Once more unto the breach
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"Once more unto the breach" is the rousing battle speech delivered by King Henry to inspire his troops during the siege of Harfleur in Shakespeare’s history play Henry V.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Once more unto the breach canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10974179 — 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: Once more unto the breach Context triple: [Henry V (play), famousSpeech, Once more unto the breach]
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A.
Hail the Conquering Hero
Hail the Conquering Hero is a 1944 American screwball comedy film directed by Preston Sturges, celebrated for its sharp satire of wartime heroism and small-town patriotism.
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B.
Carry the Banner
Carry the Banner is an EP by the American punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, known for its raw, melodic punk sound and association with Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong.
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C.
Guards! Guards!
Guards! Guards! is a comic fantasy novel in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series that follows the misadventures of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch as they confront a plot involving a summoned dragon.
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D.
Redgauntlet
Redgauntlet is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott that blends adventure, political intrigue, and epistolary narrative around a fictional Jacobite plot in 18th-century Scotland.
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E.
The King Is Dead
The King Is Dead is an early Family Guy episode centered on Lois becoming the director of a community theater production of "The King and I," leading to escalating creative clashes with Peter.
- 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: Once more unto the breach Target entity description: "Once more unto the breach" is the rousing battle speech delivered by King Henry to inspire his troops during the siege of Harfleur in Shakespeare’s history play Henry V.
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A.
Hail the Conquering Hero
Hail the Conquering Hero is a 1944 American screwball comedy film directed by Preston Sturges, celebrated for its sharp satire of wartime heroism and small-town patriotism.
-
B.
Carry the Banner
Carry the Banner is an EP by the American punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, known for its raw, melodic punk sound and association with Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong.
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C.
Guards! Guards!
Guards! Guards! is a comic fantasy novel in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series that follows the misadventures of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch as they confront a plot involving a summoned dragon.
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D.
Redgauntlet
Redgauntlet is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott that blends adventure, political intrigue, and epistolary narrative around a fictional Jacobite plot in 18th-century Scotland.
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E.
The King Is Dead
The King Is Dead is an early Family Guy episode centered on Lois becoming the director of a community theater production of "The King and I," leading to escalating creative clashes with Peter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatic monologue
ⓘ
fictional speech ⓘ literary work excerpt ⓘ speech ⓘ |
| addressedTo | English soldiers ⓘ |
| appearsInAct | Act 3 ⓘ |
| appearsInPlay |
Henry V
ⓘ
linked to:
Henry V (play)
|
| associatedWithAuthor | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Henry V
ⓘ
linked to:
Henry V (play)
|
| author | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | England ⓘ |
| createdBy | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| deliveredDuring |
siege of Harfleur
ⓘ
linked to:
Siege of Harfleur
|
| fictionalUniverse | Shakespearean history plays ⓘ |
| firstLine | Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more ⓘ |
| genre | history play speech ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations of Henry V
ⓘ
numerous stage productions of Henry V ⓘ |
| hasFamousQuotation |
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more
ⓘ
The game's afoot ⓘ |
| hasForm | blank verse ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryDevice |
alliteration
ⓘ
imagery ⓘ metaphor ⓘ rhetorical questions ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
courage in battle
ⓘ
honor ⓘ leadership ⓘ patriotism ⓘ |
| influenced | later war speeches in literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | English Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | turning point in siege of Harfleur ⓘ |
| originalWorkPremiereCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| originalWorkPublicationCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| partOf |
Henry V
ⓘ
linked to:
Henry V (play)
|
| purpose |
to encourage an assault on Harfleur
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to inspire troops ⓘ |
| setInCountry | France ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Hundred Years' War ⓘ |
| setInYear | 1415 ⓘ |
| spokenBy | King Henry V ⓘ |
| spokenByCharacter | King Henry V ⓘ |
| tone |
martial
ⓘ
rousing ⓘ |
| usedAs | cultural reference for renewed effort ⓘ |
| workLocation | Harfleur ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Once more unto the breach Description of subject: "Once more unto the breach" is the rousing battle speech delivered by King Henry to inspire his troops during the siege of Harfleur in Shakespeare’s history play Henry V.
Referenced by (1)
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