. "Day of Infamy" speech
The "Day of Infamy" speech is Franklin D. Roosevelt’s historic address to the U.S. Congress on December 8, 1941, calling for a declaration of war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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: I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster
Target entity description: The "I Want YOU for U.S. Army" poster is a famous World War I-era American recruitment image featuring Uncle Sam pointing directly at the viewer, symbolizing a personal call to military service.

A. Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam is the iconic, bearded figure in a star-spangled top hat who personifies the United States in political cartoons, posters, and popular culture.
B. I Love You, California
"I Love You, California" is a patriotic song celebrating the landscapes and spirit of California, officially adopted as the state's song.
C. The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner is a patriotic American song, with lyrics written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, that celebrates the resilience of the U.S. flag and is traditionally performed at public and sporting events.
D. D-Day
D-Day was the massive Allied amphibious invasion of Nazi-occupied France on June 6, 1944, that marked a decisive turning point in World War II in Western Europe.
E. "Day of Infamy" speech
The "Day of Infamy" speech is Franklin D. Roosevelt’s historic address to the U.S. Congress on December 8, 1941, calling for a declaration of war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I poster ⓘ propaganda poster ⓘ recruitment poster ⓘ
artStyle	illustration ⓘ
associatedWith	U.S. Army recruitment ⓘ U.S. government propaganda ⓘ
backgroundColor	white ⓘ
characterBasedOn	Uncle Sam personification of the United States ⓘ linked to: Uncle Sam
collection	Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ⓘ linked to: Library of Congress
colorScheme	red white and blue ⓘ
commissionedBy	United States Army ⓘ
commissionedYear	1916 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	James Montgomery Flagg ⓘ
depicts	Uncle Sam ⓘ
depictsAge	older man ⓘ
depictsGender	male figure ⓘ
designerUsedSelfAsModel	true ⓘ
featuresText	Nearest recruiting station ⓘ
firstAppearance	Leslie’s Weekly July 6 1916 cover ⓘ linked to: I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster
format	vertical poster ⓘ
genre	war propaganda ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact	widely parodied and imitated ⓘ
hasIconicStatus	true ⓘ
inspiredBy	Lord Kitchener Wants You poster ⓘ
intendedDisplayLocation	public spaces ⓘ recruiting stations ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locationOfCreation	New York City ⓘ
medium	color lithograph ⓘ
model	James Montgomery Flagg ⓘ
notableFor	direct gaze and pointing gesture ⓘ
publicationYear	1917 ⓘ
publisher	Leslie’s Weekly ⓘ
purpose	military recruitment ⓘ
reproducedIn	books ⓘ magazines ⓘ posters ⓘ
slogan	I Want YOU for U.S. Army ⓘ linked to: I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster
subjectWears	blue jacket ⓘ red bow tie ⓘ top hat with stars ⓘ
symbolizes	American patriotism ⓘ personal call to service ⓘ
targetAudience	potential U.S. Army volunteers ⓘ
timePeriod	1910s ⓘ
usedDuringConflict	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
visualMotive	figure pointing at viewer ⓘ

How these facts were elicited